Manhole | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 4, 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio |
Wally Heider Studios,
San Francisco Olympic Studios, London | |||
Genre | Rock, psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 37:56 | |||
Label | Grunt/ RCA Records | |||
Producer |
Grace Slick David Freiberg Paul Kantner Keith Grant (co-producer) Steven Schuster (co-producer, score/arrangements) | |||
Grace Slick chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C [2] |
Manhole is the first solo album by Grace Slick, released in 1974 by Grunt/RCA Records.
The album is credited solely to Slick (she had previously recorded Sunfighter with Paul Kantner and Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun with Kantner and David Freiberg, both of whom co-produced Manhole). It was recorded in 1973, when Jefferson Airplane had stopped touring, and Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were making the Hot Tuna album, The Phosphorescent Rat. All the members who would form Jefferson Starship in 1974 performed on this album, except for Papa John Creach. The album was conceived as a soundtrack to a movie (noted by the title of the second track, "Theme from the Movie Manhole"), although there was no such movie made. Grace drew all of the artwork for the album, and wrote on the cover "Child Type Odd Art by Grace."
Bob Mathews, engineer in the studio, has said that since there were words Slick wanted to be in Spanish, she waited around to six in the morning until the Mexican janitor appeared and would then ask him to translate her words while he emptied garbage cans.
Bob Mathews observed that though in her career she had always been quite disciplined, known for her reliability, at this time, "she was very much self-abused. She drank too much, smoked too much. She also shared my desire for particular drugs that kept us awake longer and allowed us to do more." [3]
The album commercially underperformed, reaching No. 127 on the Billboard charts.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Jay" | Grace Slick | Grace Slick | 2:43 |
2. | "Theme from the Movie Manhole" | Grace Slick | Grace Slick [n 1] | 15:23 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "¿Come Again? Toucan" | Grace Slick | David Freiberg | 4:40 |
2. | "It's Only Music" | Robert Hunter | David Freiberg | 4:32 |
3. | "Better Lying Down" | Grace Slick | Pete Sears | 3:15 |
4. | "Epic No. 38" | Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jack Traylor | Paul Kantner | 7:23 |
Manhole | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 4, 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio |
Wally Heider Studios,
San Francisco Olympic Studios, London | |||
Genre | Rock, psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 37:56 | |||
Label | Grunt/ RCA Records | |||
Producer |
Grace Slick David Freiberg Paul Kantner Keith Grant (co-producer) Steven Schuster (co-producer, score/arrangements) | |||
Grace Slick chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C [2] |
Manhole is the first solo album by Grace Slick, released in 1974 by Grunt/RCA Records.
The album is credited solely to Slick (she had previously recorded Sunfighter with Paul Kantner and Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun with Kantner and David Freiberg, both of whom co-produced Manhole). It was recorded in 1973, when Jefferson Airplane had stopped touring, and Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were making the Hot Tuna album, The Phosphorescent Rat. All the members who would form Jefferson Starship in 1974 performed on this album, except for Papa John Creach. The album was conceived as a soundtrack to a movie (noted by the title of the second track, "Theme from the Movie Manhole"), although there was no such movie made. Grace drew all of the artwork for the album, and wrote on the cover "Child Type Odd Art by Grace."
Bob Mathews, engineer in the studio, has said that since there were words Slick wanted to be in Spanish, she waited around to six in the morning until the Mexican janitor appeared and would then ask him to translate her words while he emptied garbage cans.
Bob Mathews observed that though in her career she had always been quite disciplined, known for her reliability, at this time, "she was very much self-abused. She drank too much, smoked too much. She also shared my desire for particular drugs that kept us awake longer and allowed us to do more." [3]
The album commercially underperformed, reaching No. 127 on the Billboard charts.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Jay" | Grace Slick | Grace Slick | 2:43 |
2. | "Theme from the Movie Manhole" | Grace Slick | Grace Slick [n 1] | 15:23 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "¿Come Again? Toucan" | Grace Slick | David Freiberg | 4:40 |
2. | "It's Only Music" | Robert Hunter | David Freiberg | 4:32 |
3. | "Better Lying Down" | Grace Slick | Pete Sears | 3:15 |
4. | "Epic No. 38" | Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jack Traylor | Paul Kantner | 7:23 |