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Elaine MacKenzie
Green - Elaine MacKenzie.jpg
Studio album by Green
Released 1987
Genre Jangle pop
Length 45:45
Label Pravda
Producer Green
Green chronology
Green
(1986)
Elaine MacKenzie
(1987)
White Soul
(1989)

Elaine MacKenzie is the second album by Chicago pop band Green, released in 1987 on Pravda Records.[1]

Reception[edit]

In writing for Spin, Ira Robbins called Elaine MacKenzie "an album of great accomplishment" that "pair[s] the most worthwhile Kinks influence since Big Star with enough hoarse soulful R&B soul for a Small Faces LP on Paisley Park." He gave further praise to Jeff Lescher's vocal performance, which he described as "a rough but melodic roar that seems to be staining for release."[2]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written and composed by Jeff Lescher, except "Beaten Into Submission" by Ken Kurson. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Up All Night"   4:19
2. "She's an Addiction"   3:39
3. "Saturday Afternoon"   3:41
4. "Radio Caroline"   3:08
5. "Beaten Into Submission"   2:25
6. "Heavy Metal Kids"   3:20
7. "My Love's on Fire"   2:51
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "I'm Not at Home"   2:49
2. "Don't Ever Fall in Love"   3:45
3. "Fingerprints"   2:14
4. "She Was My Girl"   3:29
5. "Youth in Asia"   2:04
6. "I Can't Seem to Get It Through My Head"   4:25
7. "I Know, I Know"   4:36

Personnel[edit]

Green
Additional musicians and production

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Green". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 3, 2014. 
  2. ^ Robbins, Ira (October 1988). "Green: Elaine MacKenzie". Spin (SPIN Media LLC) 4 (7): 86. Retrieved September 3, 2014. 

External links[edit]

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