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{{Infobox album
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| name = Calling Up Spirits
{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Calling Up Spirits
| type = studio
| Type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Dick Dale]]
| Artist = [[Dick Dale]]
| cover = Calling Up Spirits.jpg
| Cover =
| alt =
| Released = 1996
| released = 1996
| Recorded = 1996
| recorded = 1996
| studio = [[Prairie Sun Recording Studios|Prairie Sun]] (Cotati, California)
| Genre = [[Surf music]]
| Length = 53:41
| genre = [[Surf music]]
| Label = [[Beggars Banquet Records]]
| length = 53:41
| label = [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/18/dick-dale-obituary|title=Dick Dale obituary|date=March 18, 2019|website=the Guardian}}</ref>
| Producer = Dick Dale, Ron Eglit, Scott Mathews, Prairie Prince, Allen Suddeth
| producer = Dick Dale, Ron Eglit, Scott Mathews, Prairie Prince, Allen Suddeth
| Last album = ''[[Unknown Territory]]'' <br> (1993)
| prev_title = [[Unknown Territory (Dick Dale album)|Unknown Territory]]
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| This album = '''''Calling Up Spirits''''' <br> (1994)
| prev_year = 1994
| Next album = ''Spacial Disorientation'' <br> (1996)
| next_title = Spacial Disorientation
| next_year = 2001
}}
}}

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{{Album ratings
'''''Calling Up Spirits''''' is an album by the surf guitarist [[Dick Dale]], released in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dick-dale-mn0000820232/biography|title=Dick Dale Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/871591/dick-dale/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303234241/https://www.mtv.com/news/871591/dick-dale/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2022|title=Dick Dale|website=MTV News}}</ref> It was dedicated to the American Indians.<ref>Poem "I must tell you there was a time", from "Calling Up Spirits" CD booklet</ref>

Dale supported the album by playing the 1996 [[Warped Tour]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5dsJYulxGsQC&pg=PT117|title=Guitar Masters: Intimate Portraits|first=Alan di|last=Perna|date=October 1, 2012|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781480329706 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Production==
The album contains a cover of [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s "[[Third Stone from the Sun]]".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boehm |first1=Mike |title=..PH: ..KH: ..DH: Dick Dale's Tours de Force |work=Los Angeles Times |date=24 May 1996 |page=F1}}</ref> [[Vince Welnick]] contributed to ''Calling Up Spirits''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knopper |first1=Steve |title=Singles Hit, but Album Misses |work=Newsday |date=19 May 1996 |page=C25}}</ref> Ron Eglit, Dale's longtime bass player, received a producer credit.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boehm |first1=Mike |title=Bassist Backs Boss in Life, Musical Path |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 May 1996 |location=Calendar |page=23}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
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{{album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|1.5|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/calling-up-spirits-mw0000181824|title=Calling Up Spirits - Dick Dale &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Calgary Herald]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="CH">{{cite news |last1=Muretich |first1=James |title=New Releases |work=Calgary Herald |date=9 June 1996 |page=C2}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA490|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev4score = B<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/06/07/calling-spirits/|title=Calling Up Spirits|website=EW.com}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA208|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|first1=Nathan|last1=Brackett|first2=Christian David|last2=Hoard|date=March 3, 2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743201698 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
}}
}}
''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that the "mix of covers, remakes of [Dale's] '60s surf hits, and ecologically minded new material feels thin and lacks the cohesiveness of previous efforts."<ref name="auto1"/> The ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'' stated: "Playing speedy as ever, Dale returns to the land he founded: a mix of eastern-tinged influences (his dad was Lebanese) rolled up in surf wax and thrown into the wide-open waves."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Monk |first1=Katherine |title=DICK DALE Calling Up the Spirits |work=Vancouver Sun |date=6 June 1996 |page=D8}}</ref> The ''[[Calgary Herald]]'' concluded: "From his raunchy title track and the bongo-beat hipness of 'Fever' to his twang reworking of Jimi Hendrix's 'Third Stone From The Sun', he embodies rock guitar cool."<ref name=CH/>


[[AllMusic]] wrote that "Dale only manages to capture his manic energy on the cover version of Jimi Hendrix' 'Third Stone From the Sun'."<ref name="auto"/>
'''''Calling Up Spirits''''' is an album released in 1996 by surf guitarist [[Dick Dale]], and dedicated to the American indians.<ref>Poem "I must tell you there was a time", from "Calling Up Spirits" CD booklet</ref>


