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 ninth 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

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

Cracker

David Lowery Johnny Hickman Bryan Howard CoCo Owens Thayer Sarrano Pistol Stoessel Davey Faragher Bruce Hughes Bob Rupe Brandy Wood Victor Krummenacher Sal Maida Phil Jones Michael Urbano Joey Peters David Lovering Johnny Hott Charlie Quintana Frank Funaro Kenny Margolis

Studio albums	Cracker (1992) Kerosene Hat (1993) The Golden Age (1996) Gentleman's Blues (1998) Forever (2002) Countrysides (2003) Greenland (2006) Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey (2009) Berkeley to Bakersfield (2014)

Singles/EP's	"Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)" (1992) "Tucson" (1993) "Low" (1993) "Get Off This" (1994) "Euro-Trash Girl" (1994) "I Hate My Generation" (1996) "Nothing To Believe In" (1996) "The Good Life" (1998) "The World Is Mine" (1998) "Shine" (2002) "Merry Christmas, Emily" (2002) "Something You Ain't Got" (2006) "Give Me One More Chance" (2006) "Everybody Gets One For Free" (2006)

Compilations	The Virgin Years (1995) Garage D'Or (2000) Hello, Cleveland! Live at the Metro (2002) O' Cracker Where Art Thou? (2003) Get On With It: The Best of Cracker (2006) Greatest Hits Redux (2006)

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