Grotto of Miracles
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| Grotto of Miracles | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | April 1985 | |||
| Studio | Radical Recording, Tempe, AZ | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 42:40 | |||
| Label | Placebo PLA-19[1] | |||
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Grotto of Miracles is the second studio album by the American experimental rock band Sun City Girls.[2][3] It was released in 1986 by Placebo Records.[4] Like many of the band's LPs, Grotto of Miracles has since become a collector's item.[5]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[8] |
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."[4] 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."[9] Perfect Sound Forever praised the "beautiful, Rick [Bishop]-heavy, unusually near-accessible first side."[10] Maximum Rocknroll called the album "very musical, poetic, downright pretty, distinctively ugly, the great acid experience or background music."[11]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sun City Girls, except "Kal el Lazi Kad Ham", which is a traditional arrangement.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
