Martinis & Bikinis
Martinis & Bikinis | ||||
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Studio album by Sam Phillips | ||||
Released | March 8, 1994 | |||
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Genre | Rock, alternative rock | |||
Length | 46:13 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | T Bone Burnett | |||
Sam Phillips chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
American Songwriter | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
Mojo | [7] |
PopMatters | 8/10[8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
Martinis & Bikinis is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Sam Phillips . It was released on March 8, 1994 and re-released on July 17, 2012.[8] "Circle of Fire" was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.[11]
The photographs included in this album's artwork reportedly led to Phillips' role as a mute terrorist in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance.[12]
Track listing
All tracks written by Sam Phillips except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Love and Kisses" | 0:56 |
2. | "Signposts" | 2:19 |
3. | "Same Rain" (Sam Phillips, T Bone Burnett) | 4:11 |
4. | "Baby, I Can't Please You" | 3:30 |
5. | "Circle of Fire" | 3:12 |
6. | "Strawberry Road" | 4:05 |
7. | "When I Fall" | 5:07 |
8. | "Same Changes" (Sam Phillips, T Bone Burnett) | 4:44 |
9. | "Black Sky" | 4:03 |
10. | "Fighting with Fire" | 3:00 |
11. | "I Need Love" | 3:39 |
12. | "Wheel of the Broken Voice" | 4:00 |
13. | "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon) | 3:27 |
Personnel
- Sam Phillips – vocals
- T Bone Burnett – guitar
- Peter Buck – guitar
- Marc Ribot – guitar
- Jerry Scheff – bass
- Benmont Tench – organ
- Colin Moulding – bass
- Larry Taylor – bass
- Marvin Etzioni – bass
- Mickey Curry – drums
- Dan Heffington – drums
- Stephen Hodges – percussion
- Michael Blair
- David Mansfield
- Van Dyke Parks – string arrangements
- The Sid Page Strings
- Robert Becker
- Sid Page
- Joel Derouin
- Larry Corbett
Production
- T Bone Burnett – producer
- Colin Moulding – producer
- Tchad Blake – mixing
- John Paterno – mixing assistant
- Neal Avron – engineer
- Joe Schiff – engineer
- Dave Brock – assistant engineer
- Jim Champagne – assistant engineer
- Doug Diamond – assistant engineer
- David Eike – assistant engineer
- Noel Hazen – assistant engineer
- Tom Nellen – assistant engineer
- Bob Salcedo – assistant engineer
- Howard Willing – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
References
- ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Martinis & Bikinis – Sam Phillips". AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ↑ Horowitz, Hal (June 7, 2012). "Sam Phillips: Martinis & Bikinis". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ Kot, Greg (March 24, 1994). "Sublime Sam". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ↑ Svetkey, Benjamin (March 11, 1994). "Martinis and Bikinis". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ↑ Willman, Chris (April 3, 1994). "Sam Phillips 'Martinis & Bikinis' Virgin". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Sam Phillips: Martinis & Bikinis". Mojo: 104. 2012.
Arranged by Van Dyke Parks....[A] razor-edged 1994 Beatles-pop alt country gem...
- 1 2 Chiola, Enio (August 9, 2012). "Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis (Reissue)". PopMatters. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ Manning, Kara (March 24, 1994). "Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 28, 2002. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ "37th Annual Grammy Awards: Final Nominations". Billboard. 107 (2): 66. January 14, 1995. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ Martinis and Bikinis at Aphoristic Album Reviews
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