== Track listing <ref>"Calling Up Spirits" CD booklet</ref>==
== Track listing ==
All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated
All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated
#"Nitrus" &ndash; 3:29
#"Nitrus" &ndash; 3:29
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#"Temple of Gizeh" &ndash; 6:16
#"Temple of Gizeh" &ndash; 6:16
#"Bandito" &ndash; 5:32
#"Bandito" &ndash; 5:32
#"[[Third Stone from the Sun]]" (Jimi Hendrix) &ndash; 6:32
#"[[Third Stone from the Sun]]" ([[Jimi Hendrix]]) &ndash; 6:32
#"Peppermint Man" (A. Willis) &ndash; 4:11
#"Peppermint Man" (A. Willis) &ndash; 4:11
#"Gypsy Fire" &ndash; 3:13
#"Gypsy Fire" &ndash; 3:13
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* Prairie Prince &ndash; drums, percussion, background vocals
* Prairie Prince &ndash; drums, percussion, background vocals
* Scott Mathews &ndash; drums, percussion, background vocals
* Scott Mathews &ndash; drums, percussion, background vocals
Additional musicians
;Additional musicians
* [[Vince Welnick|Vincent Welnick]] &ndash; organ, piano, background vocals
* [[Vince Welnick|Vincent Welnick]] &ndash; organ, piano, background vocals
* Bobby Stricklan &ndash; didgeridoo, background vocals
* Bobby Stricklan &ndash; didgeridoo, background vocals
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* Ko Mathews &ndash; background vocals
* Ko Mathews &ndash; background vocals


Recorded January 1996 at Prairie Sun Recording, Cotati, CA.
Recorded January 1996 at [[Prairie Sun Recording Studios]], [[Cotati, California]].


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:46, 27 June 2024

Calling Up Spirits
Studio album by
Dick Dale
Released1996
Recorded1996
StudioPrairie Sun (Cotati, California)
GenreSurf music
Length53:41
LabelBeggars Banquet[1]
ProducerDick Dale, Ron Eglit, Scott Mathews, Prairie Prince, Allen Suddeth
Dick Dale chronology
Unknown Territory
(1994) 		Calling Up Spirits
(1996) 		Spacial Disorientation
(2001)

Calling Up Spirits is an album by the surf guitarist Dick Dale, released in 1996.[2][3] It was dedicated to the American Indians.[4]

Dale supported the album by playing the 1996 Warped Tour.[5]

Production

[edit]

The album contains a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun".[6] Vince Welnick contributed to Calling Up Spirits.[7] Ron Eglit, Dale's longtime bass player, received a producer credit.[8]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Calgary Herald[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[11]
Entertainment WeeklyB[12]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[13]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the "mix of covers, remakes of [Dale's] '60s surf hits, and ecologically minded new material feels thin and lacks the cohesiveness of previous efforts."[12] The Vancouver Sun stated: "Playing speedy as ever, Dale returns to the land he founded: a mix of eastern-tinged influences (his dad was Lebanese) rolled up in surf wax and thrown into the wide-open waves."[14] The Calgary Herald concluded: "From his raunchy title track and the bongo-beat hipness of 'Fever' to his twang reworking of Jimi Hendrix's 'Third Stone From The Sun', he embodies rock guitar cool."[10]

AllMusic wrote that "Dale only manages to capture his manic energy on the cover version of Jimi Hendrix' 'Third Stone From the Sun'."[9]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated

  1. "Nitrus" – 3:29
  2. "The Wedge Paradiso" – 2:37
  3. "The Pit" – 2:38
  4. "Fever" (J. Davenport, E. Dooley) – 4:46
  5. "Doom Box" – 3:04
  6. "Catamount" – 3:05
  7. "Window" – 4:22
  8. "Calling Up Spirits" – 3:50
  9. "Temple of Gizeh" – 6:16
  10. "Bandito" – 5:32
  11. "Third Stone from the Sun" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:32
  12. "Peppermint Man" (A. Willis) – 4:11
  13. "Gypsy Fire" – 3:13

Personnel

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  • Dick Dale – guitar, trumpet, vocals
  • Ron Eglit – bass guitar, background vocals
  • Prairie Prince – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Scott Mathews – drums, percussion, background vocals
Additional musicians
  • Vincent Welnick – organ, piano, background vocals
  • Bobby Stricklan – didgeridoo, background vocals
  • Jill Dale – drums, background vocals
  • Ko Mathews – background vocals

Recorded January 1996 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Dick Dale obituary". the Guardian. March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dick Dale Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Dick Dale". MTV News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022.
  4. ^ Poem "I must tell you there was a time", from "Calling Up Spirits" CD booklet
  5. ^ Perna, Alan di (October 1, 2012). Guitar Masters: Intimate Portraits. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781480329706 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Boehm, Mike (24 May 1996). "..PH: ..KH: ..DH: Dick Dale's Tours de Force". Los Angeles Times. p. F1.
  7. ^ Knopper, Steve (19 May 1996). "Singles Hit, but Album Misses". Newsday. p. C25.
  8. ^ Boehm, Mike (23 May 1996). "Bassist Backs Boss in Life, Musical Path". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 23.
  9. ^ a b "Calling Up Spirits - Dick Dale | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  10. ^ a b Muretich, James (9 June 1996). "New Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
  11. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ a b "Calling Up Spirits". EW.com.
  13. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (March 3, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Monk, Katherine (6 June 1996). "DICK DALE Calling Up the Spirits". Vancouver Sun. p. D8.
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