Sacred Cow (album)

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Sacred Cow
Geggy Tah - Sacred Cow.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 23, 1996
Recorded1995
Genre Alternative rock, funk rock
Length50:16
Label
Producer
Geggy Tah chronology
Grand Opening
(1990)
Sacred Cow
(1996)
Into the Oh
(2001)
Professional ratings
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SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]

Sacred Cow is an album by Geggy Tah, released in 1996. [5] [6] [7] It contains "Whoever You Are", a number-16 hit on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [8]

Contents

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly called the album "another fine, goofunky mess, chockful of weird hooks and dance-feverish energy." [4] The Nation wrote that the band "is carving out a place devoted to fey weirdness, edgy grooves, and realityskewing lyrics." [9] Trouser Press wrote: "Sacred Cow continues the duo’s tactful progression towards a modern version of Steely Dan-dom." [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Jordan & Greg Kurstin, except as noted.

  1. "Granddad's Opening Address" – 0:29
  2. "Whoever You Are" – 4:33
  3. "Lotta Stuff" (Jordan) – 3:10
  4. "Century Plant 2000" – 6:17
  5. "Sacred Cow" (Jordan) – 5:02
  6. "House of Usher (Inside)" (Jordan) – 3:58
  7. "Don't Close the Door" – 4:10
  8. "Such a Beautiful Night" (Jordan) – 3:53
  9. "She Withers" – 4:09
  10. "Las Vegas with the Lights Out" – 3:27
  11. "Mem" (Jordan) – 4:39
  12. "Shed" (Jordan) – 3:45
  13. "Gina" – 2:45

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References

  1. "Sacred Cow « LUAKA BOP".
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 709.
  4. 1 2 "Music Review: 'Sacred Cow'". EW.com.
  5. "Whoever They Are : Geggy Tah's Members Defy Conventional Labels, Yet One of Their Singles Is Climbing the Charts". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1997.
  6. "The Modern Age". Billboard. September 28, 1996 via Google Books.
  7. Everett, Todd (August 8, 1996). "Soul Coughing; Geggy Tah".
  8. Sacred Cow at AllMusic
  9. "Listening in the Streets". The Nation. 263: 33. July 8, 1996.
  10. "Geggy Tah". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 August 2020.