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Amorica

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Recorded
  
May–August 1994

Artist
  
The Black Crowes

Producer
  
Jack Joseph Puig

Length
  
54:13

Release date
  
1 November 1994

Label
  
American Recordings

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Released
  
November 1, 1994 (1994-11)

Amorica (1994)
  
Three Snakes and One Charm (1996)

Genres
  
Southern rock, Hard rock, Blues rock

Similar
  
The Black Crowes albums, Southern rock albums

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Amorica (styled amorica. on the album cover) is the third studio album by The Black Crowes. Spawned from their unreleased scrapped album Tall, Amorica was released in late 1994 on American Recordings and reissued in the UK in 1998 with two bonus tracks. The record notably featured a sexually explicit cover that displayed a woman's crotch wearing a United States flag thong with pubic hair sticking out, which was taken from the cover of the July 1976 issue of Hustler magazine. The album was subsequently banned from chain stores like Walmart and Kmart, resulting in the cover being censored with a solid black background, displaying only the thong. Amorica reached gold status in the United States, shipping 500,000 copies.

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Reception

"The Crowes haven't ceased their cocky pillaging of the universal jukebox – echoes of the Stones and Led Zep abound," wrote Rolling Stone's Paul Evans, who awarded the album three and a half stars. "But in joining the mix with offbeat kicks (Latino rhythms, wah-wah guitar, strange vocal treatments), they sound remarkably fresh."

In July 2014, Guitar World chose Amorica as one of "50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994".

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson.

  1. "Gone" – 5:08
  2. "A Conspiracy" – 4:46
  3. "High Head Blues" – 4:01
  4. "Cursed Diamond" – 5:56
  5. "Nonfiction" – 4:16
  6. "She Gave Good Sunflower" – 5:48
  7. "P.25 London" – 3:38
  8. "Ballad in Urgency" – 5:39
  9. "Wiser Time" – 5:33
  10. "Downtown Money Waster" – 3:40
  11. "Descending" – 5:42

Bonus tracks

  1. "Song of the Flesh (Bonus Track In UK 1998 Reissue)" – 3:45
  2. "Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz (Bonus Track In UK 1998 Reissue)" – 2:46
  3. "Tied Up and Swallowed (Bonus Track In US Release)" - 4:16
  4. "Chevrolet (Bonus Track In Japan Edition)" - 3:32

Personnel

  • Chris Robinson – vocals
  • Rich Robinson – guitar
  • Marc Ford – guitar
  • Eddie Harsch – keyboards
  • Johnny Colt – bass guitar
  • Steve Gorman – drums

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Gone5:08
    2A Conspiracy4:47
    3High Head Blues4:02

    References

    Amorica Wikipedia
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