Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert is a studio album by American hard rock band Raging Slab, released in 1993.[5][6] It was released digitally in 2009.[7]
| Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 27, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Southern rock | |||
| Length | 46:59 | |||
| Label | Def American[1] | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin (exec.) Brendan O'Brien | |||
| Raging Slab chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| Rock Hard | 9/10[4] |
The video for "Anywhere But Here" included a cameo by actor Gary Coleman.[8]
Production
editThe album was recorded on a Pennsylvania farm, in a studio constructed by the band.[1] It was produced by Brendan O'Brien; the track "Lynne" features strings provided by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.[9]
Raging Slab had recorded three full albums between its 1989 debut and Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert, but due to record label issues did not release any of them.[10]
Reception
editIn 2005, Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert was ranked number 395 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[11] The Chicago Reader called the album "rife with fragments of the 70s: Lynyrd Skynyrd's southern blues boogie, Blue Oyster Cult's heavy rock hooks, Grand Funk Railroad's braggadocio, ZZ Top's riff-drenched electric blues, Bad Company's pure hard rock."[12] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the absurdly rocking, two-guitars-plus-slide Slab combines about 85 genres into one stinking heap of divine something-or-other."[3] The Washington Post wrote that "the Slab is a retro-boogie band, enlivened by [Greg] Strzempka's skill with melody and arrangement but utterly predictable in style."[13] Spin praised the album's devotion to funk, writing that "the band harks back to an age when heavy rock had more in common with black proto-funk such as the Meters than with the rhythmic regimentation of today's metal."[14]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Greg Strzempka.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anywhere But Here" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Weatherman" | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Pearly" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "So Help Me" | 4:13 |
| 5. | "What Have You Done" | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Take a Hold" | 5:02 |
| 7. | "Laughin' and Cryin'" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Don't Worry About the Bomb" | 2:33 |
| 9. | "Lynne" | 4:32 |
| 10. | "Lord Have Mercy" | 3:52 |
| 11. | "National Dust" | 3:34 |
| 12. | "Ain't Ugly None" | 5:05 |
Personnel
editBand members
edit- Greg Strzempka - vocals, guitar, slide, banjo, mandolin
- Elyse Steinman - slide guitar, vocals, lap steel
- Alec Morton - four stringed electric bass
- Mark Middleton - lead guitar, slide, vocals
- Paul Sheehan - drums, cymbals
Additional personnel
edit- Danny Frankel - smaller drums
- John Paul Jones - strings on "Lynne"
Credits
edit- Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien
- Engineered by Nick DiDia
- Recorded at Big Mo Recording while it was parked at the Slab Farm
- Executive Producer: Rick Rubin
- Album Art by Raging Slab
- Band photos by Allison Dyer
- Other photos by The Electric Mystress
References
edit- ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 742.
- ^ "Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert - Raging Slab | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ a b "Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert". EW.com.
- ^ Klemm, Oliver. "Rock Hard review". issue 74. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ "Raging Slab | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Phillips, William (2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. Greenwood Press. p. 195.
- ^ "Legacy Recordings Launches Major Digital Reissue Initiative". www.sony.com.
- ^ "VIDEO CAMEO OF THE WEEK". EW.com.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 8, 1993 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Perfect Sound Forever: Raging Slab interview". www.furious.com.
- ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 51. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
- ^ Dickinson, Chris. "Return of the monster boogie". Chicago Reader.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (July 23, 1993). "MONSTER MURK, STRUM AND TWANG" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. June 24, 1993 – via Google Books.