Copperopolis (album) explained

Copperopolis
Type:	studio
Artist:	Grant Lee Buffalo
Cover:	Copperopolis.png
Released:	June 1996
Studio:	Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Rock
Length:	56:03
Label:	Slash, Reprise
Producer:	Paul Kimble
Prev Title:	Mighty Joe Moon
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Jubilee
Next Year:	1998

Copperopolis is the third studio album by alternative rock band Grant Lee Buffalo.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1996 on Slash Records.^[3]

Production

The album was produced by bass player Paul Kimble. It was recorded in six weeks.^[4] All songs were written by Grant Lee Phillips

Critical reception

No Depression wrote that "the sound is lush and more beautiful than ever."^[5] Trouser Press wrote that "every song is a miniature epic" and that "the record confirms Phillips as a pop auteur."^[6] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album "triumphant," writing that it introduced "a richer, more sweeping sound."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Grant Lee Phillips

1. "Homespun"
2. "The Bridge"
3. "Arousing Thunder"
4. "Even the Oxen"
5. "Crackdown"
6. "Armchair"
7. "Bethlehem Steel"
8. "All That I Have"
9. "Two & Two"
10. "Better for Us"
11. "Hyperion & Sunset"
12. "Comes to Blows"
13. "The Only Way Down"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grant Lee Buffalo | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. News: Grant Lee Buffalo. Kevin. Courtney. The Irish Times.
3. Grant Lee Buffalo Evolves in 'Copperopolis'. Billboard. April 20, 1996. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
4. Web site: Buffalo Roams : Grant Lee Phillips' Folk-Rock Trio Goes With the Flow but Never Loses Its General Direction. November 13, 1996. Los Angeles Times.
5. Web site: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis. No Depression.
6. Web site: Grant Lee Buffalo . Trouser Press . 29 September 2020.
7. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. September 30, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.