Self Titled Debut Album, by the gracious few Options

[Wambangalang]

just got my hard drive back from the insurance company after a freak lightning storm fried my computer and listened to the album for the first time in a long time (i donated my original cd to a friend in the spirit of rock n roll) and man im so blown away. what a great fucking achievement. this album already feels like its been around for 20 years, like a freaky mix of nostalgia and awesomeness somehow found its way into the DNA of the cd while i was away, and in a strange way i sense it would be fitting for this to be their first and only album. i know that sounds horrible because i want more from this group, but it would somehow enhance the mystique of the band and elevate the material to a mythical pedestal. Imagine 30 years from now little junior is scrounging through his granddads cd collection (mp3 collection?) and finds a tattered faded album cover for the gracious few, with clashing bullhorns adorning the rear artwork and no other information to inform him of who these people are/were and no pop culture knowledge of where they were or what became of them afterwards. This cd would become an enigma and a treasure which i think it deserves, and maybe thats what was meant from this collaboration.... the kid from the neverending story discovering the book in the old mans library for the first time comes to mind, yeh its THAT good. Im slightly intoxicated.

[Srx17]

I'm nothing but grateful for the existence of this album. I started out as a big alternative rock fan that stumbled apon Candlebox. After I realized just how awesome that band/Kevin Martin is, I naturally wanted more music. The next thing that came was checking all of my recommendations list on Amazon, which led to The Gracious Few.

First and foremost, this album has a few really cool songs on it and the guys seemed to have a blast in making it and touring. Honest Man and Appetite are flat-out great hits.

The best thing that came from this album, though, was a continued Amazon recommendation to check out Throwing Copper. At that point I had never heard of Live. The rest from there is history and it's been awesome to follow Live, Candlebox, The Gracious few, etc.

[Hoodstock]

I'm nothing but grateful for the existence of this album. I started out as a big alternative rock fan that stumbled apon Candlebox. After I realized just how awesome that band/Kevin Martin is, I naturally wanted more music. The next thing that came was checking all of my recommendations list on Amazon, which led to The Gracious Few.

First and foremost, this album has a few really cool songs on it and the guys seemed to have a blast in making it and touring. Honest Man and Appetite are flat-out great hits.

The best thing that came from this album, though, was a continued Amazon recommendation to check out Throwing Copper. At that point I had never heard of Live. The rest from there is history and it's been awesome to follow Live, Candlebox, The Gracious few, etc.

TGF is a very impressive album. The older it gets the more I've come to enjoy it. Glad you were able to also stumble onto Live. TC is truly a gem.

If you are into alternative rock I have a few recommendations if you haven't heard them yet:

Foo Fighters debut album
The first 4 Stone Temple Pilots albums
Temple of the Dog
Melancholy and the Infinate Sadness
Alice In Chains self titled album
Sleepy Eyed by Buffalo Tom

This post has been edited by Hoodstock: Nov 13 2018, 6:01 pm