Post by cofi on Mar 3, 2008 11:06:55 GMT
Whiskeytown
Strangers Almanac
Product Details
Audio CD (March 4, 2008)
Original Release Date: January 29, 2008
Number of Discs: 2
Format: Extra tracks
Label: Geffen Records
ASIN: B000Y2WAM0
Track Listings
1. Indian Gown - (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
2. 16 Days demo (Baseball Park sessions)*
3. Somebody Remembers the Rose demo -
4. (Baseball Park sessions)*
5. Avenues demo
6. Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight demo
7. (Baseball Park sessions)*
8. Houses on the Hill early version (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
9. My Heart Is Broken (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
10. I Still Miss Someone demo*
11. Kiss & Make-Up*
12. Barn's On Fire (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
13. Dancing with the Women at the Bar early version*
14. originally titled "The Strip" (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
15. Dreams (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
16. Breathe (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
17. Wither, I'm A Flower
18. Luxury Liner (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
19. Theme for a Trucker
20. Streets of Sirens (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
21. Turn Around early version (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
22. 10 Seconds Till The End Of The World (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
23. Ticket Time early version (Barn's on Fire sessions)*
24. The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over early version (Barn's on Fire sessions)** previously unreleased
Product Description
STRANGERS ALMANAC was Whiskeytown's penultimate album. The band is still steeped in the sounds of country and Gram Parsons-inspired country-rock here, but one can hear the music moving toward the pop of their final effort PNEUMONIA. Everything still centers around the voice and excellent songwriting of Ryan Adams (who was still only 22 at the time of this album's release).
The song "16 Days," for example, with its breezy, open-road, country vibe and the lovely interlocking harmonies between Adams and violinist Caitlin Cary, was released as a single, and rightfully so. There is also the beautiful, melancholic weeper "Dancing With the Women at the Bar," and a revisitiation of "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight," which appeared on the band's debut. Adams's talent shines so brightly here, in fact, that it is little wonder he would soon be pursuing a solo career (the internal tensions in the band would hasten its dissolution as well), but STRANGERS ALMANAC captures this fine, short-lived, alt-country band in full effect.
If you want to buy or hear some tracks of this Cd, you can purchase the Cd at amazon.com or from amazon.co.uk or from many other major record stores,
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