Berkeley to Bakersfield

Berkeley to Bakersfield is Cracker's ninth studio album, released on December 9, 2014 on 429 Records. The release is a double album and was the band's first studio album in five years. The Berkeley album is influenced by punk and garage, while the Bakersfield album leans toward the band's "California country" side.

Berkeley to Bakersfield
Studio album by
Cracker
ReleasedDecember 9, 2014
RecordedOctober 2013 - August 2014
GenreAlternative rock, country, punk
Length70:54
Label429 Records
Cracker chronology
Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
(2009)		 Berkeley to Bakersfield
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
American Songwriter[3]
Popmatters8/10[4]
Robert ChristgauA–[5]

Part of the album was recorded with the lineup of Cracker's heyday. Bassist Davey Faragher and drummer Michael Urbano were members of the band when its most successful album Kerosene Hat was recorded.[6]

Lead single "Waited My Whole Life" was released to radio in October 2014.[7]

Track listing
Disc 1 - Berkeley
No.TitleLength
1."Torches and Pitchforks (Davey Faragher, Johnny Hickman, David Lowery, Michael Urbano)"2:12
2."March of the Billionaires (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery, Urbano)"3:38
3."Beautiful (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery, Urbano)"3:03
4."El Comandante (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery, Urbano)"3:07
5."El Cerrito (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery, Urbano)"5:04
6."Reaction (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery, Urbano)"2:39
7."You Got Yourself Into This (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery, Urbano)"3:14
8."Life in the Big City (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery, Urbano)"3:53
9."Waited My Whole Life (Scooter Carusoe, Greg Lisher, Lowery)"4:14
Total length:31:04
Disc 2 - Bakersfield
No.TitleLength
1."California Country Boy (Lowery, Trent Summar)"3:14
2."Almond Grove (Lowery)"4:36
3."King of Bakersfield (Lowery)"4:57
4."Tonight I Cross The Border (Lowery)"4:19
5."Get On Down The Road (Lowery)"4:58
6."I'm Sorry, Baby (Faragher, Hickman, Lowery)"4:44
7."The San Bernardino Boy (Hickman, Chris LeRoy)"2:58
8."When You Come Down (Lowery)"4:05
9."Where Have Those Days Gone? (Lowery, Matt Durant)"5:59
Total length:39:50
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References
  1. "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  2. Deming, Mark. "Berkeley to Bakersfield – Cracker". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. Horowitz, Hal (8 December 2014). "Cracker: Berkeley To Bakersfield". American Songwriter. ForASong Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. Pitter, Charles (9 December 2014). "Cracker: Berkeley to Bakersfield". Popmatters. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: Album: Cracker: Berkeley to Bakersfield". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  6. Bonfiglio, Jeremy. "Five questions with Cracker guitarist, co-founder Johnny Hickman". The News Dispatch. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. https://www.facebook.com/CrackerSoul/posts/10152495826973661?fref=nf
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