Green Winter

Love Tractor, Johnsons | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fundamental
• ASIN: B000F1HGGA
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #554,854 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Creative Loafing, March 29, 2006

Green Winter...is light years away from the kitchy revelry of the early '80s "golden age" of Athens

Product Description

The Love Tractor boys have done it again! This is the second record in less than a year from the Athens, GA band. "Black Hole" was released in April 2005, and a third title will be released on the heels of this one to finish the trilogy. (That title will possibly feature Dave Schools of Widespread Panic, Mike Mills of REM, and other guests). Musically Green Winter is very different from 2005's Black Hole. Gone are the harsh tones needed for "Black Hole". On first listen "Green Winter" has a much warmer sound. The song "Wrong Turn" is reminiscent of the Allman Brothers and contains impressive guitar and organ solos. "Inventor of Worlds" sounds like Piper at the Gates of Dawn era Pink Floyd and "Turquoise and Yellow" harkens back to the Love Tractor power pop of the late 80's. There are also elements of Funk, Reggae and T.Rex inspired groove, all brought together in LT's original brand of Psychedelia. The band even does a cover version of the Roxy Music song "Three and Nine" from the Country Life record.

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PART 2, June 27, 2006

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Dmullet - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green Winter (Audio CD)

This is the second installment in the LT trilogy that started with Black Hole, and you can kind of see the bridge that Mike Richmond and Co. are building here. Green Winter still has the prog touches that were all over Black Hole, but it seems like the band might be sneaking in a bit of the old LT twang. It might be a while before we find out, but here's to hoping that part 3 will be a re-birth of the LT and an advancement at the same time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great work, June 27, 2006

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Jesse T. Loosbrock (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Winter (Audio CD)

Though I liked 2005's Black Hole a lot, it is easy to hear that Mike Richmond's new lineup is getting better and better at playing together. This album takes you on a trip, drifting effortlessly through the realms of the earthly and the ethereal, floating through the upper atmosphere and into space with such songs as Saturn Rings, and pulling you back down to earth with such songs as Turqoise and Yellow. I also like the cover of 3 and 9 better than the orginial Roxy Music version. Definitely worth a buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stellar, cohesive outing from the re-energized LT, April 25, 2006

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Old Turveydrop (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green Winter (Audio CD)

As good as Black Hole was, the re-organized Love Tractor is back with a stonger, more cohesive effort with Green Winter...their second outing in less than a year. The songs and musicianship are first rate, but there is a better flow, the songs fit better together for a stonger album. Definitely one of the best outings from LT regardless of you favorite period. Right up there with Love Tractor and Themes From Venus

Saturn Rings is great opener, and would be the first single, if singles were still released these days. A swirling song that takes the theme of love on a trip through the universe.

Wrong Turn is a Allman Brothers like workout with guitar and keyboard solos woven tastefully into the song.

LT has covered some great songs in the past including Party Train, Neon Lights. 3 and 9, the Roxy Music song, is not one you'd want to cover unless you had something to add. The acoustic guitar and synthesizer version here is one of the highlights of the album.

Green Field Rock is a straightforward Blues tune. Pain and Suffering a humorous look at love with a steady, steady beat.

The album closes with the mournful Green Winter.

If you are a Lover Tractor fan or just a music and musicianship, you owe it to yourself to buy this CD. Hope that Love Tractor goes on tour to support this release and look for the next CD that is apparently close to complete