The Feelies / The Good Earth
Artist The Feelies
Album Title: The Good Earth
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format Vinyl 180 gm
Released 00/00/1986
Reissue Date 09/28/2009
Label Bar/None Records
Catalog No BRNLP197
Bar Code No 6 32862 01971 5
Packaging LP Sleeve
Tracks
A1. On The Roof (2:51)
A2. The High Road (4:20)
A3. The Last Roundup (2:50)
A4. Slipping (Into Something) (5:54)
A5. When Company Comes (2:15)
B1. Let's Go (2:37)
B2. Two Rooms (2:32)
B3. The Good Earth (3:48)
B4. Tomorrow Today (5:30)
B5. Slow Down (3:13)
Date Acquired 09/21/2017
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Purchase Price 18.99

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Notes

Recorded at: Mixolydian Studios, Boonton, NJ.
Includes download-coupon for download of album- and bonustracks in WAV- or MP3/320kbps-format.
℗ & © 2009 Bar/None Records
Artwork By [Coloring], Photography [Front Photo] – Brenda
Artwork By [Cover Design] – Glenn
Artwork By [Reissue Design] – David Richman
Bass, Backing Vocals, Violin – Brenda Sauter
Drums, Percussion – Stan Demeski
Engineer – Don Sternecker
Guitar [Lead & Rhythm], Backing Vocals, Producer – Bill Million
Guitar [Lead & Rhythm], Vocals, Keyboards, Producer – Glenn Mercer
Liner Notes – Jim Sullivan
Mastered By [Remaster] – Andreas Meyer
Percussion – Dave Weckerman
Photography [All Except Front Photo] – John Baumgartner
Producer – Peter Buck
Written-By – Million, Mercer
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bar/None Records
Copyright (c) – Bar/None Records
Recorded At – Mixolydian Studios, Boonton, NJ
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Remastered At – Tangerine Studios Weehawken, NJ
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10       0.00 dB   -11.64 dB      3:01 01 - On the Roof
DR10       0.00 dB   -11.75 dB      4:25 02 - The High Road
DR9         0.00 dB   -10.58 dB      2:56 03 - The Last Roundup
DR8         0.09 dB   -11.75 dB      6:00 04 - Slipping (Into Something)
DR10       0.00 dB   -12.40 dB      2:18 05 - When Company Comes
DR10       0.00 dB   -11.19 dB      2:42 06 - Let's Go
DR10       0.00 dB   -11.57 dB      2:38 07 - Two Rooms
DR9         0.49 dB   -10.64 dB      3:53 08 - The Good Earth
DR9         0.00 dB   -10.24 dB      5:35 09 - Tomorrow Today
DR10       0.00 dB   -12.09 dB      3:17 10 - Slow Down
DR9         0.00 dB   -10.35 dB      2:54 11 - She Said She Said
DR8         0.00 dB     -8.93 dB      3:02 12 - Sedan Delivery
DR7         0.00 dB     -9.29 dB      6:09 13 - Slipping (Into Something) (live version)
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 928 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett:

After the various side projects and explorations the band got up to for most of the early '80s, not to mention switching some members around (with bassist Sauter and drummer Demeski now forming the rhythm section), the Feelies made a fine return with The Good Earth. With co-production from noted fan Peter Buck, the group exchanged some of the understated tense frazzle of Crazy Rhythms for a gentler propulsion without losing its trancy edge. Compared to the wispy jangle rock that passed for much of college radio at the time, the Feelies proposed a different path with the songs' steady pace and murkier feeling. Demeski's a more than fine replacement for Fier (his martial playing on "Tomorrow Today" is one of his many entertaining touches), Sauter's playing emphasizes controlled understatement, and the Million/Mercer guitar duo still nails it. The brisker jauntiness of songs like "The Last Roundup," which wears just enough of a country & western edge without seeming like a parody or half-assed, varies the calmer moods elsewhere very well. At the album's considerable best, such as the brief but really lovely acoustic/electric blend of "When Company Comes" or the title track, with an almost epic ending, Million and Mercer sound like they inhabit the same body playing two guitars, everything's that much in lovely sync. Their vocals ride low in the mix this time out, but thankfully the sometimes all-too-obvious hints of Lou Reed in Mercer's style have been replaced with a more unique, stronger edge -- not that the connection still isn't there on a track like the building groove of "Slipping (Into Something)." Reed would also love its concluding guitar solo! Perhaps the only criticism is a slight sameness between a few songs, but there's more sly variety on display to offset this gentle treasure. [The 2009 reissue of the album adds three bonus tracks available as digital downloads. These tracks are covers of the Beatles' "She Said, She Said"and Neil Young's "Sedan Delivery" plus a live version of "Slipping (Into Something)"]
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