Hot Chocolate Massage

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Hot Chocolate Massage
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Studio album by
Tiny Lights
Released1990
Genre Folk rock
Length66:42
Label Absolute A Go Go
Producer John Hamilton
Tiny Lights chronology
Hazel's Wreath
(1988)		Hot Chocolate Massage
(1990)		 Stop the Sun, I Want to Go Home
(1992)

Hot Chocolate Massage is an album by the folk rock band Tiny Lights, released in 1990 by Absolute A Go Go Records. [1] [2] Jane Scarpantoni played cello on the album. [3] "Wave" was a minor hit on college radio stations. [4]

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Select 3/5 [6]

Trouser Press felt that extensive touring had given the band "muscle and maturity" and noted the overall live feeling of the album. [7] The AllMusic critic Jason Ankeny criticized the album for lacking focus because of excessive experimentation. Despite this he gave it four and a half out of five stars, calling the high points of Hot Chocolate Massage "sublime" and "daring and eclectic." [5] Option wrote that "there's a wonderful sense of energy and daring to this LP that, more than a lot of current bands, brings the spirit of '60s experimental groups like the Insect Trust and the Ultimate Spinach to mind." [8]

Track listing

All music is composed by Donna Croughn & John Hamilton, except "Wave" and "Pushin' the Button" co-written by Dave Dreiwitz.

No.TitleLength
1."Lavenderman"4:58
2."Moonwhite Day"4:39
3."Sweet Romance"4:02
4."Bartholomew"3:40
5."Wave"4:38
6."Closer"5:24
7."Evil"4:33
8."Big Straw Hat"2:52
9."After All"6:46
10."Crawl"3:30
11."H. C. M."1:44
12."Pushin' the Button"3:32
13."Tuesday Afternoon"16:24

Personnel

Tiny Lights
Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ Puckett, Jeffrey Lee (June 2, 1990). "Nightlife". The Courier-Journal. p. 41.
  2. ↑ Puterbaugh, Parke (October 26, 2010). Phish: The Biography. Hachette Books. ISBN   9780306819209.
  3. ↑ Blackstock, Peter (March 17, 1990). "SXSW leaves virtually no place without a showcase". Austin American-Statesman. p. F1.
  4. ↑ Kotz, Sean (August 4, 1990). "Tiny Lights". The Roanoke Times. p. NRV2.
  5. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Hot Chocolate Massage". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  6. ↑ Terry, Nick (August 1990). "Tiny Lights: Hot Chocolate Massage". Select . p. 109.
  7. ↑ Frampton, Scott, Schinder, Scott. "Tiny Lights", Trouser Press. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Reviews". Option. 30–35: 120. 1990.
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