Copperopolis (album)

Copperopolis
Studio album by
Grant Lee Buffalo
ReleasedJune 1996
StudioCherokee, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length56:03
LabelSlash, Reprise
ProducerPaul Kimble
Grant Lee Buffalo chronology
Mighty Joe Moon
(1994) 		Copperopolis
(1996) 		Jubilee
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]

Copperopolis is the third studio album by alternative rock band Grant Lee Buffalo.[4][5] It was released in 1996 on Slash Records.[6][7]

Production

The album was produced by bass player Paul Kimble. It was recorded in six weeks.[8] All songs were written by Grant Lee Phillips

Critical reception

No Depression wrote that "the sound is lush and more beautiful than ever."[9] Trouser Press wrote that "every song is a miniature epic" and that "the record confirms Phillips as a pop auteur."[6] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album "triumphant," writing that it introduced "a richer, more sweeping sound."[10]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Grant Lee Phillips

  1. "Homespun"
  2. "The Bridge"
  3. "Arousing Thunder"
  4. "Even the Oxen"
  5. "Crackdown"
  6. "Armchair"
  7. "Bethlehem Steel"
  8. "All That I Have"
  9. "Two & Two"
  10. "Better for Us"
  11. "Hyperion & Sunset"
  12. "Comes to Blows"
  13. "The Only Way Down"

References

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Copperopolis - Grant Lee Buffalo". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 499.
  4. ^ "Grant Lee Buffalo | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Courtney, Kevin. "Grant Lee Buffalo". The Irish Times.
  6. ^ a b "Grant Lee Buffalo". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Grant Lee Buffalo Evolves in 'Copperopolis'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 20, 1996 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Buffalo Roams : Grant Lee Phillips' Folk-Rock Trio Goes With the Flow but Never Loses Its General Direction". Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1996.
  9. ^ "Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis". No Depression.
  10. ^ Buckley, Peter (September 30, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.