Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home

''Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home'' is the debut studio album by American alternative country band the Geraldine Fibbers. It was released on July 18, 1995 on Virgin Records. "Dragon Lady" was released as a promotional music video and single in June 1995.

Lyrics

The album's lyrics, written by the band's frontwoman Carla Bozulich, focus on somber topics including, but not limited to, abusive relationships and prostitution. The album's songs also discuss drug use at length, as well as the concept of loss of identity.

Music

Bozulich, in addition to writing the band's songs, also served as their lead vocalist. On this album, her voice was described by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "raw, raspy, nd Joplin-tinged." ''CMJ'' noted that the album's restrained, roots-rock instrumentation is virtually the polar opposite of the music Bozulich made in her previous band, Ethyl Meatplow.

Critical reception

''Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home'' received mixed to positive reviews upon its release, with some critics comparing the band to X due to their shared country-music-influenced sounds. '' No Depression'' critic Neil Weiss called it "a tough, confusing record, both thematically and musically", rooted "in the street poetics of the Hollywood underground by way of some West Virginian backwoods on a planet five times more sinister than our own."

''Spin'' magazine named ''Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home'' to their best albums of 1995 list.

More recently, other musicians have written very favorably of the album; for instance, Lydia Lunch named it one of her 13 favorite albums in 2013. A 2009 article in ''Magnet'' called the album a "lost classic", and said that on the album, "the Fibbers' warped alt-country twang haunted the City of Angels like ghosts of California country’s past, full of grinding violin and poisoned tales of junkies, madness and lost innocence." Nels Cline, who joined the Geraldine Fibbers for the recording of their second album, '' Butch'', called ''Lost'' "a stone classic" in an interview with the ''Vancouver Sun'' in 2014. Also in 2014, ''Spin'' ranked the album as the 9th best album of 1995, and, like previous reviews of the album, compared its sound to that of X. In 2017, Al Shipley described the album as a "country feedback masterpiece", adding that it was his "...favorite rock album of the 90's."

2017 Vinyl Reissue

Jealous Butcher reissued the album May 5, 2017. Steve Fisk returned to mix the album for its first vinyl release. The initial 1,000 copies will be released on clear vinyl. The new pressing and future vinyl pressings include four bonus tracks: "Bitter Honey" and "234" from the original sessions, a previously unreleased version of their cover of Can's "Yoo Doo Right" predating the version on the album ''Butch'' and featuring both Daniel Keenan and Nels Cline on guitars, and a new song "Thank You For Giving Me Life" with Bozulich, Cline, Tutton, Fitzgerald and Moss as the lineup.

Track listing

Personnel

;The Geraldine Fibbers
*Carla Bozulich – guitar, vocals
*Kevin Fitzgerald – banjo, drums
*Jessy Greene – viola, violin
*Daniel Keenan – guitar
*William Tutton – bass

;Additional personnel
*Mark Brooks – art direction
*Steve Fisk – mixing, piano, production
*Dave Franklin – composition
*John Goodmanson – engineering, mixing
*Rob Groome – engineering
*Sam Hoffstead – engineering
*Jean Krikorian – design
*Len Peltier – art direction
*Eddy Schreyer – mastering
*Irving Taylor – composition

References

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Geraldine Fibbers albums
1995 debut albums
Virgin Records albums
Albums produced by Steve Fisk