Mountain Soul II
2009 studio album by Patty Loveless
Mountain Soul II | ||||
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Studio album by Patty Loveless | ||||
Released | September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29) | |||
Genre | Bluegrass, Country | |||
Length | 43:18 | |||
Label | Saguaro Road | |||
Producer | Emory Gordy, Jr. | |||
Patty Loveless chronology | ||||
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Singles from Mountain Soul II | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Busted" on YouTube | ||||
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (83/100)[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
BBC Music | (favourable)[3] |
Billboard | (favourable)[4] |
PopMatters | [5] |
Slant Magazine | [6] |
Uncut | [1] |
The Washington Post | (favorable)[7] |
Mountain Soul II is the sixteenth studio album by American country music singer Patty Loveless. The album was released on September 29, 2009.[8][9] It is a follow-up to her previous album, Mountain Soul, released in 2001.[8] Four of the album's 15 songs, "Half Over You"; "Blue Memories"; "Feelings of Love"; and "A Handful of Dust", were previously recorded by Loveless on earlier albums. "Big Chance" was also previously included in the same form on 2005's Dreamin' My Dreams.
"Busted" was released as the album's lead-off single in September 2009. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.[10]
Track listing
- "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 3:25
- "Fools Thin Air" (Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell) – 3:24
- "A Handful of Dust" (Tony Arata) – 3:05
- "Half Over You" (Karen Staley) – 3:25
- "Prisoner's Tears" (Mike Henderson, Mark Irwin, Wally Wilson) – 3:56
- "Working on a Building" (traditional) – 2:52
- "Friends in Gloryland" (traditional) – 1:25
- "(We Are All) Children of Abraham" (Patty Loveless, Emory Gordy Jr.) – 2:24
- "Big Chance" (Loveless, Gordy) – 2:53
- "When the Last Curtain Falls" (Gordy, Jim Rushing) – 3:49
- "Blue Memories" (Karen Brooks, Paul Kennerley) – 2:47
- "You Burned the Bridge" (Jon Randall) – 4:19
- "Bramble and the Rose" (Barbara Keith) – 2:54
- "Feelings of Love" (Kostas) – 3:15
- "Diamond in My Crown" (Kennerley, Emmylou Harris) – 2:45
Personnel
- Mike Auldridge – dobro
- Barry Bales – upright bass
- Tom Britt – electric guitar
- Mike Bub – upright bass
- Jason Carter – fiddle
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Vince Gill – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Emmylou Harris – background vocals
- Tim Hensley – background vocals
- Rebecca Lynn Howard – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Rob Ickes – dobro
- Carl Jackson – banjo, background vocals
- Butch Lee – pump organ
- Patty Loveless – lead vocals, background vocals
- Del McCoury – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Rob McCoury – banjo
- Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, mandola, background vocals
- Carmella Ramsey – background vocals
- Jon Randall – mandolin, background vocals
- Deanie Richardson – fiddle
- Kerlan Spur – percussion
- Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Guthrie Trapp – electric guitar
- Rhonda Vincent – background vocals
Chart performance
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 19 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 91 |
References
- ^ a b Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Mountain Soul II - Patty Loveless". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ BBC Music review
- ^ Billboard review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Slant Magazine review
- ^ The Washington Post review
- ^ a b "PATTY LOVELESS TO RELEASE SEQUEL TO ACCLAIMED MOUNTAIN SOUL CD". Sanguaro Road. July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Patty Loveless Plans Mountain Soul II for September Release". Country Music Television. July 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
- ^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
External links
- Mountain Soul II at Metacritic
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- If My Heart Had Windows
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- Only What I Feel
- When Fallen Angels Fly
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- Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas
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- "A Little Bit in Love"
- "Blue Side of Town"
- "Don't Toss Us Away"
- "Timber, I'm Falling in Love"
- "The Lonely Side of Love"
- "Chains"
- "On Down the Line"
- "The Night's Too Long"
- "I'm That Kind of Girl"
- "Blue Memories"
- "Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)"
- "Jealous Bone"
- "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You"
- "Blame It on Your Heart"
- "Nothin' but the Wheel"
- "You Will"
- "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye"
- "I Try to Think About Elvis"
- "Here I Am"
- "You Don't Even Know Who I Am"
- "Halfway Down"
- "You Can Feel Bad"
- "A Thousand Times a Day"
- "Lonely Too Long"
- "She Drew a Broken Heart"
- "The Trouble with the Truth"
- "You Don't Seem to Miss Me"
- "To Have You Back Again"
- "High on Love"
- "Can't Get Enough"
- "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man"
- "That's the Kind of Mood I'm In"
- "The Last Thing on My Mind"
- "Lovin' All Night"
- "Why Baby Why"
- "Busted"