King of California (album)
| King of California | ||||
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| Studio album by Dave Alvin | ||||
| Released | May 1, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, country rock | |||
| Length | 54:49 | |||
| Label | Hightone | |||
| Producer | Greg Leisz | |||
| Dave Alvin chronology | ||||
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King of California is an album by American artist Dave Alvin, released in 1994.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (A-)[2] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming wrote of the album "While King of California was often lumped in with the then-fashionable unplugged craze, in retrospect it was the album where Dave Alvin's abilities as a performer began to catch up with his gifts as a songwriter, pointing the way for his later albums Blackjack David and Public Domain."[1]
Track listing
All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.
- "King of California" – 4:51
- "Barn Burning" – 4:01
- "Fourth of July" – 4:35
- "Goodbye Again" (Dave Alvin, Rosie Flores) – 3:58
- "East Texas Blues" (Alexander Herman Moore) – 4:07
- "Every Night About This Time" – 4:24
- "Bus Station" – 4:04
- "Mother Earth" (Memphis Slim) – 3:39
- "Blue Wing" (Tom Russell) – 3:43
- "Little Honey" (Alvin, John Doe) – 5:10
- "(I Won't Be) Leaving" – 5:06
- "What Am I Worth" (Darrell Edwards, George Jones) – 3:20
- "Border Radio" – 3:51
Personnel
- Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar
- Chris Gaffney – background vocals
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Patrick Warren – keyboards
- Don Heffington – drums, percussion
- James Cruce – drums, percussion, washboard
- Bob Clar – bass, percussion
- Greg Leisz – guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, Weissenborn, mandolin
- Alan Deremo – bass
- Skip Edwards – accordion, organ
- Don Falzone – bass
- Rosie Flores – vocals on "Goodbye Again"
- Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, percussion, background vocals
- James Intveld – bass
- David Jackson – accordion
- Donald Lindley – drums, percussion, background vocals
- Syd Straw – vocals on "What Am I Worth"
- Steve Van Celder – fiddle
- Jimmie Wood - Harmonica
Production notes
- Paul DuGre – engineer, mixing
- Joe Peccerillo – assistant engineer
- Gavin Lurssen – mastering
- Shelly Heber – design
- Beth Herzhaft – photography
References
- 1 2 Deming, Mark. "King of California > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Dave Alvin Reviews". Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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