Chewing Pine
| Chewing Pine | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Studio | Sound 80 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | |||
| Genres | Folk, new acoustic, American primitive guitar | |||
| Length | 33:26 | |||
| Label | Capitol (ST-11446) | |||
| Producer | Denny Bruce | |||
| Leo Kottke chronology | ||||
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Chewing Pine is the last album on the Capitol label by American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1975. It peaked at #114 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. "Power Failure" was originally recorded by Procol Harum, a band Kottke toured with in Europe in the 1970s.
It was re-issued on CD by BGO (CD148) in 1992 and One Way Records (18461) in 1996.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album, "a dazzling amalgam of sounds and styles — there's a surprising emphasis on vocal numbers here... The obvious attempt on Chewing Pine to sell Kottke as more of a mainstream artist and a sometime singer obviously didn't work... There are enough good moments, and even a few transcendent ones, to justify owning this album."[1]
Track listing
[edit]All songs by Leo Kottke unless noted.
Side One
[edit]- "Standing on the Outside" (Leo Kottke, Mary Kottke) – 2:35
- "Power Failure" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) – 2:24
- "Venezuela, There You Go" – 3:08
- "Don't You Think" (Marty Robbins) – 3:34
- "Regards From Chuck Pink" – 2:56
Side Two
[edit]- "Monkey Money" – 1:45
- "The Scarlatti Rip-Off" – 3:33
- "Wheels" (Norman Petty) – 1:47
- "Grim to the Brim" – 3:13
- "Rebecca" (Richard Crandell) – 2:48
- "Trombone" – 2:12
- "Can't Quite Put it Into Words" – 3:21
Personnel
[edit]- Leo Kottke – 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals
- Bill Berg – drums, percussion
- Bill Peterson – bass
- Bill Barber – piano
- Jack Smith – organ on "Don’t You Think"
Production notes
[edit]- Produced by Denny Bruce
- Engineer: Paul Martinson
- Mastering Engineer: Bob Berglund
- Technical Assistance: Tom Mudge and David Pelletier
- Art Direction: Roy Kohara
- Photography: Tom Berthiaume
References
[edit]- 1 2 Eder, Bruce. "Chewing Pine > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
