G. Love and Special Sauce (album)
(Redirected from Cold Beverage)
| G. Love and Special Sauce | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 10, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 58:29 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Stiff Johnson, Special Sauce | |||
| G. Love & Special Sauce chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Q | [2] |
G. Love and Special Sauce is the debut album by G. Love & Special Sauce released on May 10, 1994, via Epic Records. The album was certified Gold after selling 500,000 copies.[3] It contains the song "Cold Beverage," which became a college-radio staple,[4] as well as "Baby's Got Sauce," which Seattle's KEXP-FM 90.3 called the song of the year.[5]
Legacy[edit]
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[6]
Track listing[edit]
- "The Things That I Used to Do" – 3:35
- "Blues Music" – 4:17
- "Garbage Man" – 4:51
- "Eyes Have Miles" – 5:22
- "Baby's Got Sauce" – 3:54
- "Rhyme for the Summertime" – 3:06
- "Cold Beverage" – 2:33
- "Fatman" – 4:16
- "This Ain't Living" – 6:34
- "Walk to Slide" – 4:28
- "Shooting Hoops (with Mou Akoon)" – 3:31
- "Some Peoples Like That" – 4:49
- "Town to Town" – 3:33
- "I Love You" – 3:32
Personnel[edit]
- G. Love & Special Sauce
- G. Love – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Jeffrey Clemens – drums, percussion, background vocals
- Jimi "Jazz" Prescott – string bass
- Additional musicians
- Scott Storch – piano
- Jasper – additional lead vocals
References[edit]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Roberts, David. "Review: G. Love and Special Sauce - G. Love and Special Sauce". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 142.
- ^ "G Love & Special Sauce w/ The John Butler Trio, Tristan Prettyman - Sound... (Toronto) on 9 Aug 2008 –". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ "G. Love and Special Sauce". RollingStone.com. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "The KEXP Top 90.3 Album Chart for 1994". kexp.org. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
