The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

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The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Studio album by The Black Crowes

Publication
(s)

May 12, 1992

Label (s) Def American

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

12 (remastered)

running time

50m33s

occupation

production

Studio (s)

Southern Tracks Studios, Atlanta , Georgia , USA

chronology
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The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is the Black Crowes' second album . The album was recorded in less than two weeks and released on May 12, 1992. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard charts and was awarded double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in May 1995 .

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05/30/1992 (51 weeks)
  UK 2 05/23/1992 (7 weeks)
  DE 30th 06/01/1992 (20 weeks)
  AT 39 06/21/1992 (2 weeks)
  CH 17th 05/31/1992 (9 weeks)
Singles
Remedy
  US 48 07/11/1992 (9 weeks)
  UK 24 05/02/1992 (3 weeks)
  CH 39 05/31/1992 (1 week)
Sting Me
  UK 42 09/26/1992 (2 weeks)
Hotel Illness
  UK 47 11/28/1992 (3 weeks)

Track list

  1. Sting Me - 4:39
  2. Remedy - 5:22
  3. Thorn In My Pride - 6:03
  4. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye - 6:29
  5. Sometimes Salvation - 4:47
  6. Hotel Illness - 3:59
  7. Black Moon Creeping - 4:59
  8. No Speak No Slave - 4:01
  9. My Morning Song - 6:14
  10. Time Will Tell ( R. Marley ) - 4:06

Bonus tracks

  2. Sting Me (Slow) - 5:48
  3. 99 lbs. (Don Bryant) - 4:18

Except for titles 10 and 12, all of the songs were written by Chris and Rich Robinson. Tracks 11 and 12 were only added as bonus tracks for the re-release as part of the Sho'Nuff Box Set.

Single releases

The songs Remedy , Sting Me , Hotel Illness , Thorn In My Pride , Sometimes Salvation and Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye were released as singles . Several of them reached number 1 on the American Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts. The songs Darling Of The Underground Press , Time Will Tell , Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35 , Sting Me (slow version), Words You Throw Away and various live recordings of already known songs.

staff

tape

Additional musicians

  • Barbara & Joy: Choir
  • Chris Trujillo: Congas

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Album title

The  band from Atlanta , Georgia - so from the so-called southern states - is often assigned to the genre of Southern Rock because of their origins . In an interview, singer Chris Robinson stated that the title of the album refers to the fact that many people don't understand what it means for the Black Crowes to be southern . It's about a special vibe , a feeling that has nothing to do with Southern Rock in the narrower sense. Robinson took the album title from an old hymnal . The relationship to gospel music given in this way can be found in a broader sense in the music of the Black Crowes, which is often supported by background singers.

Change of band line-up

On this album, with the new lead guitarist Marc Ford and Eddie Hawrysch on the keys, you can hear for the first time the line-up who played the band's sound on the next two studio albums (as well as the Tall and Band sessions released in 2006 as The Lost Crowes ) and has shaped at numerous concerts.

Marc Ford played in 1990 with his band Burning Tree in the opening act of the Crowes and became friends with them. In the following year he came on stage as a guest guitarist for some concerts for individual pieces. When the then Black Crowes guitarist Jeff Cease left the band, it didn't take long to find a successor.

Keyboardist Eddie Hawrysch (also called Ed or Edward Harsch) has played the band's concerts since 1991 and has been a permanent (and most constant) member of the band until he left in 2006. He played a significant part in the songwriting and arrangements on SHAMC.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of chart successes at allmusic.com
  2. ↑ List of chart successes at tsort.info
  3. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
  4. ↑ Singlelist at allmusic.com
  5. ↑ Singlelist at discogs.com
  6. ↑ Album entry on crowesbase.com
  7. ↑ List of single releases at blackcrowes.net
  8. ↑ see Chris Robinson talks about the title