The Good Earth (The Feelies album) - Composition

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The Good Earth is the second album by American alternative rock band The Feelies. It was released in 1986 on Coyote Records, six years following their debut album Crazy Rhythms.[10] The original LP was contained in a sleeve designed by Glenn Mercer, featuring a front cover photo of the band by bassist Brenda Sauter and a back cover photo by John Baumgartner with coloring by Sauter.

The Good Earth

Studio album by

The Feelies

Released

1986

Studio

Mixolydian Studios, Boonton, New Jersey

Genre

Jangle pop, post-punk, alternative rock

Length

36:21

Label

Coyote/Twin/Tone Records (original US release)
Rough Trade (original UK release)

Producer

Glenn Mercer, Bill Million, Peter Buck

The Feelies chronology

Crazy Rhythms
(1980)

The Good Earth
(1986)

Only Life
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A[2]
Classic Rock	[3]
Pitchfork	9.1/10[4]
PopMatters	7/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10[8]
The Village Voice	A−[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Glenn Mercer and Bill Million.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"On the Roof"	2:51
2.	"The High Road"	4:20
3.	"The Last Roundup"	2:50
4.	"Slipping (Into Something)"	5:54
5.	"When Company Comes"	2:15

Side B
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Let's Go"	2:37
7.	"Two Rooms"	2:32
8.	"The Good Earth"	3:48
9.	"Tomorrow Today"	5:30
10.	"Slow Down"	3:13
Total length:		36:21

2009 digital edition bonus tracks[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Sedan Delivery" (Neil Young cover)	Neil Young	2:53
12.	"She Said, She Said" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	3:02
13.	"Slipping (Into Something)" (live at 9:30 Club, 2009)		6:09
Total length:			48:25

Personnel

Glenn Mercer – lead and rhythm guitars, vocals, keyboards
Bill Million – rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals
Dave Weckerman – percussion
Brenda Sauter – bass guitar, backing vocals, violin
Stan Demeski – drums, percussion

References

Raggett, Ned. "The Good Earth – The Feelies". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
Phipps, Keith (September 15, 2009). "The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms / The Good Earth". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
Dee, Johnny (November 2009). "The Feelies - The Good Earth". Classic Rock. No. 138. p. 95.
Powell, Mike (September 14, 2009). "The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms / The Good Earth". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
Carson, Craig (September 23, 2009). "The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms / The Good Earth". PopMatters. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
Sheffield, Rob (September 8, 2009). "The Good Earth : The Feelies". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
Considine, J. D. (2004). "The Feelies". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 296. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
Christgau, Robert (August 5, 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
"Feelies". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

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Glenn Mercer Bill Million Stan Demeski Brenda Sauter Dave Weckerman Vinny DeNunzio John Papesca Keith DeNunzio Anton Fier
Studio albums	Crazy Rhythms The Good Earth Only Life Time for a Witness Here Before

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