Chinese Fountain

Chinese Fountain
Studio album by The Growlers
Released	September 23, 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Garage rock psychedelic rock surf rock beach rock
Length	38:45
Label	Everloving Records
The Growlers chronology
Hung at Heart (2013) Chinese Fountain (2014) City Club (2016)

Chinese Fountain is the fourth studio album by the Southern California surf rock band The Growlers, released on September 23, 2014 by Everloving Records. ^[1] The album received generally positive reviews from critics, who called it "one of the best guitar albums of the year". ^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brooks Nielsen, Matt Taylor.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Big Toe"	2:32
2.	"Black Memories"	2:51
3.	"Chinese Fountain"	4:06
4.	"Dull Boy"	3:23
5.	"Good Advice"	3:25
6.	"Going Gets Tough"	3:29
7.	"Magnificent Sadness"	3:34
8.	"Love Test"	4:09
9.	"Not the Man *"	3:28
10.	"Rare Hearts"	4:45
11.	"Purgatory Drive"	3:08
Total length:		38:45

• Song#9 "Not the Man" – music by Kyle Mullarky ^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100 [5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Under the Radar	[2]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Chinese Fountain received an average score of 70, based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[5]

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [6]	173
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7]	7
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8]	35
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [9]	49

References

1. "Everloving Records – Chinese Fountain". Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
2. Moss, Will (October 27, 2014). "The Growlers: Chinese Fountain (EVERLOVING) Review". Under the Radar Magazine . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
3. youTube ~ the Growlers (Live on KEXP)
4. Discogs – Chinese Fountain – 2014 CD, FatCat Records (FATCD133) Europe
5. "Chinese Fountain by The Growlers Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
6. "The Growlers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
7. "The Growlers Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
8. "The Growlers Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
9. "The Growlers Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.