Martinis & Bikinis

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Martinis & Bikinis
Studio album by
Sam Phillips
ReleasedMarch 8, 1994 (1994-03-08)
Studio
GenreRock, alternative rock
Length46:13
LabelVirgin
ProducerT Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips chronology
Cruel Inventions
(1991) 		Martinis & Bikinis
(1994) 		Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
American Songwriter[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[7]
PopMatters8/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]

Martinis & Bikinis is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Sam Phillips. It was released on March 8, 1994, and re-released on July 17, 2012.[8] "Circle of Fire" was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.[11]

The photographs included in this album's artwork reportedly led to Phillips' role as a mute terrorist in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance.[12]The album was dedicated to actor River Phoenix.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Sam Phillips except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love and Kisses" 0:56
2."Signposts" 2:19
3."Same Rain"Sam Phillips, T Bone Burnett4:11
4."Baby, I Can't Please You" 3:30
5."Circle of Fire" 3:12
6."Strawberry Road" 4:05
7."When I Fall" 5:07
8."Same Changes"Sam Phillips, T Bone Burnett4:44
9."Black Sky" 4:03
10."Fighting with Fire" 3:00
11."I Need Love" 3:39
12."Wheel of the Broken Voice" 4:00
13."Gimme Some Truth"John Lennon3:27

Personnel[edit]

Guests[13]

Charts[edit]

Chart Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 30
US Billboard 200[15] 182
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Martinis & Bikinis – Sam Phillips". AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Horowitz, Hal (June 7, 2012). "Sam Phillips: Martinis & Bikinis". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Kot, Greg (March 24, 1994). "Sublime Sam". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  5. ^ Svetkey, Benjamin (March 11, 1994). "Martinis and Bikinis". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  6. ^ Willman, Chris (April 3, 1994). "Sam Phillips 'Martinis & Bikinis' Virgin". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  7. ^ "Sam Phillips: Martinis & Bikinis". Mojo. 2012. p. 104. Arranged by Van Dyke Parks... [A] razor-edged 1994 Beatles-pop alt country gem...
  8. ^ a b Chiola, Enio (August 9, 2012). "Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis (Reissue)". PopMatters. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  9. ^ Manning, Kara (March 24, 1994). "Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 28, 2002. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  10. ^ Kot, Greg (2004). "Sam Phillips". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 634–35. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (January 14, 1995). "37th Annual Grammy Awards: Final Nominations". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 2. p. 66. Retrieved May 19, 2017. {{cite magazine}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ Martinis and Bikinis at Aphoristic Album Reviews
  13. ^ Martinis & Bikinis (booklet). Sam Phillips. Virgin Records. 1994. p. 6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ "Charts.nz – Sam Phillips – Martinis & Bikinis". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  15. ^ "Sam Phillips Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  16. ^ "Sam Phillips Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
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