Heart and Mind (album)

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Heart and Mind
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Studio album by
Sister Double Happiness
Released1991
StudioRecord II Studios
Genre Alternative rock, blues rock
Label Reprise [1]
Producer Kevin Laffey
Sister Double Happiness chronology
Sister Double Happiness
(1988)		Heart and Mind
(1991)		Uncut
(1992)

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]

Contents

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]

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Chicago Sun-Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [13]
The Herald D [14]
Troy Daily News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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" 

References

  1. ↑ "Dicks". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sister Double Happiness Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Boehm, Mike (October 13, 1992). "2 Punk Rock Bands True to Their Heritage". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 2.
  4. ↑ Foege, Alec (February 1992). "Shiny Happiness People". Spin. Vol. 7, no. 11. p. 22.
  5. 1 2 "Saturday Night at the Bookstore". The Austin Chronicle.
  6. ↑ Plotnifkoff, David (March 6, 1992). "Keeping the Score: Just Because You're a Loser Doesn't Mean You Won't Win". Eye. The Mercury News. p. 25.
  7. ↑ Peterson, Karla (October 24, 1991). "Rock singer found bearings at monastery". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. C9.
  8. 1 2 Derby, Bob (September 20, 1991). "Different Sounds". Troy Daily News. p. 8.
  9. ↑ Selvin, Joel (June 23, 1991). "Mama Talk". Sunday Datebook. San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. 1 2 Selvin, Joel (September 21, 1991). "Something Else". San Francisco Chronicle. p. C4.
  11. ↑ Walters, Barry (September 20, 1991). "Fans will find Happiness in the big-time soon". San Francisco Examiner. p. D16.
  12. 1 2 "Heart & Mind". AllMusic– via www.allmusic.com.
  13. 1 2 Corcoran, Michael (August 11, 1991). "Sister Double Happiness". Show. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 3.
  14. ↑ "Sister Double Happiness Heart and Mind". The Herald. September 8, 1991. p. C1.
  15. ↑ Nordlie, Tom (October 1991). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 7, no. 7. p. 105.
  16. ↑ Coffee, Hoyt E. (September 20, 1991). "Pop". News. UPI.
  17. ↑ "Another Crossroads". SF Weekly. March 3, 1999.
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