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Electric Mile

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Electric Mile
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)
StudioLong View Farm Studios (North Brookfield, MA)
Length51:09
Label
Producer
  • Chris DiBeneditto
  • G. Love & Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce chronology
Philadelphonic
(1999)
Electric Mile
(2001)
The Hustle
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Michigan DailyB+[3]

Electric Mile is the fifth studio album by American rock band G. Love & Special Sauce. It was released on April 24, 2001 via Epic Records. Recorded at Long View Farm Studios in North Brookfield, it was produced by the band themselves with Chris DiBeneditto and co-producer Michael Barbiero. The album debuted at number 138 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Unified"3:07
2."Praise Up"Dutton3:43
3."Night of the Living Dead"Jeffrey Clemens4:36
4."Parasite"
  • Dutton
  • Jasper Thomas
  • Jim Prescott
6:17
5."Hopeless Case"Dutton3:43
6."Free at Last"
  • Dutton
  • Prescott
2:22
7."Shy Girl"Dutton3:32
8."Rain Jam"Dutton1:04
9."Electric Mile"Dutton3:40
10."Sara's Song"Dutton4:59
11."100 Magic Rings"Dutton3:52
12."Poison"Dutton4:19
13."Free at Last (Reprise)"
  • Dutton
  • Prescott
5:55
Total length:51:09

Personnel

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  • Garrett "G. Love" Dutton – vocals (tracks: 1–7, 9–13), guitar, harmonica (tracks: 1, 10–12), producer
  • Jim Prescott – vocals (tracks: 1–7, 9–13), drums, producer
  • Jeffrey Clemens – string bass, producer
  • Alma – vocals (tracks: 2–4), backing vocals (track 7)
  • Jasper Thomas – vocals (track 4)
  • Nancy Falkow – backing vocals (track 7)
  • Dave Geller – congas (tracks: 2, 3, 9)
  • Jamie Janover – percussion (tracks: 2, 3), hammered dulcimer (track 9)
  • Arty – viola (tracks: 3, 5)
  • Hoch – cello (tracks: 3, 5)
  • John Medeski – organ (tracks: 4, 6, 13), Wurlitzer (tracks: 4, 13), clavenette (track 4), Moog (track 9), Rhodes (track 13)
  • Billy Conway – percussion (tracks: 8, 13)
  • Little Frankie – lap steel (track 10)
  • Chris DiBeneditto – producer, mixing (track 12)
  • Michael Barbiero – co-producer, mixing (tracks: 1–11, 13)
  • Walt Bass – mixing assistant
  • Paul Conway – engineering assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Sean Murphy – photography
  • Thomas Smith – photography

Charts

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Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 138

References

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  1. ^ "Critic Reviews for The Electric Mile - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  2. ^ Henderson, Alex. "The Electric Mile - G. Love & Special Sauce". AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  3. ^ Spindler, Adam (April 9, 2001). "The Electric Mile, G. Love & Special Sauce Epic Records". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  4. ^ "G Love Special Sauce Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
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