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Released
  
1990

Land of the Bottom Line(1990)
  
Jack's Crows(1991)

Release date
  
1990

Label
  
Windham Hill Records

Length
  
59:33

Artist
  
John Gorka

Producer
  
Bill Kollar

Genre
  
Folk music

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Recorded
  
Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA

Similar
  
John Gorka albums, Folk music albums

John gorka land of the bottom line


Land of the Bottom Line is the second album by contemporary folk singer-songwriter John Gorka. The album was also Gorka's major label debut for High Street Records/Windham Hill Records. The album was highly acclaimed by critics at the time, and continues to be cited by some as Gorka's finest work. The album's fifteen tracks and near hour-long length also provided an unusually large amount of music for a recording of that era. As Sing Out! editor Mark Moss noted in a review, the topics covered run "the gamut of John's favorite subjects: love, hard luck, local characters, and more."

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Land of the Bottom Line" (Gorka) – 3:35
  2. "Armed with a Broken Heart" (Gorka) – 3:30
  3. "Raven in the Storm" (Bartley, Gorka) – 3:16
  4. "The One That Got Away" (Gorka) – 3:45
  5. "Full of Life" (Gorka) – 3:16
  6. "Stranger in My Driver's Seat" (Gorka) – 3:35
  7. "The Sentinel" (Gorka) – 3:59
  8. "Dream Street" (Gorka) – 3:15
  9. "Mean Streak" (Gorka) – 2:35
  10. "Italian Girls" (Gorka) – 5:46
  11. "Jailbirds in the Bighouse" (Gorka) – 3:52
  12. "Promnight in Pigtown" (Gorka) – 3:22
  13. "I Saw a Stranger With Your Hair" (Gorka) – 4:01
  14. "Love Is Our Cross to Bear" (Gorka) – 4:44
  15. "That's How Legends Are Made" (Gorka) – 4:44

Personnel

Musicians: (see individual song listings below)

Production:

  • Produced – Bill Kollar
  • Recorded/Mixed – Bill Kollar at London By Night Productions, Woodbridge, New Jersey
  • Assembled – Rhonda Schoen at Sterling Sound, New York, New York
  • Mastered – Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York, New York, using the AUDIO AUTOMATION MUSE CONSOLE
  • Arrangements – Janice Kollar
  • Strings and English Horn written and arranged by Bill & Janice Kollar

    • Artwork:

  • Concept and Art Direction – Anne Robinson
  • Graphic design – Candace Upman
  • Photography – Ann Marsden
  • Photo printing – Myrslava Dziuk

    • Songs

    1. "Land of the Bottom Line"Gorka first recorded the song for a 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine (FF 103, March 1984)Musicians:
    2. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    3. Bill Kollar – electric guitar
    4. Kevin Jenkins – bass
    5. Marshal Rosenberg – conga
    6. Janice Kollar – congas, salt shaker, vox voices, & harmony vocals
    7. Tommy West – harmony vocals
    8. "Armed with a Broken Heart"Musicians:
    9. John Gorka – vocals, & acoustic guitar
    10. Vic Colucci – bass
    11. Michael Blair – Chinese drum
    12. Claudia Schmidt – harmony vocals
    13. Barry Mitterhoff – mandolin
    14. "Raven in the Storm"The lyrics to Raven in the storm were co-written with Geoff Bartley. The two artist also collaborate on the song "Mystery to Me" which appeared years later on Gorka's Out of the Valley.There have been a number of artists to cover this song:
    15. Mary Black, on her album, Circus (1995 Grapevine)
    16. Ten Sugar Coffee on their Addicted (1998 Huge Secret)
    17. The John Wright Band, on Language of the Heart (2001 Greentrax)
      18. Musicians:
    18. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    19. Vic Colucci – bass
    20. Chuck Loeb – electric guitar
    21. Elliott Randall – electric guitar
    22. Bill Kollar – electric guitar
    23. Marshal Rosenberg – bongos
    24. Janice Kollar – heartbeat, snare, cowbell, & shaker
    25. "The One That Got Away"Musicians:
    26. John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
    27. Vic Colucci – bass
    28. Shawn Colvin – harmony volcals
    29. "Full of Life"Musicians:
    30. John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
    31. Vic Colucci – bass
    32. Janice Kollar – accordion, harmony vocals, & tambourine
    33. Michael Blair – Uru, clay drum, klangobjete, & shaker
    34. Claudia Schmidt – harmony vocals
    35. Joe Ascione – bass drum
    36. "Stranger in My Driver's Seat"Musicians:
    37. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    38. Elliott Randall – electric guitar
    39. Vic Colucci – bass
    40. Janice Kollar – bass drum & keyboards
    41. Michael Blair – spox, crasher
    42. "The Sentinel"Musicians:
    43. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    44. Vic Colucci – bass
    45. Marsha Heller – English horn
    46. "Dream Street"Musicians:
    47. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    48. Vic Colucci – bass
    49. Chuck Loeb – electric guitar
    50. Janice Kollar – bass drum, punching bag, gravel shaker, conga & harmony vocals
    51. Shawn COlvin – harmony vocals
    52. Tommy West – harmony vocals
    53. "Mean Streak"Gorka's liner notes read, "'Mean Streak' is dedicated to Cliff Eberhardt and his bad attitude."Musicians:
    54. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    55. Kefin Jenkins – bass
    56. Janice Kollar – bass drum, shotgun, & cowbell
    57. Bill Kollar – crasher
    58. Vic Colucci – lead bass
    59. "Italian Girls"Musicians:
    60. John Gorka – vocals, & acoustic guitar
    61. Vic Colucci – bass
    62. Timothy Pitt – acoustic guitar
    63. Frank Vignola – electric guitar
    64. Eugene Friesen – cello
    65. "Jailbirds in the Bighouse"Musicians:
    66. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    67. Vic Colucci – bass
    68. Chuck Loeb – electric guitar
    69. Janice Kollar – drums, percussion, keyboards, & harmony vocals
    70. Claudia Schmidt – harmony vocals
    71. "Promnight in Pigtown"Musicians:
    72. John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
    73. Vic Colucci – bass
    74. Barry Mittenhoff – mandolin
    75. Kenny Cosek – violin
    76. Michael Blair – marching drum, cymbals, & klangobjekte
    77. "I Saw a Stranger With Your Hair""I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair" is one of two songs that previously appeared on Gorka's debut album for Red House Records, I Know at the request of Will Ackerman.Musicians:
    78. John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
    79. Eugene Friesen – cello
    80. Kenny Cosek – violin
    81. Vic Colucci – bass
    82. Janice Kollar – keyboards & harmony vocals
    83. Shawn Colvin – harmony vocals
    84. Tommy West – harmony vocals
    85. "Love Is Our Cross to Bear"This is the other song re-recorded by Gorka that originally appeared on I Know.Musicians:
    86. John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
    87. Chuck Loeb – electric guitar
    88. "That's How Legends Are Made"Musicians:
    89. John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
    90. Vic Colucci – bass
    91. Timothy Pitt – acoustic guitar
    92. Barry Mittenhoff – mandolin
    93. Michael Blair – shaker

    Songs

    1Land of the Bottom Line3:35
    2Armed With a Broken Heart3:32
    3Raven in the Storm3:16

    References

    Land of the Bottom Line Wikipedia
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