G. Love and Special Sauce
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 10, 1994
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length58:29
LabelEpic
ProducerStiff Johnson, Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce chronology
G. Love and Special Sauce
(1994)
Coast to Coast Motel
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]

G. Love and Special Sauce is the debut album by G. Love & Special Sauce released on May 10, 1994, via Epic Records. The album was certified Gold after selling 500,000 copies.[3] It contains the song "Cold Beverage," which became a college-radio staple,[4] as well as "Baby's Got Sauce," which Seattle's KEXP-FM 90.3 called the song of the year.[5]

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[6]

Track listing

  1. "The Things That I Used to Do" – 3:35
  2. "Blues Music" – 4:17
  3. "Garbage Man" – 4:51
  4. "Eyes Have Miles" – 5:22
  5. "Baby's Got Sauce" – 3:54
  6. "Rhyme for the Summertime" – 3:06
  7. "Cold Beverage" – 2:33
  8. "Fatman" – 4:16
  9. "This Ain't Living" – 6:34
  10. "Walk to Slide" – 4:28
  11. "Shooting Hoops (with Mou Akoon)" – 3:31
  12. "Some Peoples Like That" – 4:49
  13. "Town to Town" – 3:33
  14. "I Love You" – 3:32

Personnel

G. Love & Special Sauce
  • G. Love – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Jeffrey Clemens – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Jimi "Jazz" Prescott – string bass
Additional musicians

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Roberts, David. "Review: G. Love and Special Sauce - G. Love and Special Sauce". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 142.
  3. "G Love & Special Sauce w/ The John Butler Trio, Tristan Prettyman - Sound... (Toronto) on 9 Aug 2008 –". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  4. "G. Love and Special Sauce". RollingStone.com. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. "The KEXP Top 90.3 Album Chart for 1994". kexp.org. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
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