The People Tree
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{{Infobox album
| name = The People Tree
| type = album
| artist = Mother Earth
| cover = The People Tree, 1993 acid jazz album.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1993
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Acid Jazz Studios, Strongroom, Mayfair and Real World
| genre = Acid jazz
| length = 66:12
| label = Acid Jazz Records
| producer = Eddie Piller
| prev_title = Stoned Women
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = You Have Been Watching
| next_year = 1995
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-people-tree-mw0000176830 Allmusic Review]
}}
The People Tree is an album by British acid jazz group Mother Earth that was released on the Acid Jazz Records label in 1993. The album was reissued on vinyl by Acid Jazz Records in 2019.{{cite web|last=|first=|title= Mother Earth – The People Tree|url= https://www.discogs.com/Mother-Earth-The-People-Tree/release/13261420 |work= www.discogs.com|publisher=|accessdate=14 December 2019|date=}} The single "Jesse" has been included on a number of acid jazz compilation albums.{{cite web|last=|first=|title= Mother Earth - Jesse|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjHHNC02ztg |work=|publisher=|accessdate=14 December 2019|date=}}
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album with 4 out of 5 stars.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000176830|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review: The People Tree] accessed 11 November 2012 In his review of the 2019 vinyl reissue for Louder Than War, Matt Mead calls the album "a record of substance, one that would last the years and decades to come".{{cite web|last=Mead|first=Matt|title= Mother Earth: The People Tree – vinyl reissue review|url= https://louderthanwar.com/mother-earth-people-tree-vinyl-reissue-review/ |work= Louder Than War|publisher=|accessdate=14 December 2019|date=}}
Track listing
- "Institution Man" (Neil Corcoran, Matt Deighton) – 5:26
- "Jesse" (Deighton, Shauna Greene) – 5:02
- "Stardust Bubblegum" (Corcoran, Deighton) – 3:59
- "Mister Freedom" (Bryn Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton) – 4:44
- "Warlocks of the Mind Part I" (Mother Earth) – 3:05
- "Dragster" (Deighton) – 2:40
- "Find It" (Barklam) – 5:13
- "The People Tree" (Deighton) – 3:40
- "Apple Green" (Deighton, Greene) – 4:24
- "Time of the Future" (Corcoran, Deighton) – 6:17
- "Saturation 70" (Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton, Chris White) – 4:24
- "Illusions" (Corcoran) – 3:02
- "Warlocks of the Mind Part II" (Mother Earth) – 3:13
- "A Trip Down Brian Lane" (Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton, White, Eddie Piller) – 11:11
Personnel
- Matt Deighton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
- Bryn Barklam – Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, piano
- Neil Corcoran – bass
- Chris White – drums
- Meryl Kenton Forbes – backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3 and 14
- James Taylor – Fender Rhodes
- Simon Bartholomew – guitars, percussion, mandolin, Moog
- Chris Lawrence – lap steel guitar
- Gerard Presencer – trumpet
- Dennis Rollins – trombone
- Michael Smith – saxophone
- Pablo, Snowboy – percussion
- Paul Weller, Shauna Greene, DC Lee, Sherrine, Destry, Obe – backing vocals
- Gered Mankowitz - photography
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