Flamingo (Flamin' Groovies album) explained

Flamingo
Type:studio
Artist:The Flamin' Groovies
Cover:Flamingo (Flamin' Groovies album).jpeg
Released:July 1970
Recorded:March 1970
Studio:Pacific High (San Francisco)
Length:38:02
Label:Kama Sutra[1]
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Flamingo is the second studio album by the rock band the Flamin' Groovies.[2] It was released in 1970.[3] Following the group's departure from the Epic record label, it was the first of their two albums for Kama Sutra Records.

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that Flamingo "is passionate, stripped-down revival music as it should be: It's riveting through and through, and brimming with a conviction contrary to the indulgences that marked San Francisco's music scene at the time."

Track listing

All songs written by Cyril Jordan and Roy Loney except where noted.

Side 1

  1. "Gonna Rock Tonight" (Loney)
  2. "Comin' After Me"
  3. "Headin' for the Texas Border"
  4. "Sweet Roll Me on Down"
  5. "Keep a Knockin'" (Richard Penniman)

Side 2

  1. "Second Cousin" (Loney)
  2. "Childhood's End" (Loney)
  3. "Jailbait"
  4. "She's Falling Apart" (Loney)
  5. "Road House"

1995 Big Beat CD bonus tracks

  1. "Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas)
  2. "Somethin' Else" (Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley)
  3. "My Girl Josephine" (Dave Bartholemew, Fats Domino)
  4. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry)
  5. "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Huey "Piano" Smith, John Vincent)
  6. "Going Out Theme"

1999 Buddha CD bonus tracks

  1. "My Girl Josephine"
  2. "Around and Around"
  3. "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
  4. "Somethin' Else"
  5. "Rumble"
  6. "Going Out Theme"

Personnel

Flamin' Groovies

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Flamin Groovies . Trouser Press . 3 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Flamin' Groovies: Flamingo. Music.