Gravity (Alejandro Escovedo album)
| Gravity | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Studio | The Hit Shack, Austin, Texas | |||
| Genre | Alt-country, heartland rock | |||
| Length | 50:39 | |||
| Label | Watermelon | |||
| Producer | Turner Stephen Bruton | |||
| Alejandro Escovedo chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
Gravity is the début album of Alejandro Escovedo, released in 1992.[3][4] Heinz Geissler and John Kunz were the executive producers.
Critical reception
[edit]Trouser Press wrote: "In the clarified artistic vision of a mature musician with a broken heart, a spiritual sense of his place in the world and a rich, resonant voice, Escovedo devised an electric folk idiom ... powerfully suited to the poetic hair shirt he donned."[5]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo
- "Paradise" – 4:16
- "Broken Bottle" – 3:53
- "One More Time" – 3:46
- "By Eleven" – 4:03
- "Bury Me" – 5:24
- "Five Hearts Breaking" – 4:10
- "Oxford" – 4:25
- "Last to Know" – 5:00
- "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" – 4:24
- "Pyramid of Tears" – 4:00
- "Gravity/Falling Down Again" – 7:18
Personnel
[edit]- Alejandro Escovedo - vocal, acoustic guitar
- Turner Stephen Bruton - slide guitar, electric slide guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocal harmony
- Chris Knight - keyboards
- Barry "Frosty" Smith - drums, percussion
- Dennis Kenmore - drums
- Rick Poss - electric twelve-string guitar
- Terry Wilson - bass
- John Hagen - cello
- Marty Muse - pedal steel guitar
- Thierry Le Coz - electric guitar
- Bill Ginn - piano
- Lou Ann Barton - vocal harmony
- Bill Averbach - trumpet on "Bury Me"
- J. D. Foster - vocal harmony
- Cid Sanchez - lead guitar on "Oxford"
- Spencer Starnes - double bass on "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
- Bruce & Charlie Robison - vocal harmonies
- Dennis Kenmore, Jay Hudson, T.S. Bruton, Chris Knight, "Big Wave" Dave McNair, J.D. Foster, Alejandro Escovedo - The Cappuccino Choir
- Maya Escovedo, Megan Ewing - The Screaming Me Me's
- Technical
- Heinz Geissler, John T. Kunz - executive producer
- Kathy Marcus - art direction, design
- Dana Lee Smith - illustration
References
[edit]- ^ Deming, Mark. Gravity at AllMusic
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (April 30, 2006). "Alejandro Escovedo Has a Lot to Sing About: He's Still Alive" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Alejandro Escovedo – Gravity / Thirteen Years – No Depression". www.nodepression.com.
- ^ "Alejandro Escovedo". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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