Track Listing

1. On The Roof
2. The High Road
3. The Last Roundup
4. Slipping (into something)
5. When Company Comes
6. Let's Go
7. Two Rooms
8. The Good Earth
9. Tomorrow Today
10. Slow Down

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100725 in Music
• Released on: 1992-10-05
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Third best band of the eighties
Behind REM and The Replacements. I was fortunate enough to see them at the 8X10 in Baltimore 3 times. "The Good Earth" is one of the greatest albums of all time. If you have ANY taste, besides what's in your mouth, you'll go to the TwinTone site and get this right now!! Mark T.

The Good Earth
The Feelies put out only four albums during their too-short existence, each a distinct turn from its predecessor. Crazy Rhythms was their anxious, arty debut, a post-punk classic before post-punk started. Only Life is perhaps their "indie rock" stab and Time For a Witness their "classic rock" album. That leaves their second record, The Good Earth, as their "pastorale," in the classical sense. Especially after the edgy time keeping and nervy structures of Crazy Rhythms, the Good Earth is a relaxed family outing, hanging out on a warm day with friends you wish you'd see more often. Acoustic guitars seem more omnipresent than on any of their other records, and the generally midtempo songs stroll along as if effortlessly played. The band seemed keenly aware of this as their cover photo has everyone standing in a field. Some have portrayed this as a "boring" album, though I'd argue it's their most incandescent and representative, possibly also their most consistent record.

Nonetheless, the band is still all too capable of raving it up ("Slipping") or tinkering with the odd martial rhythm ("Tomorrow Today"). And the build to an emission of harmony on "When Company Comes" is nothing short of transcendent, one of the holy moments in rock music.

For those of us too young to have made it to any of their legendary Hoboken shows of this and their earlier period, there seem to be plenty of tapes out there to merit an essential box set of their live side, including all the side projects. For those needing more faster, seek out the Yung Wu side project whose sole release appeared around the same time as this winsome record.

Warm, haunting, and melodic
I don't recall when or why I bought this tape many years ago. I'm thrilled that I did. It's just one big, warm, melodic, Southern, sound with haunting vocals and lyrics that....well, I can barely understand any of the lyrics, but that's OK. I count myself lucky to have seen them live in a small campus show, and they were the same way. All the songs were largely indistinguishable, but this absolutely lush and comforting sound the whole night. 5+ stars!