The Good Earth

Feelies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bar None Records
• ASIN: B002H3ETIC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,455 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. On The Roof

2. The High Road

3. The Last Roundup

4. Slipping (Into Something)

5. When Company Comes

6. Let's Go

7. Two Rooms

8. The Good Earth

9. Tomorrow Today

10. Slow Down

Editorial Reviews

It took the Feelies six years to create The Good Earth, their follow-up album to Crazy Rhythms. The album was co-produced by Feelies co-captains Glenn Mercer and Bill Million along with REM's Peter Buck who was a Feelies admirer since his days as a record store clerk. The Good Earth was an early release on Coyote Records the label started by Steve Fallon of Maxwell's in Hoboken where the group became one of the club's most popular acts. The Good Earth featured the line-up that continues to this day. The album is an interesting mix of layered acoustic and electric guitars and their signature percussion sound. Bonus material including demos, b-sides and new live recordings will be included via download cards inserted in the LP and CD versions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not *really* out of print!!!, April 19, 2004

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propertius (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Earth (Audio CD)

Go to www.twintone.com (the Twin/Tone label owns the rights to the recordings). Select bands. Select Feelies. Select The Good Earth and scroll to the bottom. Marvel at the fact that this is not, in fact, out of print. Then buy the Yung Wu album and the EP No One Knows on CD for the first time. Thank me later. Yes, the Twin/Tone versions sound great. Mine arrived about four days after I ordered them.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The record that defined 80s indie guitar rock, June 13, 2001

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Jeffrey Jotz "You'll know him when you find him" (Rahway, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Earth (Audio CD)

In 1986, the Feelies were at their creative peak. After falling into total obscurity after their debut record, "Crazy Rhythms" in 1980, the band roared to life with the release of this record, an EP, a role in the film, "Something Wild" and a spot opening for R.E.M. on its Pageantry tour.

Unlike the spartan, jumpy sound of their first disc, this record is warm and inviting like a cup of hot tea and relies heavily on guitars with a minimum of fuzz. The disc is full of energy and pays homage at times to the Velvet Underground, but is never too loud and overwhelming. "The High Road" comes close at times near the end of the song, but that's it.

I bought this LP as a teenager in 1986 and wore the record out in two years. I purchased the CD in 1988 and still listen to it often. It is perhaps one of my ten favorite discs in a collection that tops 1,000.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is worth a C-note!, February 18, 2004

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Professor Booty (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Earth (Audio CD)

I was lucky enough to see these guys many times in college and still cherish each of their CDs. That being said, the Good Earth is the one I reach for first. I can't think of an album that has a better vibe to it. Sure, they liked VU and Neil Young but they definitely had their own thing going on. Hopefully some smart business type will get on the stick and put out a Feelies boxset...