Temple Beautiful
Temple Beautiful is the twelfth full-length album by American singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet. It was released in the U.S. on February 7, 2012 through Yep Roc Records, with an addition limited release of 150 Cassette tapes by Burger Records.
| Temple Beautiful | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 7, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | Decibelle | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 42:38 | |||
| Label | Yep Roc Records Burger Records | |||
| Producer | Brad Jones, Chuck Prophet | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (82) |
| Paste Magazine | (9.0) |
| Exclaim | (80) |
| All Music Guide | (80) |
| Blurt Magazine | (80) |
| Q Magazine | (80) |
| BBC Music | (80) |
| MusicOMH | (80) |
| Austin Chronicle | (78) |
| PopMatters | (70) |
Temple Beautiful is named after a long closed rock and roll club which was between Bill Graham's iconic Fillmore and the tragic storefront church founded by the Reverend Jim Jones.[1][2] 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.”
All the songs are SF related somehow. There are the people and there is the history that flows through all of us here. There is the music too. And the characters including Laughing Sal, the Tonkin Gulf, Willie Mays, Red Man, Jim Jones, Dan White and many more.[3]
Thematic elements
The album draws on a number of characters and locations from San Francisco's history, including:
- Willie Mays
- The Mitchell Brothers
- Jim Jones
- Laughing Sal
- Red Man
- Dan White
- Castro District
- Emperor Norton
- Mission District
- Harvey Milk
- Carol Doda
- White Night riots
Track listing
All songs written by Chuck Prophet and klipschutz
- Play That Song Again
- Castro Halloween
- Temple Beautiful
- Museum Of Broken Hearts
- Willie Mays is Up at Bat
- The Left Hand and the Right Hand
- I Felt Like Jesus
- Who Shot John
- He Came From So Far Away (Red Man Speaks)
- Little Girl, Little Boy
- White Night, Big City
- Emperor Norton in the Last Year of His Life (1880)
Personnel
- Produced by Brad Jones and Chuck Prophet
- Recorded in San Francisco at Decibelle
- Engineered by Brad Jones and Drew Zajicek
- Mixed by Brad Jones at Alex The Great
- Mastered by Richard Dodd
- Chuck Prophet – guitars, vocals
- James DePrato – guitars
- Rusty Miller – bass, vocals
- Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
- with:
- Stephanie Finch – vocals
- Roy Loney – vocal on "Temple Beautiful”
- Chris Carmichael – cello, violin
- Jim Hoke – woodwinds, flute
- Brad Jones – piano[4]
Notes
- Collum 2012, p. 42.
- Tucker 2012
- Collum 2012, p. 42.
- Liner Notes