Grotto of Miracles is the second studio album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls.[5][6] It was released in 1986 by Placebo Records.[7] Like many Sun City Girls LPs, Grotto of Miracles has become a collector's item.[8]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote: "With demented lyrical concepts and such offbeat accessories as antelope bells, chimes and temple blocks, Grotto of Miracles is an ethnic stew that shows enormous creative growth."[7] The Chicago Reader wrote that the band's "wiggy instrumentals were flavored by surf rock, jazz, and noise, and would give way to pummeling art rock, nonsensical rants, and meandering improvisation."[9] Perfect Sound Forever praised the "beautiful, Rick [Bishop]-heavy, unusually near-accessible first side."[10] Maximum Rocknroll called the album "very musical, poetic, downright pretty, distinctively ugly, the great acid experience or background music."[11]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sun City Girls, except "Kal el Lazi Kad Ham", which is a traditional arrangement.
Side one| Title |
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| 1. | "Radio Morocco" | 5:00 |
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| 2. | "Different Kind of Whore" | 4:24 |
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| 3. | "In a Lesbian Meadow" | 2:17 |
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| 4. | "Swing of Kings" | 2:05 |
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| 5. | "Damcar" | 2:40 |
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| 6. | "Kal el Lazi Kad Ham" | 5:28 |
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Side two| Title |
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| 1. | "Black Weather Shoes" | 1:13 |
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| 2. | "Mama's Milk (Too Dry)" | 1:00 |
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| 3. | "The Spice Nest" | 5:17 |
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| 4. | "Frankincense and Fish" | 4:00 |
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| 5. | "The Mystery of Death" | 3:15 |
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| 6. | "Ask Heem (202 456 7369)" | 4:50 |
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| 7. | "It's My Old Friend the Future" | 1:16 |
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Personnel
Adapted from the Grotto of Miracles liner notes.[12]
- Sun City Girls
- Alan Bishop – bass guitar, melodica, autoharp, alto saxophone, trumpet, tape, percussion, vocals
- Richard Bishop – electric guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, melodica, cello, violin, flute, bells, percussion, vocals
- Charles Gocher – drums, percussion, temple block, bells, chimes, cymbal, gong, güiro, maracas, tambourine, autoharp, flute, horns, vocals
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- Production and additional personnel
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Release history
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Date
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Label
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Format
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Catalog
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| United States
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1986
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Placebo
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LP
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PLA-19
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References
- ^ Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595987 – via Google Books.
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Sun City Girls: Grotto of Miracles > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 841.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 385.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (January 25, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sun City Girls raid the vaults and ready a new compilation of singles and rarities". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ a b Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David (2007). "Sun City Girls". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ Armstrong, Gene. "The Music Lives". Tucson Weekly.
- ^ Margasak, Peter. "Sun City Girls". Chicago Reader.
- ^ "Sun City Girls". www.furious.com.
- ^ "Grotto of Miracles LP".
- ^ Grotto of Miracles (sleeve). Phoenix, Arizona: Placebo Records. 1986.
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