Coast to Coast Motel

Coast to Coast Motel
Studio album by G. Love & Special Sauce
Released	September 19, 1995
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Label	Epic B000002B5U
Producer	Jim Dickinson [1]
G. Love & Special Sauce chronology
G. Love and Special Sauce (1994) Coast to Coast Motel (1995) Yeah, It's That Easy (1997)
Singles from Album
"Kiss and Tell" Released: 1995 "Sweet Sugar Mama" Released: 1995

Coast to Coast Motel is the second album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1995. ^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

The Dallas Observer called Coast to Coast Motel "almost completely stripped of the hip-hop that so pleasantly tempered the straightforward blues of the first album." ^[2] Trouser Press wrote that the group "establishes an easy mastery of understated rhythm and harmonic economy." ^[1] SF Weekly called it "steeped in the feel-good blues vibe of the G. Love live experience." ^[7]

Track listing

All songs by G. Love, except as noted

1. "Sweet Sugar Mama" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 4:05
2. "Leaving the City" – 3:40
3. "Nancy" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 3:21
4. "Kiss and Tell" – 3:14
5. "Chains #3" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 2:58
6. "Sometimes" – 4:23
7. "Everybody" – 3:40
8. "Soda Pop" (G. Love, J. Clemens) – 3:49
9. "Bye Bye Baby" – 4:39
10. "Tomorrow Night" – 4:55
11. "Small Fish" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 5:21
12. "Coming Home" – 4:35

Personnel

• G. Love – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Jeffrey "Thunderhouse" Clemens – drums, backing vocals
• Jimi "Jazz" Prescott – double bass
• Rebirth Brass Band – horns
• Jim Dickinson – electric piano, producer
• BroDeeva – backing vocals

Technical

• Chika Azuma – Art Direction, Design
• Richard Hasal – Assistant Engineer
• Keith Keller – Producer, Mixing
• Ron Kruit – Photography
• Bob Krusen – Engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
• Trina Shoemaker – Assistant Engineer
• Don Smith – Mixing
• Special Sauce – Producer
• Ski Williams – Illustrations

References

1. "G. Love and Special Sauce". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
2. Parker, Jessica (December 9, 1999). "G. Love and Special Sauce". Dallas Observer.
3. AllMusic review
4. "G. Love & Special Sauce". Robert Christgau.
5. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
6. (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 333.
7. Staff, SF Weekly (September 13, 1995). "Recordings". SF Weekly.

External links

• G. Love & Special Sauce Official site