The Black Crowes – Amorica [2LP Vinyl]

The Black Crowes – Amorica [2LP Vinyl]

Details

• Format: 2LP 180g Vinyl, Album
• Catalogue Number: 3749423
• Barcode: 602537494231
• Genre: Rock / Blues Rock / Southern Rock
• Label: American Recordings
• Originally Released: 1994

• Released:18th December 2015

• Pressing: 180g Remastered
• Condition: New & Sealed

Description

Amorica is the third studio album from The Black Crowes, released in November 1994 on American Recordings. It is, by the band’s own estimation and that of many critics, their most ambitious and fully realised record — a loose, sprawling, deeply soulful collection that draws on the Stones-inflected southern rock of their earlier work while pushing into jammier, more psychedelic territory. The album was produced by Jack Joseph Puig and recorded at a time when the band’s commercial fortunes were beginning to diverge from their artistic peak.

The record is perhaps best remembered for its notorious original cover art — quickly censored by most retailers — but the music within is the real story. Tracks like “Gone”, “Wiser Time”, and “High Head Blues” showcase the Robinson brothers at their most fluid and inspired, with Rich Robinson’s guitar work in particular reaching new heights. For fans of deep-groove, riff-driven American rock, Amorica remains an essential document.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Gone
2. A Conspiracy
3. High Head Blues

Side B

1. Cursed Diamond
2. Nonfiction
3. She Gave Good Sunflower

Side C

1. P.25 London
2. Ballad in Urgency
3. Wiser Time

Side D

1. Downtown Money Waster
2. Descending

Credits

• Chris Robinson – Vocals
• Rich Robinson – Guitar
• Marc Ford – Guitar
• Johnny Colt – Bass
• Steve Gorman – Drums
• Eddie Harsch – Keyboards
• Label – American Recordings