The Good Earth (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Good Earth
Type = Album
Artist = The Feelies


Released = 1986
Recorded = Mixolydian Studios,
Boonton, New Jersey
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Coyote
Producer = Glenn Mercer, Bill Million, Peter Buck
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifixqy5ldhe link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=feelies link]
Last album = "Crazy Rhythms" (1980)
This album = "The Good Earth" (1986)
Next album = "Only Life" (1988)

"The Good Earth" is the Feelies' second album. It was released in 1986, six years after their debut album. Trouser Press said it was "worth the wait." [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=feelies]

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Glenn Mercer and Bill Million.

ide one

#"On the Roof"
#"The High Road"
#"The Last Roundup"
#"Slipping (into something)"
#"When Company Comes"

ide two

#"Let's Go"
#"Two Rooms"
#"The Good Earth"
#"Tomorrow Today"
#"Slow Down"

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