Hindu Love Gods (album)

Hindu Love Gods is the only album by American band Hindu Love Gods, which was released in 1990. The album was recorded around the same time as Warren Zevon's album Sentimental Hygiene, for which Zevon had enlisted Bill Berry, Peter Buck and Mike Mills of R.E.M. as players. The musicians also recorded this set of songs, mainly cover versions of old blues tunes, reputedly during late-night drunken recording sessions, not originally intending them for release.^[2]

Hindu Love Gods
Studio album by Hindu Love Gods
Released	October 5, 1990 (1990-10-05)
Recorded	January–February 1987
Studio	Record One, Sherman Oaks, California; A&M Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Blues rock
Length	36:58
Label	Giant/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Niko Bolas Andrew Slater

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 4:12
2. "Travelin' Riverside Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 4:02
3. "Raspberry Beret" (Prince Rogers Nelson) – 3:53
4. "Crosscut Saw" (Fred Ingrahm, Bill Sanders) – 3:06
5. "Junko Pardner" (Bob Shad) – 2:39
6. "Mannish Boy" (Bo Diddley, Melvin London, Muddy Waters) – 6:57
7. "Wang Dang Doodle" (Willie Dixon) – 3:51
8. "Battleship Chains" (Terry Anderson) – 3:06
9. "I'm a One-Woman Man" (Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton) – 2:16
10. "Vigilante Man" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:56

Personnel

Hindu Love Gods

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar
• Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar

Production

• Niko Bolas – production, engineering
• Richard Landers – engineering
• Rail Jon Rogut – engineering
• Andrew Slater – production
• Bob Vogt – engineering

Sales chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1990	Billboard 200	168[3]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"Raspberry Beret"	Modern Rock Tracks	23[4]

References

1. Hindu Love Gods at AllMusic
2. Giles, Jeff. "How Warren Zevon's R.E.M. Jam Session Became 'Hindu Love Gods'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
3. "Top Pop Albums". Billboard. 8 December 1990. p. 91.
4. "Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. 1 December 1990. p. 16.