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Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is the seventh studio album by Dave Matthews Band (DMB), which was released by RCA Records on June 2, 2009.[1]
It is the band's first studio album since 2005's Stand Up and the first release since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Guitarist Tim Reynolds played on the album, marking his first recording with DMB since 1998’s Before These Crowded Streets. Rashawn Ross makes his first appearance on a DMB studio album since joining as a regular touring member in 2006 as well as Jeff Coffin, who has taken Moore's role since June 2008. The album was the first to be produced by Rob Cavallo,[2][3] and first single on this album has been made available on their website.
The album is the second major release by Dave Matthews Band with a vinyl edition.[4] Before These Crowded Streets is the only other album to have been released on that medium, albeit in a limited number.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 424,000 copies in its first week of release. This marked the group's fifth consecutive studio album to open with a sales week of at least 400,000 copies.[5]
Exactly six months after its release, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album and Album of the Year.[6]
Recording
Work on the album began in November 2007 at Haunted Hollow in Charlottesville, Virginia.[7][8] Production moved to Seattle, Washington in February 2008 at Studio Litho, and continued from October to December 2008 at Studio X.[9] In January 2009 the sessions which would complete the album began at Piety Street Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana.[10][11]
The album was originally slated to be released on April 14, 2009,[12] but it was moved to June 2. The title of the album was announced on February 26, 2009.[13]
The album cover was fully revealed on April 13. In the previous four days, sections of the cover were slowly revealed; the cover was divided into nine pieces and revealed one piece a day for the first several days, and then several pieces the last two days before the final reveal. The art was ultimately revealed by shuffling the pieces in a digital sliding puzzle, where the person has to rearrange the puzzle correctly. Once correct, the center piece was revealed to show the full picture.
Track listing
01 Grux 01:12
02 Shake Me Like A Monkey 04:01
03 Funny The Way It Is 04:27
04 Lying In The Hands Of God 05:14
05 Why I Am 03:54
06 Dive In 04:27
07 Spaceman 04:08
08 Squirm 05:33
09 Alligator Pie 03:59
10 Seven 04:17
11 Time Bomb 04:00
12 Baby Blue 03:42
13 You and Me 05:42
14 Write A Song 03:51
15 Corn Bread 04:54