Big Sugar (album) explained

Big Sugar
Type:	studio
Artist:	Big Sugar
Cover:	Big_Sugar_album_cover.jpg
Released:	January 1, 1992^[1]
Recorded:	1991
Label:	Hypnotic
Producer:	Tom Treumuth
Next Title:	Five Hundred Pounds
Next Year:	1993

Big Sugar is the eponymous debut album by Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released 1992 on Hypnotic Records.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Gordie Johnson himself pens the discs two highlights: both 'Groundhog Day' and 'Goodbye Train' feature funky, lurching rhythms and muscular guitar work that offer just the right blend of originality and familiarity."

Track listing

1. "Sleep in Late" (Dave Wall, Andrew Whiteman)
2. "Come Back Baby" (B.B. Arnold)
3. "Motherless Children" (traditional)
4. "So Many Roads" (Marshall Paul)
5. "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk)
6. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
7. "Groundhog Day" (Gordie Johnson)
8. "Just About Sunrise" (Johnson)
9. "Goodbye Train" (Johnson)
10. "Nowhere to Go" (Colin Linden)
11. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Monk, Cootie Williams)
12. "Devil Got My Woman" (Skip James)

Personnel

Big Sugar

• Gordie Johnson: Guitars, vocals
• Terry Wilkins: Bass, vocals
• Al Cross: Drums

Additional Personnel

• Patrick Ballentyne, Andrew Whiteman: Acoustic guitars, vocals
• Nick Gotham, Gene Hardy, Johnny Johnson: Saxophone
• Jim Bish: Flute
• Ken Whiteley: Mandolin
• Greg Beresford: Percussion
• Kate Fenner, David Wall: Additional vocals
  • Beresford, Fenner, Hardy, Wall and Whiteman all appear "Courtesy of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir" (according to liner notes)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BIG SUGAR . bigsugar.com . 11 August 2020.
2. Web site: Big Sugar | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Book: Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. Michael. Barclay. Ian A. D.. Jack. Jason. Schneider. June 14, 2011. ECW Press. 9781554909681. Google Books.
4. Web site: New Deal Is Sweet For Big Sugar. Billboard. August 31, 1996. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.