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Gravity (Alejandro Escovedo album)

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Gravity
Studio album by
Released1992
StudioThe Hit Shack, Austin, Texas
GenreAlt-country, heartland rock
Length50:39
LabelWatermelon
ProducerTurner Stephen Bruton
Alejandro Escovedo chronology
Gravity
(1992)
Thirteen Years
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Gravity is the début album of Alejandro Escovedo, released in 1992.[3][4] Heinz Geissler and John Kunz were the executive producers.

Critical reception

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Trouser Press wrote: "In the clarified artistic vision of a mature musician with a broken heart, a spiritual sense of his place in the world and a rich, resonant voice, Escovedo devised an electric folk idiom ... powerfully suited to the poetic hair shirt he donned."[5]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo

  1. "Paradise" – 4:16
  2. "Broken Bottle" – 3:53
  3. "One More Time" – 3:46
  4. "By Eleven" – 4:03
  5. "Bury Me" – 5:24
  6. "Five Hearts Breaking" – 4:10
  7. "Oxford" – 4:25
  8. "Last to Know" – 5:00
  9. "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" – 4:24
  10. "Pyramid of Tears" – 4:00
  11. "Gravity/Falling Down Again" – 7:18

Personnel

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  • Alejandro Escovedo - vocal, acoustic guitar
  • Turner Stephen Bruton - slide guitar, electric slide guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocal harmony
  • Chris Knight - keyboards
  • Barry "Frosty" Smith - drums, percussion
  • Dennis Kenmore - drums
  • Rick Poss - electric twelve-string guitar
  • Terry Wilson - bass
  • John Hagen - cello
  • Marty Muse - pedal steel guitar
  • Thierry Le Coz - electric guitar
  • Bill Ginn - piano
  • Lou Ann Barton - vocal harmony
  • Bill Averbach - trumpet on "Bury Me"
  • J. D. Foster - vocal harmony
  • Cid Sanchez - lead guitar on "Oxford"
  • Spencer Starnes - double bass on "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
  • Bruce & Charlie Robison - vocal harmonies
  • Dennis Kenmore, Jay Hudson, T.S. Bruton, Chris Knight, "Big Wave" Dave McNair, J.D. Foster, Alejandro Escovedo - The Cappuccino Choir
  • Maya Escovedo, Megan Ewing - The Screaming Me Me's
Technical
  • Heinz Geissler, John T. Kunz - executive producer
  • Kathy Marcus - art direction, design
  • Dana Lee Smith - illustration

References

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  1. ^ Deming, Mark. Gravity at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
  3. ^ Pareles, Jon (April 30, 2006). "Alejandro Escovedo Has a Lot to Sing About: He's Still Alive" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "Alejandro Escovedo – Gravity / Thirteen Years – No Depression". www.nodepression.com.
  5. ^ "Alejandro Escovedo". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 July 2020.