| Heart and Mind | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Record II Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, blues rock | |||
| Label | Reprise [1] | |||
| Producer | Kevin Laffey | |||
| Sister Double Happiness chronology | ||||
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Heart and Mind is an album by the American band Sister Double Happiness, released in 1991. [2] [3] It was their major label debut. [4]
The band supported the album by opening for Nirvana and then Soundgarden, on separate tours. [5] Heart and Mind was nominated for several Bay Area Music Awards. [6]
Sister Double Happiness broke up after releasing its 1988 debut album. Frontman Gary Floyd spent two years at a Hindu monastery before reforming the band, which right away attracted the attention of major record labels. [7]
Produced by Kevin Laffey, the album was recorded at Record II Studios, in Comptche, California. [8] [9] Danny Roman joined the band on guitar after the recording sessions. [10] "Dark Heart" is an indictment of the Gulf War. [11]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [12] |
| Chicago Sun-Times | [13] |
| The Herald | D [14] |
| Troy Daily News | [8] |
Spin called the album "uncomplicated, love-obsessed, heavy blues-rock, untouched by the stylistic and technical developments of the last 15 years." [15] The San Francisco Chronicle thought that "Floyd brings a well-developed sense of melodics to an otherwise highly charged sound and his round, warm voice gives the lyrics a surprising resonance." [10]
The Chicago Sun-Times opined that Heart and Mind finds Floyd "exploring more inward terrain in a voice that sounds like Roky Erickson sitting on a washing machine during the spin cycle ... Floyd has a powerful vibrato that backs up his unflinching sentiments." [13] UPI concluded that it "presents the neo-psychedelic foursome of Lynn Perko, Ben Cohen, Jeff Palmer and Gary Floyd—former Buddhist monk and front for Austin, Texas, punk band the Dicks—in a dozen original cuts that slice and smear the spectrum like a palette knife." [16]
AllMusic wrote that "the major problem is the production by Kevin Laffey; it takes the bite and power out of the guitars and pushes singer Gary Floyd too far above the mix." [12] SF Weekly deemed the album "an anesthetized version of the band's punk-meets-blues concept—perfect for fans of both Husker Du and Led Zeppelin." [17] The Austin Chronicle called it "a mess, thudding like late-Eighties Heart crossed with .38 Special, and absolutely no clue where in the mix to position Floyd, who seems to be singing outside in the hallway." [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bobby Shannon" | |
| 2. | "Ain't It a Shame" | |
| 3. | "Exposed to You" | |
| 4. | "Sweet-Talker" | |
| 5. | "You Don't Know Me" | |
| 6. | "The Sailor Song" | |
| 7. | "Dark Heart" | |
| 8. | "Heart and Mind" | |
| 9. | "Hey Kids" | |
| 10. | "I'm Drowning" | |
| 11. | "Don't Worry" | |
| 12. | "You for You" |
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