Philadelphonic

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Philadelphonic
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 3, 1999
Genre
Length53:49
Label 550 Music B00000JQFU
Producer T-Ray [3]
Chris DiBeneditto
G. Love & Special Sauce chronology
Yeah, It's That Easy
(1997)
Philadelphonic
(1999)
Electric Mile
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
Spin 4/10 [4]

Philadelphonic is the fourth album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1999. [5] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Spin wrote that the album's "beach-bound grooves are well-trodden." [4] Entertainment Weekly called it "sleeker and more streamlined than its three predecessors." [2] The Washington Post called Philadelphonic the band's best album, writing that it "achieves a flow so smooth that one can't tell where the Bob Dylan influences stop and the Eric B. & Rakim influences start." [6]

Track listing

  1. "No Turning Back" (G. Love & Special Sauce and BRODEEVA) – 3:03
  2. "Dreamin'" (G. Love, Clarence Reid, Wilie Clarke) – 3:54
  3. "Roaches" (G. Love & Special Sauce and Jake Joys) – 1:10
  4. "Rodeo Clowns" (Jack Johnson) – 2:57
  5. "Numbers" (G. Love) – 4:24
  6. "Relax" (G. Love) – 4:15
  7. "Do It for Free" (G. Love & Special Sauce and BRODEEVA) – 5:02
  8. "Honor and Harmony" (G. Love) – 3:36
  9. "Kick Drum" (G. Love & Special Sauce and BRODEEVA) – 2:23
  10. "Friday Night" (G. Love, Jimi "Jazz" Prescott) – 4:09
  11. "Rock and Roll" (G. Love & Special Sauce – 3:08
  12. "Love" (G. Love, T-Ray) – 3:39
  13. "Around the World (Thank You)" (G. Love & Special Sauce – 1:27
  14. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (G. Love) – 2:23
    • After five minutes of silence, an unlisted track, "Amazing," begins.

Personnel

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References

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