Flamingo is the second studio album by the rock band the Flamin' Groovies.[5] It was released in 1970.[6] Following the group's departure from the Epic record label, it was the first of their two albums for Kama Sutra Records.
| Flamingo | ||||
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| Studio album by The Flamin' Groovies | ||||
| Released | July 1970 | |||
| Recorded | March 1970 | |||
| Studio | Pacific High (San Francisco) | |||
| Length | 38:02 | |||
| Label | Kama Sutra[1] | |||
| Producer | Richard Robinson[2] | |||
| The Flamin' Groovies chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[3] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
Critical reception
editThe A.V. Club wrote that Flamingo "is passionate, stripped-down revival music as it should be: It's riveting through and through, and brimming with a conviction contrary to the indulgences that marked San Francisco's music scene at the time."[6]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Cyril Jordan and Roy Loney except where noted.
Side 1
- "Gonna Rock Tonight" (Loney)
- "Comin' After Me"
- "Headin' for the Texas Border"
- "Sweet Roll Me on Down"
- "Keep a Knockin'" (Richard Penniman)
Side 2
- "Second Cousin" (Loney)
- "Childhood's End" (Loney)
- "Jailbait"
- "She's Falling Apart" (Loney)
- "Road House"
1995 Big Beat CD bonus tracks
- "Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas)
- "Somethin' Else" (Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley)
- "My Girl Josephine" (Dave Bartholemew, Fats Domino)
- "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry)
- "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Huey "Piano" Smith, John Vincent)
- "Going Out Theme"
1999 Buddha CD bonus tracks
- "My Girl Josephine"
- "Around and Around"
- "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
- "Somethin' Else"
- "Rumble"
- "Going Out Theme"
Personnel
edit- Flamin' Groovies
- Roy Loney - vocals, guitar
- Cyril Jordan - guitar, vocals
- Tim Lynch - guitar, vocals
- George Alexander - bass guitar
- Danny Mihm - drums, percussion
- Commander Cody - piano
References
edit- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "The Flamin' Groovies: Flamingo [US Bonus Tracks] > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 301.
- ^ "Flamin Groovies". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Flamin' Groovies: Flamingo". Music.