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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Spirit (Rock) |
| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Psychedelic |
| Release Date: |
October 21, 1988 |
| Album Duration: |
39m:06s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Prelude / Nothin' To Hide 2. Nature's Way 3. Animal Zoo 4. Love Has Found a Way 5. Why Can't I Be Free? 6. Mr. Skin 7. Space Child 8. When I Touch You 9. Street Worm 10. Life Has Just Begun 11. Morning Will Come 12. Soldier |
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Spirit: Randy California (guitar); John Locke (keyboards); Mark Andes (bass); Ed Cassidy (drums). Includes liner notes by Marty Pekar. After three albums with producer Lou Adler (who had also signed them on his label, Ode), the band brought in David Briggs, who'd previously worked with Neil Young. A real sense of camaraderie and experimentation runs through this entire work, which took longer to record than any previous Spirit effort. "Nature's Way" has remained popular since its first appearance, and the album also includes "Mr. Skin," "Morning Will Come," and "Animal Zoo." The album is characterized by an audacious blend of catchy pop and experimental sounds, as on the folkish, daring "Why Can't I Be Free" and the musically ambitious "Love Has Found A Way." Unfortunately, this was the band's final album. Randy California and Ed Cassidy continued to resurrect the Spirit name over the decades, but the perfectly balanced tensions of this original lineup were gone. Here, though, the supremely focused yet a... |
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