| Temple Beautiful | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Chuck Prophet |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | February 7, 2012 |
| Recorded: | Decibelle |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 42:38 |
| Label: | Yep Roc Records[1] Burger Records |
| Producer: | Brad Jones, Chuck Prophet |
| Prev Title: | Let Freedom Ring |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Night Surfer |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Temple Beautiful is the twelfth full-length album by American singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet.[2] It was released in the U.S. on February 7, 2012, through Yep Roc Records.[3] Burger Records released a limited run of 150 cassette tapes.
Temple Beautiful is named after a long-closed rock and roll club that was between Bill Graham's iconic Fillmore and the storefront church founded by the Reverend Jim Jones.[4] [5] According to Prophet: "These songs off my new record. It’s a very SF-centric record. I’ve been tapping into the history, the weirdness, the energy and spontaneity that brought me here in the first place.”
The album references a number of characters and locations from San Francisco's history, including:
Exclaim! called the album "the sound of a mature rock'n'roller continuing to reach for new heights."[1] PopMatters called it "a fun, tuneful rock 'n' roll record that's both straight from the gut and as wonderfully curved as the city which inspired it."[6]
All songs written by Chuck Prophet and klipschutz