Mighty Joe Moon
{{Infobox album
| name = Mighty Joe Moon
| type = Album
| artist = Grant Lee Buffalo
| cover = MightyJoeMoonalbumcover.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1994|09|20}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|Brilliant (San Francisco, California)|Master Control (Burbank, California)}}
| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|folk}}
| length = 46:24
| label = {{hlist|Slash|Reprise}}
| producer = Paul Kimble
| prev_title = Fuzzy
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Copperopolis
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mighty Joe Moon
| type = studio
| single1 = Lone Star Song
| single1date = 1994
| single2 = Mockingbirds
| single2date = 1994
| single3 = Honey Don't Think
| single3date = 1995
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mighty-joe-moon-mw0000121284|title=Mighty Joe Moon – Grant Lee Buffalo|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=K. C.|date=October 20, 1994|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/10/20/grant-lee-buffalomighty-joe-moon-slash-starstarstarits/|title=Grant Lee Buffalo: Mighty Joe Moon (Slash)|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=June 9, 2018}}
| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Grant Lee Buffalo|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|date=September 23, 1994|title=Grant Lee Buffalo: Mighty Joe Moon (London 828 541-2)|work=The Guardian|location=London}}
| rev5 = Q
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|date=November 1994|title=Grant Lee Buffalo: Mighty Joe Moon|magazine=Q|issue=98|page=112}}
| rev6 = Rolling Stone
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Weisel|first=Al|author-link=Al Weisel|date=October 6, 1994|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/grantleebuffalo/albums/album/114707/review/5943587/mighty_joe_moon|title=Grant Lee Buffalo: Mighty Joe Moon|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=December 5, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205214740/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/grantleebuffalo/albums/album/114707/review/5943587/mighty_joe_moon|archive-date=December 5, 2007|url-status=dead}}
| rev7 = The Village Voice
| rev7score = C+{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=November 29, 1994|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts94-94.php|title=Turkey Shoot|work=The Village Voice|location=New York|accessdate=September 23, 2015}}
}}
Mighty Joe Moon is the second studio album by American rock band Grant Lee Buffalo, released in 1994 by Slash Records and Reprise Records.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Grant Lee Phillips
| title1 = Lone Star Song
| length1 = 4:34
| title2 = Mockingbirds
| length2 = 4:40
| title3 = It's the Life
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Sing Along
| length4 = 4:26
| title5 = Mighty Joe Moon
| length5 = 2:49
| title6 = Demon Called Deception
| length6 = 2:51
| title7 = Lady Godiva and Me
| length7 = 5:02
| title8 = Drag
| length8 = 3:05
| title9 = Last Days of Tecumseh
| length9 = 1:02
| title10 = Happiness
| length10 = 3:00
| title11 = Honey Don't Think
| length11 = 2:43
| title12 = Side by Side
| length12 = 6:54
| title13 = Rock of Ages
| length13 = 4:14
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Mighty Joe Moon|others=Grant Lee Buffalo|publisher=Slash Records|year=1994|id=4-45714|type=liner notes}}
- Grant Lee Phillips – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, dobro, mandolin, harmonica
- Paul Kimble – bass, piano, pump organ, electric organ, vocals
- Joey Peters – drum set, tumbuk, tambourine, tablas, maracas, marimba, shakers, acquired hunks of metal
- Greg Adamson – cello on "Mockingbirds"
- Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar on "Lady Godiva and Me"
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Chart (1994) ! Peak |
| {{Album chart|Australia|48|artist=Grant Lee Buffalo|album=Mighty Joe Moon|accessdate=July 9, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|New Zealand|23|artist=Grant Lee Buffalo|album=Mighty Joe Moon|accessdate=July 9, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|Norway|8|artist=Grant Lee Buffalo|album=Mighty Joe Moon|accessdate=July 9, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|Scotland|26|date=19940925|accessdate=July 9, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|Sweden|38|artist=Grant Lee Buffalo|album=Mighty Joe Moon|accessdate=July 9, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|UK2|24|date=19940925|accessdate=July 9, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|16|artist=Grant Lee Buffalo|accessdate=July 9, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
References
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