The Good Earth (The Feelies album)

The Good Earth
Studio album by the Feelies
Released	1986
Studio	Mixolydian Studios, Boonton, New Jersey
Genre	Jangle rock [1]
Length	36:21
Label	Coyote/Twin/Tone (original US release) Rough Trade (original UK release)
Producer	Glenn Mercer, Bill Million, Peter Buck
The Feelies chronology
Crazy Rhythms (1980) The Good Earth (1986) Only Life (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A [2]
Classic Rock	[3]
Pitchfork	9.1/10 [4]
PopMatters	7/10 [5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10 [8]
The Village Voice	A− [9]

The Good Earth is the second album by the American band the Feelies. It was released in 1986 on Coyote Records, six years following their debut album Crazy Rhythms . ^[10] The original LP was contained in a sleeve designed by Glenn Mercer, featuring a front cover photo of the band by bassist Brenda Sauter and a back cover photo by John Baumgartner with coloring by Sauter.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Glenn Mercer and Bill Million.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"On the Roof"	2:51
2.	"The High Road"	4:20
3.	"The Last Roundup"	2:50
4.	"Slipping (Into Something)"	5:54
5.	"When Company Comes"	2:15

Side B

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Let's Go"	2:37
7.	"Two Rooms"	2:32
8.	"The Good Earth"	3:48
9.	"Tomorrow Today"	5:30
10.	"Slow Down"	3:13
Total length:		36:21

2009 digital edition bonus tracks ^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Sedan Delivery" (Neil Young cover)	Neil Young	2:53
12.	"She Said, She Said" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	3:02
13.	"Slipping (Into Something)" (live at 9:30 Club, 2009)		6:09
Total length:			48:25

Personnel

• Glenn Mercer – lead and rhythm guitars, vocals, keyboards
• Bill Million – rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals
• Dave Weckerman – percussion
• Brenda Sauter – bass guitar, backing vocals, violin
• Stan Demeski – drums, percussion

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "The Good Earth – The Feelies". AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2015.
2. Phipps, Keith (September 15, 2009). "The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms / The Good Earth". The A.V. Club . Retrieved November 10, 2015.
3. Dee, Johnny (November 2009). "The Feelies - The Good Earth". Classic Rock . No. 138. p. 95.
4. Powell, Mike (September 14, 2009). "The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms / The Good Earth". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 10, 2015.
5. Carson, Craig (September 23, 2009). "The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms / The Good Earth". PopMatters . Retrieved September 8, 2016.
6. Sheffield, Rob (September 8, 2009). "The Good Earth : The Feelies". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on September 13, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
7. Considine, J. D. (2004). "The Feelies". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p.  296. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
8. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide . Vintage Books. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
9. Christgau, Robert (August 5, 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved September 8, 2016.
10. "Feelies". Trouser Press . Retrieved November 20, 2015.