Great Life by Goat (CD, Aug-1998, Ruffhouse)new sealed, promo hole in back cover

Detailed item info

Album Features
UPC: 074646945223
Artist: Goat
Format: CD
Release Year: 1998
Record Label: Ruffhouse
Genre: Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Great Life
2. Free
3. I Will Fly
4. Mercenary Lover
5. Tenderness and Full Brutality
6. Boom Boom
7. 9000. 99
8. Baby's on Fire
9. Lot on My Mind
10. I'll Be Good
11. Goatboy
12. remix) Great Life - (Remix

Details
Playing Time: 49 min.
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type: Studio
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Goat (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, gamelan, percussion); Roger Greenawalt (acoustic guitar, programming); Philip Nowlan (acoustic guitar); Chris Whitley (electric guitar, background vocals); Jared Michael Nickerson (bass, percussion); Mike Visceglia (bass); Dougie Yowells, Leroy Clouden, George Javori (drums); Mike "Bonz" Malak (programming); Arty Syke, Danny Madden (background vocals).Producers include: Phil Nicolo, Goat, Roger Greeawalt, Tony Mangurian, Dante De Sole.Engineers: Dirk Grobelny, Scott Hollingsworth, David Sussman.Recorded at: The Power Station, Quad Studios and The Looking Glass Studios, New York, New York.Personnel: Goat (vocals, guitar, keyboards, gamelan, percussion); Roger Greenawalt (guitar, programming); Chris Whitley (guitar, background vocals); Phil "Wif Skill" Nowlan (guitar); Van Romaine (drums, percussion); Dougie Yowells, Leroy Clouden, George Javori (drums); Jared Michael Nickerson (percussion); Danny Madden, Arty Skye (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Goat; Phil Nicolo; Butcher Bros.Recording information: Looking Glass Studios, New York, NY; Power Station, New York, NY; Quad Studios, New York, NY.Arranger: Craig Derry.Goat isn't a band, it's the name of an eclectic singer/songwriter/musician hailing from New York. His 1998 mildly funky debut for Columbia's Ruffhouse imprint, Great Life, features the artist winding through some post-disco romps laced with loops-a-plenty and sometimes strange, sometimes pallid soul vocals. Things kick off with a repetitive INXS vibe on the record's title cut, that, while sonically interesting, seems to go nowhere with it's indiscernible structure and densely static production. Something about the staid but glossy tone of Great Life and Goat's confusing vocal delivery force this disc into a strange holding pattern from which it cannot liberate itself. While there are some stylish grooves, they are generally in support of songs that just sit there. Making matters a little worse is Goat's limited half-spoken vocal range that's tragically punctuated with a hapless faux-soul falsetto that sounds more like goofy outtakes than a serious attempt at singing. At no point on Great Life does the singer prove he can hold a note, which is okay, but the problem is that he tries to do it way too frequently on songs like "Tenderness and Full Brutality." Goat is a talented, clever artist who seems unaware of his own limitations, and Great Life is the mixed testimony to the confusing music that these factors inevitably will contribute to. ~ Vincent Jeffries
Square spot in upper right hand corner is from my price stickers and is on jewel case or plastic wrapping if sealed.