Chinese Fountain

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Chinese Fountain
Studio album by
The Growlers
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2014
Recorded2014
Genre
Length38:45
LabelEverloving Records
The Growlers chronology
Hung at Heart
(2013) 		Chinese Fountain
(2014) 		City Club
(2016)

Chinese Fountain is the fourth studio album by the Southern California surf rock band The Growlers, released on September 23, 2014 by Everloving Records.[1] The album received generally positive reviews from critics, who called it "one of the best guitar albums of the year".[2][3]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Brooks Nielsen, Matt Taylor

No.TitleLength
1."Big Toe"2:32
2."Black Memories"2:51
3."Chinese Fountain"4:06
4."Dull Boy"3:23
5."Good Advice"3:25
6."Going Gets Tough"3:29
7."Magnificent Sadness"3:34
8."Love Test"4:09
9."Not the Man *"3:28
10."Rare Hearts"4:45
11."Purgatory Drive"3:08
Total length:38:45

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Under the Radar[2]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Chinese Fountain received an average score of 70, based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 173
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[7] 7
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] 35
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[9] 49

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Everloving Records – Chinese Fountain". Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  2. ^ a b Moss, Will (October 27, 2014). "The Growlers: Chinese Fountain (EVERLOVING) Review". Under the Radar Magazine. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  3. ^ youTube ~ the Growlers (Live on KEXP)
  4. ^ Discogs – Chinese Fountain – 2014 CD, FatCat Records (FATCD133) Europe
  5. ^ a b "Chinese Fountain by The Growlers Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Growlers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Growlers Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Growlers Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Growlers Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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