Juliana Hatfield - God's Foot

A lot has been said about how sad the circumstances surrounding the non-release of this album is, so I'm not going to say too much more. To be honest, I'd suggest one consult Dan Leroy's excellent book, "The Greatest Music Never Sold", for a very detailed account of the events Ms. Hatfield encountered on her way out of the major label world. Sadly, it's not the type of thing that's rare these days, but it's still sad and ridiculous.

Juliana has went on record to say she's disappointed by the leak of the album, but more because songs she hadn't intended for public consumption were included in the leak and there was no rhyme or reason to the order of the tracks. She has also said she is unhappy with the fidelity of the tracks as they're clearly unmastered and they may not be final mixes. Add to that the fact that these tracks sound like they're from a cassette copied way too many times which is probably because it is, and you have a classic, pre-digital bootleg, the kind fans complain about but love nonetheless for the extra aura added to the sound and the air of legitimacy surrounding it.

Since the leak, two songs, "Mountains Of Love" and a remix of "Fade Away", were released on a greatest hits compilation named "Gold Stars". Juliana has discussed possibly providing a proper leak of the album or eventually having it released officially, but as not much has happened for quite a while it's probably safe to bet we won't be hearing anything soon. So, enjoy Juliana's long lost album, and if you do want to see it released we should probably let her know, perferably loudly. It's really a shame when something this good doesn't see release.

Juliana Hatfield - God's Foot

01 Fade Away
02 Mountains Of Love
03 Don't Need A Reason
04 Perfection
05 What Have I Done To You?
06 Losing Your Looks
07 Takin' It Easy
08 Can't Put Your Arms Around A Melody
09 Eye To Eye
10 Chance Is Waiting
11 How Would You Know?
12 Can't Kill Myself
13 Jake's
14 Charity
15 Fade Away (Version)


PS-For those interested, this is the supposed official track list of the album as provided by Todd Phillips, Juliana's long-time drummer.

01 Fade Away
02 Mountains Of Love
03 What Have I Done To You
04 You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Melody
05 Chance Is Waiting
06 How Would You Know
07 Don't Need A Reason
08 Charity
09 Eye To Eye
10 Jake's