Big Sugar (album)

Big Sugar is the eponymous debut album by Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released 1992 on Hypnotic Records.[4][5][6]

Big Sugar
Studio album by Big Sugar
Released	January 1, 1992[1]
Recorded	1991
Genre	Blues rock
Label	Hypnotic[2]
Producer	Tom Treumuth
Big Sugar chronology
Big Sugar (1992) Five Hundred Pounds (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	mixed [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Gordie Johnson himself pens the discs two highlights: both 'Groundhog Day' and 'Goodbye Train' feature funky, lurching rhythms and muscular guitar work that offer just the right blend of originality and familiarity."[3]

Track listing

1. "Sleep in Late" (Dave Wall, Andrew Whiteman)
2. "Come Back Baby" (B.B. Arnold)
3. "Motherless Children" (traditional)
4. "So Many Roads" (Marshall Paul)
5. "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk)
6. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
7. "Groundhog Day" (Gordie Johnson)
8. "Just About Sunrise" (Johnson)
9. "Goodbye Train" (Johnson)
10. "Nowhere to Go" (Colin Linden)
11. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Monk, Cootie Williams)
12. "Devil Got My Woman" (Skip James)

References

1. "BIG SUGAR". bigsugar.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 1: MUZE. p. 601.CS1 maint: location (link)
3. Big Sugar at AllMusic
4. "Big Sugar | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. Barclay, Michael; Jack, Ian A. D.; Schneider, Jason (June 14, 2011). Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. ECW Press. ISBN 9781554909681 – via Google Books.
6. "New Deal Is Sweet For Big Sugar". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 31, 1996 – via Google Books.