Berkeley to Bakersfield

Berkeley to Bakersfield
Studio album by Cracker
Released December 9, 2014
Recorded October 2013 - August 2014
Genre Alternative rock, Country, Punk
Length 70:54
Label 429 Records
Cracker chronology

Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
(2009)		 Berkeley to Bakersfield
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 81/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
American Songwriter [3]
Popmatters 8/10[4]

Berkeley to Bakersfield is Cracker's tenth studio album. It was released December 9, 2014 on 429 Records. The release is a double album and the band's first studio effort in five years.

The "Berkeley" album is influenced by punk and garage, while the "Bakersfield" album leans toward the band's "California country" side.

Part of the album was recorded with the lineup of Cracker's heyday. Bassist Davey Faragher and drummer Michael Urbano were members of the band when its most successful album Kerosene Hat was recorded.[5]

Lead single "Waited My Whole Life" was released to radio in October 2014.[6]

Track listing

Disc 1 - Berkeley
No. Title Length
1. "Torches and Pitchforks"   2:12
2. "March of the Billionaires"   3:38
3. "Beautiful"   3:03
4. "El Comandante"   3:07
5. "El Cerrito"   5:04
6. "Reaction"   2:39
7. "You Got Yourself Into This"   3:14
8. "Life in the Big City"   3:53
9. "Waited My Whole Life"   4:14
Total length:
 31:04
Disc 2 - Bakersfield
No. Title Length
1. "California Country Boy"   3:14
2. "Almond Grove"   4:36
3. "King of Bakersfield"   4:57
4. "Tonight I Cross The Border"   4:19
5. "Get On Down The Road"   4:58
6. "I'm Sorry Baby"   4:44
7. "The San Bernandino Boy"   2:58
8. "When You Come Down"   4:05
9. "Where Have Those Days Gone"   5:59
Total length:
 39:50

References

  1. ↑ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Berkeley to Bakersfield – Cracker". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Horowitz, Hal (8 December 2014). "Cracker: Berkeley To Bakersfield". American Songwriter. ForASong Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Pitter, Charles (9 December 2014). "Cracker: Berkeley to Bakersfield". Popmatters. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Bonfiglio, Jeremy. "Five questions with Cracker guitarist, co-founder Johnny Hickman". The News Dispatch. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CrackerSoul/posts/10152495826973661?fref=nf