Country Roads V.11 [Import]

Country Roads V.11 [Import]

ASIN: B00001ZU79

Track Listings

1. Love Hurts

2. Welcome To My World

3. She's All I Got

4. Price Of Love

5. Sunshine

6. Two Little Orphans

7. Honky Tonk Heart

8. Broken Promises

9. She Even Woke Me Up To Sa

10. Sally Was A Good Old Girl

11. Stood Up

12. Folsom Prison Blues

13. What A Man My Man Is

14. Rocky Mountain Suite

15. No Charge

16. Hula Love

17. Turn Your Radio On

18. Miller's Cave

19. Take My Hand For A While

20. Dreams Of The Everyday Ho

Tracks:

Blood Sweat & Murder (Scott H. Biram)
De-Railed (Sixteen Horsepower)
Glass of Wine (Paul Burch & Ralph Stanley)
Close Your House Down (Cordero)
Ocean Size (Bobby Bare Jr.)
Behind That Locked Door (My Morning Jacket)
The Plan (Matt Mays & El Torpedo)
Little White Pills (The Meat Purveyors)
A Living Hell (The Bottle Rockets)
Do You Want To Go Somewhere? (Richard Buckner)
Lonesome Roads (Carla Bozulich)
Sputnik 57 (Minus 5)
I'm Yer Huckleberry (Nine Pound Hammer)
No Way Out But Down (Graham Lindsey)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Sally Timms)
Harridan of Yore (Graham Parker & The Figgs)
Where Are All Of My Friends? (Deadstring Brothers)
Chicken Road (Kelly Hogan & The Wooden Leg)
Shake A Tail Feather (Andre Williams & The Sadies
Tearin' My Hair Out (99 Tales)
Love Train (The Yayhoos)

Tracks:

Two Way Action (Nora O'Connor)
Ship to Spain (Crooked Fingers)
I'd Be Lonesome (Old 97s)
How Many Biscuits Can You Eat? (Split Lip Rayfield)
I Want to Destroy You (Dollar Store)
Cold Company (Mary Lou Lord)
Now I Know (Milton Mapes)
Magnificent Seven (Jon Rauhouse)
Call of the Wreckin' Ball (John Doe w/Jim and Jennie and The Pinetops)
Got Just What I Want (Devil in a Woodpile)
Josephine (Puerto Muerto)
Juke Joint Jumping (Wayne Hancock & Hank III)
Red Head (Blanche)
The Lost Soul (The Handsome Family)
Tell Me (Catfish Haven)
People Who Died (Porter Hall TN)
Berliners (The Court and Spark)
How Long (Have You Been Gone)? (Rex Hobart and The Misery Boys)
How Can I Be So Thirsty Today? (Petty Booka w/ The Meat Purveyors)
Burn the Flag (The Starkweathers)
I Fought the Law (Waco Brothers)

Amazon.com

Celebrating a little more than its first decade (but who's counting?), Chicago's Bloodshot label continues to reinforce a bond between country roots and punk attitude, with results that refuse to be confined to any categorical corral. Rather than releasing a more predictable "best-of" compilation, Bloodshot shows its ornery spirit with a wide-ranging (and previously unreleased) selection of gems by label mainstays, kindred spirits, and fellow travelers. While the banjo-driven Split Lip Rayfield (sounding here like the Beverly Hillbillies on psychedelic moonshine), the transgenerational mountain harmonies of Paul Burch and Ralph Stanley, and the hopped-up Meat Purveyors conform to alt-country expectation, other highlights range from covers of the O'Jays ("Love Train," by the Yayhoos) and a riotous anthem of chicken stomping ("Call of the Wrecking Ball" by John Doe with Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops) to a recasting of the instrumental Magnificent Seven theme by steel guitarist Jon Rauhouse and a dreamy deconstruction of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" by the ethereal Sally Timms. Whatever Nashville might think of this music, country just doesn't get any countrier than Wayne Hancock with Hank Williams III ("Juke Joint Jumping"). Anyone drawn by the higher-profile favorites--Graham Parker, the Old 97s, the Waco Brothers, My Morning Jacket--will likely discover a bunch of new favorites within the two-disc bargain. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

value? yes... quality? no.......2006-03-14

I'll get right to it: this Decade retrospective doesn't even touch Down To The Promised Land in terms of quality. The tunes present on this comp aren't all garbage, but there IS a LOT of garbage present, and the good stuff is good in an odd toss-off sorta way (Call Of The Wreckin' Ball) that only truly stands out when solid tracks surround it. I mean, if a Soft Boys cover is carrying your compilation, then it's not a great compilation. Don't get me wrong, i love Bloodshot as much as the next guy (and i love em a lot more than Pitchfork) but the brutal truth is that a LOT of folks are trying to do the "alt-country" thing these days, some for better & many for worse. This comp seems to play to the watered-down quality of where the genre (if it exists) has been heading lately. Flash back to 2001 and a lot fewer folks (and a lot less Indie kids, thankfully) cared about this sorta thing, so those doing it were doing it from the heart, and Bloodshot gained success by being a great vehicle for that heartfelt musical release. Now, with each new Bloodshot record, they seem to get lost amidst a lot of "me-too" bands and novelty crap. Maybe when the trend dies down and the truth remains then Bloodshot can shock the bejeezus out of me with a mind-blowing 15-year comp that makes me forget this one. But until then, this is blatantly mediocre stuff.

