Gris-Gris
Sign in to saveGris-Gris (stylized as GRIS-gris, , named for a kind of talisman) is the debut album by American musician Dr. John ( Mac Rebennack). Produced by Harold Battiste, it was released on Atco Records in 1968. The album introduced Rebennack's Dr. John character, inspired by a reputed 19th century voodoo doctor. The style of Gris-Gris is a hybrid of traditional New Orleans R&B elements and psychedelia. It was recorded in California, albeit with several native New Orleans musicians.
Release · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Album
- Artist
- Dr. John, the Night Tripper
- First released
- 1968-01-22
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 76
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Key facts
- Album.artist
- Dr. John
- Album.name
- Gris-Gris
- Album.type
- Album
- Album.cover
- DrjohnNighttripper.jpg
- Album.released
- January 22, 1968
- Album.recorded
- 1967
- Album.studio
- Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles
- Album.genre
- New Orleans R&B psychedelic funk swamp blues swamp rock
- Album.length
- 33:12
- Album.label
- Atco
- Album.producer
- Harold Battiste
- Album.next_title
- Babylon
- Album.next_year
- 1969
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Key dates
- Published
- 22 January 1968
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Producer
- Harold Battiste
- Performer
- Dr. John
- Record label
- Atco Records
- Distribution format
- LP record
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- P7937
- studio album
- P407
- English language
- P291
- United States
- P1552
- debut album
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Gris-Gris (stylized as GRIS-gris, , named for a kind of talisman) is the debut album by American musician Dr. John ( Mac Rebennack). Produced by Harold Battiste, it was released on Atco Records in 1968. The album introduced Rebennack's Dr. John character, inspired by a reputed 19th century voodoo doctor. The style of Gris-Gris is a hybrid of traditional New Orleans R&B elements and psychedelia. It was recorded in California, albeit with several native New Orleans musicians.
Gris-Gris failed to chart in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was re-issued on compact disc decades later and received much greater praise from modern critics, including being listed at number 143 on the 2003 and 2012 editions and at number 356 on the 2020 edition of Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.