Unknown Territory (Dick Dale album)

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Unknown Territory
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Studio album by
Dick Dale
Released1994
Recorded1994
Studio Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California [1]
Genre Surf music
Length51:49
Label HighTone [2]
Producer Scott Mathews, Dick Dale
Dick Dale chronology
Tribal Thunder
(1993)		Unknown Territory
(1994)		 Calling Up Spirits
(1996)

Unknown Territory is a studio album by the American surf guitarist Dick Dale, released in 1994. [3] [4] Dale supported the album with a North American tour. [5] The cover of "Ring of Fire" was a tribute to Dale's childhood love of country music. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the extravagance of [Dale's] embroiderings suggesting jazz even as the savagery of his attack is rock incarnate." [8] The Los Angeles Times opined that "the album's prime stuff is defined less by speed than by its sexy swagger ... 'F Groove' offers slow, heavy rock that is truly low-down and mean." [10] The News Tribune determined that "Hava Nagila" "sounds like the Ramones picked up a B'nai Brith songbook." [11]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated.

  1. "Scalped" – 4:05
  2. "Mexico" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:05
  3. "F Groove" – 4:26
  4. "Terra Dicktyl" – 3:11
  5. "Take It or Leave It" – 4:27
  6. "Ghost Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones) – 3:16
  7. "Fish Taco" – 2:39
  8. "California Sun" (Henry Glover) – 3:16
  9. "Maria Elena" – 4:19
  10. "Hava Nagila" (traditional) – 4:00
  11. "The Beast" – 3:09
  12. "Unknown Territory" – 7:55
  13. "Ring of Fire" (Merle Kilgore, June Carter) – 3:31

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Unknown Territory". Discogs. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ Prown, Pete; Newquist, H. P. (February 1, 1997). Legends of Rock Guitar. Hal Leonard. ISBN   9781476850931 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Dick Dale Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Gettelman, Parry (April 29, 1994). "DICK DALE RIDES A NEW WAVE GUITAR". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 4.
  5. ↑ Surkamp, David (October 14, 1994). "SURF GUITARIST RIDES POPULAR WAVE". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 3G.
  6. ↑ Nichols, Jim (October 18, 1995). "DICK DALE BRINGS SURF ROCK IN RARE ROAD APPEARANCE". DOWNTOWNER. Dayton Daily News. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Unknown Territory - Dick Dale | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  8. 1 2 Kot, Greg (July 7, 1994). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  10. 1 2 Boehm, Mike (July 14, 1994). "Introducing: The Mighty Power Arrangers". Los Angeles Times. p. F2.
  11. ↑ Nelson, Rick (September 30, 1994). "DICK DALE SURFS ON UNEXPECTED NEW WAVE OF POPULARITY". The News Tribune. p. F21.
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