Electric Mile
2001 studio album by G. Love & Special Sauce
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Electric Mile is the fifth studio album by American rock band G. Love & Special Sauce. It was released on April 24, 2001, via Epic Records. Recorded at Long View Farm Studios in North Brookfield, it was produced by the band themselves with Chris DiBeneditto and co-producer Michael Barbiero. The album debuted at number 138 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.
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| Released | April 24, 2001 | |||
| Studio | Long View Farm Studios (North Brookfield, MA) | |||
| Length | 51:09 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Michigan Daily | B+[3] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Unified" | 3:07 | |
| 2. | "Praise Up" | Dutton | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Night of the Living Dead" | Jeffrey Clemens | 4:36 |
| 4. | "Parasite" |
| 6:17 |
| 5. | "Hopeless Case" | Dutton | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Free at Last" |
| 2:22 |
| 7. | "Shy Girl" | Dutton | 3:32 |
| 8. | "Rain Jam" | Dutton | 1:04 |
| 9. | "Electric Mile" | Dutton | 3:40 |
| 10. | "Sara's Song" | Dutton | 4:59 |
| 11. | "100 Magic Rings" | Dutton | 3:52 |
| 12. | "Poison" | Dutton | 4:19 |
| 13. | "Free at Last (Reprise)" |
| 5:55 |
| Total length: | 51:09 | ||
Personnel
- Garrett "G. Love" Dutton – vocals (tracks: 1–7, 9–13), guitar, harmonica (tracks: 1, 10–12), producer
- Jeffrey Clemens – vocals (tracks: 1–7, 9–13), drums, producer
- Jim Prescott – string bass, producer
- Alma – vocals (tracks: 2–4), backing vocals (track 7)
- Jasper Thomas – vocals (track 4)
- Nancy Falkow – backing vocals (track 7)
- Dave Geller – congas (tracks: 2, 3, 9)
- Jamie Janover – percussion (tracks: 2, 3), hammered dulcimer (track 9)
- Arty – viola (tracks: 3, 5)
- Hoch – cello (tracks: 3, 5)
- John Medeski – organ (tracks: 4, 6, 13), Wurlitzer (tracks: 4, 13), clavenette (track 4), Moog (track 9), Rhodes (track 13)
- Billy Conway – percussion (tracks: 8, 13)
- Little Frankie – lap steel (track 10)
- Chris DiBeneditto – producer, mixing (track 12)
- Michael Barbiero – co-producer, mixing (tracks: 1–11, 13)
- Walt Bass – mixing assistant
- Paul Conway – engineering assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Sean Murphy – photography
- Thomas Smith – photography
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[4] | 138 |