''The People Tree'' is an album by British
acid jazz group
Mother Earth
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*The Earth goddess in any of the world's mythologies
*Mother goddess
*Mother Nature, a common personification of the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life
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that was released on the
Acid Jazz Records label in 1993. The album was reissued on vinyl by Acid Jazz Records in 2019. The single "Jesse" has been included on a number of acid jazz compilation albums.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album with 4 out of 5 stars. In his review of the 2019 vinyl reissue for ''
Louder Than War'', Matt Mead calls the album "a record of substance, one that would last the years and decades to come".
Track listing
# "Institution Man"
(Neil Corcoran, Matt Deighton
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) – 5:26
# "Jesse"
(Deighton, Shauna Greene) – 5:02
# "Stardust Bubblegum"
(Corcoran, Deighton) – 3:59
# "Mister Freedom"
(Bryn Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton) – 4:44
# "Warlocks of the Mind Part I"
(Mother Earth) – 3:05
# "Dragster"
(Deighton) – 2:40
# "Find It"
(Barklam) – 5:13
# "The People Tree"
(Deighton) – 3:40
# "Apple Green"
(Deighton, Greene) – 4:24
# "Time of the Future"
(Corcoran, Deighton) – 6:17
# "Saturation 70"
(Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton, Chris White) – 4:24
# "Illusions"
(Corcoran) – 3:02
# "Warlocks of the Mind Part II"
(Mother Earth) – 3:13
# "A Trip Down Brian Lane"
(Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton, White, Eddie Piller) – 11:11
Personnel
* Matt Deighton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
* Bryn Barklam – Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, piano
* Neil Corcoran – bass
* Chris White – drums
* Meryl Kenton Forbes – backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3 and 14
*
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...
– Fender Rhodes
*
Simon Bartholomew – guitars, percussion, mandolin, Moog
* Chris Lawrence – lap steel guitar
*
Gerard Presencer
Gerard Presencer (born 12 September 1972) is an English jazz trumpeter.
Biography
Presencer showed his first interest in what was to become his chosen instrument, the trumpet, at nine. He attributes his early determination to become a trumpete ...
– trumpet
*
Dennis Rollins
Dennis Rollins, (born 1964) is an English jazz trombonist, the founder and bandleader of BadBone and Co.
Early life and career
Dennis George Rollins was born in Birmingham, England, of Jamaican parents, and raised in Bentley, Doncaster, wher ...
– trombone
*
Michael Smith – saxophone
* Pablo,
Snowboy – percussion
*
Paul Weller, Shauna Greene,
DC Lee, Sherrine, Destry, Obe – backing vocals
*
Gered Mankowitz - photography
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:People Tree, The
1993 albums
Mother Earth (British band) albums
Acid Jazz Records albums