Hindu Love Gods (album) explained

Hindu Love Gods
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hindu Love Gods
Cover:	Hindu Love Gods - Hindu Love Gods.jpg
Alt:	The band name written in blue on a brown background
Recorded:	January–February 1987
Studio:	Record One, Sherman Oaks, California; A&M Studios, Los Angeles
Genre:	Blues rock
Label:	Giant/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records

Hindu Love Gods is the only album by American band Hindu Love Gods, which was released in 1990. The album was recorded around the same time as Warren Zevon's album Sentimental Hygiene, for which Zevon had enlisted Bill Berry, Peter Buck and Mike Mills of R.E.M. as players. The musicians also recorded this set of songs, mainly cover versions of old blues tunes, reputedly during late-night drunken recording sessions, not originally intending them for release.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 4:12
2. "Travelin' Riverside Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 4:02
3. "Raspberry Beret" (Prince Rogers Nelson) – 3:53
4. "Crosscut Saw" (Fred Ingrahm, Bill Sanders) – 3:06
5. "Junko Pardner" (Bob Shad) – 2:39
6. "Mannish Boy" (Bo Diddley, Melvin London, Muddy Waters) – 6:57
7. "Wang Dang Doodle" (Willie Dixon) – 3:51
8. "Battleship Chains" (Terry Anderson) – 3:06
9. "I'm a One-Woman Man" (Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton) – 2:16
10. "Vigilante Man" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:56

Personnel

Hindu Love Gods

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar
• Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar

Production

• Niko Bolas – production, engineering
• Richard Landers – engineering
• Rail Jon Rogut – engineering
• Andrew Slater – production
• Bob Vogt – engineering

Sales chart performance

Singles

Notes and References

1. Web site: Giles . Jeff . How Warren Zevon's R.E.M. Jam Session Became 'Hindu Love Gods' . Ultimate Classic Rock . 17 March 2020.
2. News: Top Pop Albums . . 8 December 1990 . 91.
3. News: Modern Rock Tracks . . 1 December 1990 . 16.