MotorCycle | ||||
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Released | 1993 | |||
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Genre | Neo-psychedelia, alternative rock | |||
Label | BAI | |||
Producer | Terry Scott Taylor, Jerry Chamberlain, Daniel Amos | |||
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MotorCycle is the tenth studio album by Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos, issued in 1993 on BAI Records. It was the band's first album under the Daniel Amos moniker - as opposed to the shortened DA - since Vox Humana in 1984.
The album saw the band temporarily shift their sound to neo-psychedelia and saw the return of longtime guitarist Jerry Chamberlain. The album was dedicated to the memory of singer-songwriter Mark Heard, who died in 1992. Writing for AllMusic, J. Edward Keyes described the album as "meticulously crafted, haunting, and beautiful beyond words ... a psych-pop tour de force."[2]
"Grace is the Smell of Rain" was later rerecorded by lead singer Terry Scott Taylor's other band, the Lost Dogs, for their 2004 album MUTT.
Track listing
[edit]- "Banquet at the World's End" (words and music by Taylor) (3:47)
- "Traps, Ensnares" (words and music by Taylor/Chamberlain) (3:49)
- "Hole in the World" (words and music by Taylor) (5:32)
- "(What's Come) Over Me" (words and music by Taylor) (3:48)
- "Buffalo Hills" (words and music by Taylor) (4:24)
- "Guilty" (words and music by Taylor) (4:35)
- "Motorcycle" (words by Taylor, music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler) (3:33)
- "Wonderful" (words by Taylor/Chamberlain/McCall, music by Taylor/Chamberlain) (2:16)
- "So Long" (words and music by Taylor) (0:56)
- "My Frontier" (words and music by Taylor) (3:48)
- "Grace is the Smell of Rain" (words by Taylor, music by Taylor/Chamberlain) (4:01)
- "Noelle" (words and music by Taylor) (2:43)
- "Wise Acres" (words and music by Taylor) (2:14)
- "So Long Again" (words by Taylor, music by Taylor/Chamberlain) (2:53)
Personnel
[edit]- Jerry Chamberlain — lead and rhythm guitars, lap-steel guitar, electric sitar, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Wonderful", cover concept
- Tim Chandler — bass guitar and backing vocals
- Greg Flesch — lead and rhythm guitars, pan flute, and squeeze box
- Ed McTaggart — drums, percussion, backing vocals, art direction
- Terry Scott Taylor — guitars, harmonica, lead vocals, backing vocals, cover concept
- Gene Eugene — piano, audio engineer
- Steve Hindalong — additional percussion
- Buckeye Dan Michaels — trumpet
- Rob Watson — piano, organ, and synthesizer
- Sharon McCall — backing vocals
- Bob Moon — additional engineer
- Dave Hackbarth — additional engineer
- Chris Colbert — additional engineer
- The Golden Recording Room, Huntington Beach, California — recording location, mixing location
- Neverland Studios, Cerritos, California — recording location
- McCrums, Whittier, California — recording location
- Doug Doyle — mastering
- Digital Brothers — mastering location
- Bruce Heavin — cover concept, illustration
- Daniel Amos — musical arrangements
- Wax Lips Studios — pre-production demo recording location
References
[edit]- ^ MotorCycle at AllMusic
- ^ Keyes, J. Edward. "Daniel Amos - Motor Cycle". AllMusic. AllMusic, Netaktion LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2020.