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Land of the Bottom Line is the second album by contemporary folk singer-songwriter John Gorka. The album was also Gorka's major label debut for High Street Records/Windham Hill Records. The album was highly acclaimed by critics at the time, and continues to be cited by some as Gorka's finest work. The album's fifteen tracks and near hour-long length also provided an unusually large amount of music for a recording of that era. As Sing Out! editor Mark Moss noted in a review, the topics covered run "the gamut of John's favorite subjects: love, hard luck, local characters, and more."




Track listing






Personnel


Musicians: (see individual song listings below)
Production:

Produced – Bill Kollar
Recorded/Mixed – Bill Kollar at London By Night Productions, Woodbridge, New Jersey
Assembled – Rhonda Schoen at Sterling Sound, New York City
Mastered – Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York City, using the AUDIO AUTOMATION MUSE CONSOLE
Arrangements – Janice Kollar
Strings and English Horn written and arranged by Bill & Janice Kollar
Artwork:

Concept and Art Direction – Anne Robinson
Graphic design – Candace Upman
Photography – Ann Marsden
Photo printing – Myrslava Dziuk




Songs


"Land of the Bottom Line"
Gorka first recorded the song for a 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine (FF 103, March 1984)
Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Bill Kollar – electric guitar
Kevin Jenkins – bass
Marshal Rosenberg – conga
Janice Kollar – congas, salt shaker, vox voices, & harmony vocals
Tommy West – harmony vocals

"Armed with a Broken Heart"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Michael Blair – Chinese drum
Claudia Schmidt – harmony vocals
Barry Mitterhoff – mandolin

"Raven in the Storm"

The lyrics to Raven in the storm were co-written with Geoff Bartley. The two artist also collaborate on the song "Mystery to Me" which appeared years later on Gorka's Out of the Valley.
There have been a number of artists to cover this song:
Mary Black, on her album, Circus (1995 Grapevine)
Ten Sugar Coffee on their Addicted (1998 Huge Secret)
The John Wright Band, on Language of the Heart (2001 Greentrax)
Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Chuck Loeb – electric guitar
Elliott Randall – electric guitar
Bill Kollar – electric guitar
Marshal Rosenberg – bongos
Janice Kollar – heartbeat, snare, cowbell, & shaker

"The One That Got Away"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Shawn Colvin – harmony vocals

"Full of Life"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Janice Kollar – accordion, harmony vocals, & tambourine
Michael Blair – Uru, clay drum, klangobjete, & shaker
Claudia Schmidt – harmony vocals
Joe Ascione – bass drum

"Stranger in My Driver's Seat"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Elliott Randall – electric guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Janice Kollar – bass drum & keyboards
Michael Blair – spox, crasher

"The Sentinel"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Marsha Heller – English horn

"Dream Street"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Chuck Loeb – electric guitar
Janice Kollar – bass drum, punching bag, gravel shaker, conga & harmony vocals
Shawn Colvin – harmony vocals
Tommy West – harmony vocals

"Mean Streak"
Gorka's liner notes read, "'Mean Streak' is dedicated to Cliff Eberhardt and his bad attitude."
Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Kefin Jenkins – bass
Janice Kollar – bass drum, shotgun, & cowbell
Bill Kollar – crasher
Vic Colucci – lead bass

"Italian Girls"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Timothy Pitt – acoustic guitar
Frank Vignola – electric guitar
Eugene Friesen – cello

"Jailbirds in the Bighouse"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Chuck Loeb – electric guitar
Janice Kollar – drums, percussion, keyboards, & harmony vocals
Claudia Schmidt – harmony vocals

"Promnight in Pigtown"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Barry Mittenhoff – mandolin
Kenny Cosek – violin
Michael Blair – marching drum, cymbals, & klangobjekte

"I Saw a Stranger With Your Hair"
"I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair" is one of two songs that previously appeared on Gorka's debut album for Red House Records, I Know at the request of Will Ackerman.
Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals, harmony vocals, & acoustic guitar
Eugene Friesen – cello
Kenny Cosek – violin
Vic Colucci – bass
Janice Kollar – keyboards & harmony vocals
Shawn Colvin – harmony vocals
Tommy West – harmony vocals

"Love Is Our Cross to Bear"
This is the other song re-recorded by Gorka that originally appeared on I Know.
Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
Chuck Loeb – electric guitar

"That's How Legends Are Made"

Musicians:
John Gorka – vocals & acoustic guitar
Vic Colucci – bass
Timothy Pitt – acoustic guitar
Barry Mittenhoff – mandolin
Michael Blair – shaker




References






External links


Land of the Bottom Line page at the official John Gorka website (lyrics & audio samples)
Land of the Bottom Line entry at Allmusic

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