Grotto of Miracles

Grotto of Miracles
Studio album by
Sun City Girls
Released1986 (1986)
RecordedApril 1985 (1985-04)
StudiosRadical, Tempe, AZ
GenresExperimental rock, psychedelic rock
Length42:40
LabelPlacebo PLA-19
Sun City Girls chronology
Sun City Girls
(1984)		 Grotto of Miracles
(1986)		 Horse Cock Phepner
(1987)

Grotto of Miracles is the second studio album by the American experimental rock band Sun City Girls. It was released in 1986 by Placebo Records. Like many of the band's LPs, Grotto of Miracles has since become a collector's item.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10

Trouser Press wrote: "With demented lyrical concepts and such offbeat accessories as antelope bells, chimes and temple blocks, Grotto of Miracles is an ethnic stew that shows enormous creative growth." The Chicago Reader wrote that the band's "wiggy instrumentals were flavored by surf rock, jazz, and noise, and would give way to pummeling art rock, nonsensical rants, and meandering improvisation." Perfect Sound Forever praised the "beautiful, Rick [Bishop]-heavy, unusually near-accessible first side." Maximum Rocknroll called the album "very musical, poetic, downright pretty, distinctively ugly, the great acid experience or background music."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sun City Girls, except "Kal el Lazi Kad Ham", which is a traditional arrangement.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Radio Morocco"5:00
2."Different Kind of Whore"4:24
3."In a Lesbian Meadow"2:17
4."Swing of Kings"2:05
5."Damcar"2:40
6."Kal el Lazi Kad Ham"5:28
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Black Weather Shoes"1:13
2."Mama's Milk (Too Dry)"1:00
3."The Spice Nest"5:17
4."Frankincense and Fish"4:00
5."The Mystery of Death"3:15
6."Ask Heem (202 456 7369)"4:50
7."It's My Old Friend the Future"1:16

Personnel

Adapted from the Grotto of Miracles liner notes.

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1986 Placebo LP PLA-19

References

  1. ↑ Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595987.
  2. ↑ Buckley, Peter (January 25, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050.
  3. ↑ "Sun City Girls raid the vaults and ready a new compilation of singles and rarities". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  4. 1 2 Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David (2007). "Sun City Girls". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Gene. "The Music Lives". Tucson Weekly.
  6. ↑ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Sun City Girls: Grotto of Miracles > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 841.
  8. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 385.
  9. ↑ Margasak, Peter. "Sun City Girls". Chicago Reader.
  10. ↑ "Sun City Girls". Perfect Sound Forever.
  11. ↑ "Grotto of Miracles LP". Maximum Rocknroll.
  12. ↑ Grotto of Miracles (sleeve). Phoenix, Arizona: Placebo Records. 1986.