You gotta sin to get saved.......2005-12-30

This solid 42-song collection of odds 'n' ends from the good folks at Bloodshot Records consists of the expected alt.country twang 'n' tears, but it contains a few great out-of-leftfield surprises as well. Among the expected highlights are the gorgeous "Do You Want To Go Somewhere?" by Richard Buckner, the solo acoustic "Behind That Locked Door" by Jim James of My Morning Jacket, the rollicking "Two Way Action" by Nora O'Connor (with the help of Andrew Bird), and "I'd Be Lonesome" by the Old '97s - all of them perfect examples of the best of Bloodshot's genre. And there's other great tracks by the Bottle Rockets, the Minus 5, Graham Parker & the Figgs, Andre Williams & the Sadies, John Doe, Crooked Fingers, Mary Lou Lord, and Kelly Hogan, but the leftfield stuff is, if not exactly better, then just a lot more fun. Bobby Bare Jr. handles the Jane's Addiction classic "Ocean Size", Dollar Store twang-ifies the Soft Boys' "I Want To Destroy You", the Waco Brothers check in with the Bobby Fuller Four (by-way-of the Clash) chestnut "I Fought The Law", Porter Hall TN throws the Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died" against the wall, and the Yayhoos brilliantly rock up the O'Jays' "Love Train".

Sure, there's a little bit of chaff. But while you're picking through the 42 tracks for your favorites, you might find a another keeper along the way. For me, it was the Deadstring Brothers. I'd never heard of them before, but their song "Where Are All My Friends" is fast becoming one of my faves of this year. So who knows what you might find?

o.k.+.......2005-11-17

Not as good as the last compilation but still worth having if
you're a Bloodshot fan.
Favorite song: Two-Way Action (can someone recomend an entire CD of this stuff?)
Least favorite: There's a few that are even worse than my local country station plays, and they're not even being ironic!
Well, that's probably too harsh. I'm still ready to move to Chicago.

Average customer rating:

Real Life + Rock + Rob Alderman = Real Good Music
**********AWESOME**********

When the Blood & the Dust Settles

Manufacturer: 11: 11 Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000C6MCTY
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Product Description

12 songs

Customer Reviews:

Real Life + Rock + Rob Alderman = Real Good Music.......2006-02-24

I couldn't be a bigger fan of Bigger Than Dallas. Since the band has split, this album stands as a legacy to singer/songwriter Rob Alderman, and master musicians Callie Harmon and Davis Cutshaw. If you've ever loved and lost, this album is must! It goes great with nights staring at the moon through the tree branches while you consider the meaning of it all. If you don't have it yet, you're truly missing out!

**********AWESOME**********.......2005-12-31

After purchasing their EP Hard Floors & Thoughts of Sin & Grace -I waited a while for the full length to be released. This is a concept album that tells a sad, beuatiful and angry story. A must for any true fan of singer-songwriters and Rob Alderman is amongst the best at the business. I am hoping that Cupid is a Dirty Filthy Liar will makes it's way to the "ZON" as it can only get better. Sorry to say the BTD is no longer with us and as a band may thes RIP.

Average customer rating:

Paste Magazine Music Sampler #11
Coldplay , Tift Merrit , Drive-By Truckers , Chris Robinson and the New Earth Mud , Old 97's , J J Cale , Richie Havens , Paco , Trent Dabbs , and Rilo Kiley
Manufacturer: Paste
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000MCAGDM

Product Description

1. 1. The Polyphonic Spree - Section 12 (Hold Me Now) 2. It's a Hit - Rilo Kiley 3. The New Kid - Old 97's 4. Stray Paper - Tift Merrit 5. The Day John Henry Died - Drive By Truckers 6. Rock and Roll - Lovedrug 7. You Can't Hurry Love - The Concretes 8. Chris Robinson and the New Earth Mud - 40 Days (radio edit) 9. Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants 10. If It Makes You - Bodeans 11. Brothers and Sisters - Coldplay 12. Trent Dabbs - Not Like That 13. Paco - My Love (radio remix) 14. Rubyhorse - Warning Bells 15. Richard Shindell - Hazel's House 16. Glenn Tilbrook - Untouchable 17. Richie Havens - We Both Know 18. Jennifer Daniels - Welcome to Your Life 19. J J Cale - The Problem 20. Sonia Dada - Old Bones 21. Pierce Pettis - Black Sheep Boy 22. Ron Sexsmith - Comrades Fill No Glass For Me

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