Love Tara
Love Tara | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 9, 1993 | |||
Recorded | April โ June, 1993 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, lo-fi, grunge | |||
Length | 37:00 | |||
Label | Sub Pop | |||
Producer | Eric's Trip, Bob Weston | |||
Eric's Trip chronology | ||||
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Love Tara is the first full-length album by Canadian
It was their first release on
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
Mike Bell of the Calgary Herald praised the album as "Simplistic, charming, front-porch folk-pop with melodies that stick like a gradeschool tongue to a flag pole or rock riffs that sound like a dysfunctional Partridge Family jamming in the garage."[2]
In
At the 2017 Polaris Music Prize awards ceremony, the album won the jury vote for the Heritage Prize in the 1986โ1995 category.[9]
Influence on other musicians
The title of the album was referenced in The Tragically Hip's song "Put It Off", from their 1996 album Trouble at the Henhouse: "I played Love Tara/by Eric's Trip/on the day that you were born".
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Behind the Garage" | 3:13 |
2. | "Anytime You Want" | 1:19 |
3. | "Stove" | 2:54 |
4. | "Follow" | 2:37 |
5. | "Secret for Julie" | 2:50 |
6. | "Belly" | 3:18 |
7. | "Sunlight" | 3:22 |
8. | "June" | 1:14 |
9. | "To Know Them" | 1:07 |
10. | "Spring" | 3:00 |
11. | "Frame" | 2:10 |
12. | "May 11" | 1:18 |
13. | "My Room" | 2:40 |
14. | "Blinded" | 3:56 |
15. | "Allergic to Love" | 2:02 |
Total length: | 37:00 |
References
- ^ a b c "Halifax discovery Eric's Trip going for the gold". Ottawa Citizen. October 21, 1993.
- ^ a b "Recent releases". Calgary Herald. November 7, 1993.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Love Tara โ Eric's Trip". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ Flaherty, Mike (December 17, 1993). "Love Tara". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- Chart. Archived from the original on October 12, 1999. Retrieved October 28, 2017.)
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- ^ Williams, Matt (January 5, 2015). "Retrospective Review: Eric's Trip - 'Love Tara'". Vice. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Khanna, Vish (March 28, 2009). "Eric's Trip A Love Supreme". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Rayner, Ben (October 24, 2017). "Tragically Hip album makes Polaris Heritage Prize list". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 25, 2017.