# California Crossing

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{{Infobox album
| name       = California Crossing
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Fu Manchu](/source/Fu_Manchu_(band))
| cover      = California Crossing (album cover).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2001|10|23}}<br />January 17, 2002 <small>(Japan)</small>
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = [Sound City Studios](/source/Sound_City_Studios) in [Van Nuys, California](/source/Van_Nuys%2C_California)
| genre      = [Stoner rock](/source/Stoner_rock)
| length     = 39:27
| label      = [Mammoth](/source/Mammoth_Records)
| producer   = [Matt Hyde](/source/Matt_Hyde)
| prev_title = [King of the Road](/source/King_of_the_Road_(Fu_Manchu_album))
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [Go for It... Live!](/source/Go_for_It..._Live!)
| next_year  = 2003
}}

'''''California Crossing''''' is the seventh studio album by the American stoner rock band [Fu Manchu](/source/Fu_Manchu_(band)) It was released on October 23, 2001, by [Mammoth Records](/source/Mammoth_Records).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fu-manchu-mn0000988529/biography|title=Fu Manchu &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Knapfel |first1=Jason |title=Fu Manchu up in smoke |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=November 22, 2001 |page=3E}}</ref>

==Production==
The album was produced by [Matt Hyde](/source/Matt_Hyde), who encouraged Fu Manchu to spend more time on preproduction and song arrangements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Donovan |first1=Patrick |title=CD review: California Crossing, Fu Manchu |work=The Age |date=February 8, 2002 |location=Entertainment Guide |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fox |first1=Darrin |title=Fu Manchu: No shoes, no shirt, no fuzz |journal=Guitar Player |date=Feb 2002 |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=35–37}}</ref> The band pushed the vocals higher in the mix for the album, worked on backing vocals, and tried to keep most of the tracks around three minutes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzales |first1=Ron |title=Fu Manchu tweaks its tones |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=March 1, 2002 |page=13}}</ref><ref name="TR">{{cite news |last1=Condran |first1=Ed |title=FU MANCHU ROCKS ON |work=The Record |date=February 15, 2002 |location=Go! |page=17}}</ref> [Circle Jerks](/source/Circle_Jerks) singer [Keith Morris](/source/Keith_Morris) provides vocals on "Bultaco".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/fu_manchu-california_crossing|title=Fu Manchu California Crossing &#124; Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}}</ref>

Drummer [Brant Bjork](/source/Brant_Bjork) departed the band after the recording of the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7cms1PnqKUC&pg=PT10|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=February 11, 2002|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/california-crossing-mw0000015046|title=California Crossing Review|first=Craig|last=Curtice|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)''
|rev2score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lepage |first1=Mark |title=Fu Manchu California Crossing (Mammoth) |work=Calgary Herald |date=March 8, 2002 |page=D8}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=628}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
|rev4score = C<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/02/15/california-crossing/|title=California Crossing|website=EW.com}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[NME](/source/NME)''
|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="NME">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-6049-334471|title=Fu Manchu : California Crossing|website=[NME](/source/NME)|first=Noel|last=Gardner|date=September 12, 2005|access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
|rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kemp |first1=Rob |title=California Crossing |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 31, 2002 |issue=888 |page=53}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[St. Petersburg Times](/source/St._Petersburg_Times)''
|rev7score = A<ref>{{cite news |last1=Puckett |first1=Daniel |title=Audio Files |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=February 24, 2002 |page=7F}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)''
|rev8score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="UT">{{cite news |last1=Gundersen |first1=Edna |title=Trail of Fu Manchu roams 'California' |work=USA Today |date=February 12, 2002 |page=B12}}</ref>
}}
''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'' deemed the album "a strangely nihilistic celebration of all things [Cali](/source/California)."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/feb/01/shopping.artsfeatures2|title=Pop CD releases|date=February 1, 2002|website=the Guardian}}</ref> ''[NME](/source/NME)'' wrote that Fu Manchu "are the stoned [Ramones](/source/Ramones), a matey [Motorhead](/source/Mot%C3%B6rhead): a band who can rewrite that album into the infinite future and rule perpetually."<ref name="NME"/> ''[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)'' thought that "more than anything else, it's the band's cartoonish perspective that keeps ''Crossing'' from flagging."<ref>{{cite news |title=FU MANCHU 'California Crossing' Mammoth |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/02/22/fu-manchu-california-crossing/016591f0-3c77-4883-9634-4145c22215e8/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> ''[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)'' called the songs "rooted in mad propulsion, clean sonics and Scott Hill's atonal holler."<ref name=UT/>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1 = Separate Kingdom
| length1 = 3:41
| title2 = Hang On
| length2 = 3:39
| title3 = Mongoose
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Thinkin' Out Loud
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = California Crossing
| length5 = 3:36
| title6 = Wiz Kid
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Squash That Fly
| length7 = 2:56
| title8 = Ampn{{'-}}
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Bultaco
| length9 = 3:11
| title10 = Downtown in Dogtown
| length10 = 3:18
| title11 = The Wasteoid
| note11 = instrumental
| length11 = 3:52
}}

{{tracklist|
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title12 = Planet of the Ape Hangers
| length12 = 3:50
}}

== Personnel ==
*Scott Hill – vocals, guitar
*[Brant Bjork](/source/Brant_Bjork) – drums
*Bob Balch – guitar
*Brad Davis – bass
*[Matt Hyde](/source/Matt_Hyde) – mixer, producer

=== Production ===
Vocals on "Bultaco" by [Keith Morris](/source/Keith_Morris)<br>
Backing vocals by Fu Manchu<br>
Engineered by Nick Raskulinecz<br>
Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, CA<br>
Vocals recorded at Aftermath, Laguna, CA<br>
Mixed at Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA<br>
Mastered by Dave Collins at Steve Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, CA<br>
Enhanced CD footage filmed by Ken Pucci

All songs written by Fu Manchu, except "California Crossing", lyrics by Rodney Skelton.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sperounes |first1=Sandra |title='We're like, yeah, whatever': Slackers work up just enough energy to hit the road again |work=Edmonton Journal |date=July 8, 2002 |page=B7}}</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([ARIA Charts](/source/ARIA_Charts))<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=109}}</ref>
| 98
|}

==References==
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Category:2001 albums
Category:Fu Manchu (band) albums
Category:Mammoth Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Matt Hyde
Category:Albums recorded at Sound City Studios

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