Calling Up Spirits
1996 studio album by Dick Dale
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Calling Up Spirits is an album by the surf guitarist Dick Dale, released in 1996.[2][3] It was dedicated to the American Indians.[4]
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Studio | Prairie Sun (Cotati, California) | |||
| Genre | Surf music | |||
| Length | 53:41 | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet[1] | |||
| Producer | Dick Dale, Ron Eglit, Scott Mathews, Prairie Prince, Allen Suddeth | |||
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Dale supported the album by playing the 1996 Warped Tour.[5]
Production
The album contains a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun".[6] Vince Welnick contributed to Calling Up Spirits.[7] Ron Eglit, Dale's longtime bass player, received a producer credit.[8]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [9] |
| Calgary Herald | [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [11] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[12] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [13] |
Entertainment Weekly wrote that the "mix of covers, remakes of [Dale's] '60s surf hits, and ecologically minded new material feels thin and lacks the cohesiveness of previous efforts."[12] The Vancouver Sun stated: "Playing speedy as ever, Dale returns to the land he founded: a mix of eastern-tinged influences (his dad was Lebanese) rolled up in surf wax and thrown into the wide-open waves."[14] The Calgary Herald concluded: "From his raunchy title track and the bongo-beat hipness of 'Fever' to his twang reworking of Jimi Hendrix's 'Third Stone From The Sun', he embodies rock guitar cool."[10]
AllMusic wrote that "Dale only manages to capture his manic energy on the cover version of Jimi Hendrix' 'Third Stone From the Sun'."[9]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated
- "Nitrus" – 3:29
- "The Wedge Paradiso" – 2:37
- "The Pit" – 2:38
- "Fever" (J. Davenport, E. Dooley) – 4:46
- "Doom Box" – 3:04
- "Catamount" – 3:05
- "Window" – 4:22
- "Calling Up Spirits" – 3:50
- "Temple of Gizeh" – 6:16
- "Bandito" – 5:32
- "Third Stone from the Sun" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:32
- "Peppermint Man" (A. Willis) – 4:11
- "Gypsy Fire" – 3:13
Personnel
- Dick Dale – guitar, trumpet, vocals
- Ron Eglit – bass guitar, background vocals
- Prairie Prince – drums, percussion, background vocals
- Scott Mathews – drums, percussion, background vocals
- Additional musicians
- Vincent Welnick – organ, piano, background vocals
- Bobby Stricklan – didgeridoo, background vocals
- Jill Dale – drums, background vocals
- Ko Mathews – background vocals
Recorded January 1996 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California.