Their 10th studio album was 5 years in the making – and the record, for all its deftness and dizzying unpredictability, was notable for the resulting sense of gravitas. Some reviewers have a low opinion on the version because they feel it suffers from mediocre sound quality and poor packaging.The period leading up to the release of Parastrophics was one of uncharacteristic silence for Mouse On Mars.
His colleague, Matthew Greenwald, calls Bitter Wind a beautifully written ballad and one of Bob Mosleys finest early period compositions 11, also praising the songs He 12, Rose Colored Eyes 13 and Millers Blues 14 and calling Murder In My Heart For The Judge a fabulously hilarious story of being dressed down in a court by a judge while paying parking tickets. Rob Hughes of Louder Sound, meanwhile, has referred to Wow as a disjointed affair, but hardly a disaster, highlighting Bitter Wind, the creepily-hypnotic Rose Colored Eyes, the funked-up Murder In My Heart For The Judge and Spences clap of dirty thunder, Motorcycle Irene as classic Grape.Ī retrospective review of Wow by Mark Deming of AllMusic is mostly positive, arguing that it is a far more ambitious album than the bands debut, that it has plenty of strengths despite the excess gingerbread and that while it lacks the rev-it-up spirit of the debut, the guitar work is just as impressive and richly layered, and the groups harmonies and songwriting chops are still in solid shape.ĭeming praises the tough, funky blues of Murder in My Heart for the Judge and the horn-driven boogie of Cant Be So Bad and refers to Bitter Wind, He, and Rose Colored Eyes as lovely folk-rock tunes with shimmering harmonies. The Lake is a strange combination of poetry submitted by a fan (Michael Hayworth, the winner of a KFRC San Francisco songwriting contest) and avant-garde psychedelic Musique concrte sound effects somewhat like side four of Freak Out or Revolution 9. Peter Lewis does not appear on this album. Skip Spence plays guitar on Never and piano on Boysenberry Jam. This studio album was recorded in New York City in January and February 1968. However Grape Jam is also notable in that it features guest appearances on piano by Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield. It was given a spoken introduction from Arthur Godfrey and cut onto the LP record at 78 RPM with added scratchy sound effects to give it an authentic period effect. The album also includes an electrified re-arranged version of Naked, If I Want To, which was on the first album as an acoustic track. Other stand-out tracks include Jerry Millers rocking shuffle Cant Be So Bad, Skip Spences darkly comedic roots rocker Motorcycle Irene and Peter Lewiss lush ballad He. The acoustic version here contains an ending that includes harsh wind noises and backward vocals. String and horn arrangements were added to many of the songs by producer David Rubinson.īitter Wind, written and sung by Bob Mosley, has remained one of the groups most popular songs. September 2007 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ). Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. The back cover of Wow also showed the song titles in an incorrect order, and again, this was not visible on the sealed package. The song titles for Grape Jam were only shown on the back of that album and were not visible on the outside of the sealed package. It is different from most double album releases in that it was released as two different albums in separate covers, but packaged together and sold for only one dollar more than price of a single LP.Įarly copies of Wow omit the bands name from the record label, for unknown reasons. Studio album by Moby Grape Released ApRecorded AugFebru(Wow) January 16 - Febru(Grape Jam) Genre Psychedelic rock folk rock blues rock jam band Length 38: 23 (Wow) LP, 37:31 (Grape Jam) LP Label Columbia LP CS 9613 (Wow) MGS 1 (Grape Jam) Sundazed CD Producer David Rubinson Moby Grape chronology. Find sources: WowGrape Jam news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( June 2014 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ).
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