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- Date Released: September 19, 2000
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Contemporary Folk
- Label: Uncommonly Round Records / CD Baby
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This is Common Ground's first album on CD, when they were still calling themselves Cheryl Cloud and Common Ground. It was released in 1994, the year Cheryl earned the American Cancer Society's Courage Award for her work to increase cancer awareness, prior to her death in 1995. The album spans a wide range of emotions, drawn from the band members' experiences of the joys and challenges of life. On the upbeat side is "Playing Rock 'n' Roll" -- a lively, rocking, country-flavored number written by Mark Cloud, about a blue-collar guy who moonlights in a band. Also in this collection, the Celtic instrumental "Wat Ye Wa I Met the Streen" was performed as a single cut, where in later albums, the band combines it in a medley with the cheerful vocal "Boys on Wheels," a popular favorite in live performances. The sadder and more pensive side of life is represented by Cheryl Cloud's original songs, "Dreams" and "Paper Clips and String," where Marcy Hogan's viola echos the melancholy mood. The title song is an outstanding performance -- lyrical, moving, and blue. Another performance of note is "Hold on Tight," which shows determination to keep going, even against the odds. Cheryl Cloud wrote with great honesty and depth of feeling about the effects of cancer on her life, and left a legacy of song that Common Ground continued performing. Longtime fans will value this album for its presentation of Cheryl Cloud's performances of her own songs, while the collection also serves as an introduction for new and casual listeners to the band as it was in its earlier years, before Cheryl Cloud's death.
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| 01. |  |
I'll Never Know |
3:25 |
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| 02. | |
Hard Choices |
5:55 |
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| 03. | |
The Way I Felt With You |
2:27 |
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| 04. | |
Not to Blame |
3:58 |
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| 05. | |
In a World Gone Mad |
4:39 |
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| 06. | |
Honey, They're Playing Our Song |
3:38 |
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| 07. | |
Wat Ye Wa I Met the Streen |
1:53 |
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| 08. | |
Playing Rock 'n' Roll |
2:38 |
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| 09. | |
Boys on Wheels |
3:04 |
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| 10. | |
Big Talker |
1:45 |
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| 11. | |
Dreams |
3:32 |
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| 12. | |
Stubborn Lady |
4:53 |
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| 13. | |
Stay 'til Light |
2:56 |
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| 14. | |
Paper Clips and String |
3:52 |
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| 15. | |
Battle Scars |
3:27 |
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| 16. | |
Hold on Tight |
2:40 |
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16 Total Tracks, 54:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Doug Doyle - Mastering // Bill Carrigan - Guitar (Acoustic) // Bill Carrigan - Bass // Bill Carrigan - Vocals // Common Ground - Main Performer // Jamie Barnett - Guitar // Cheryl Cloud - Guitar (Acoustic) // Cheryl Cloud - Guitar // Cheryl Cloud - Keyboards // Cheryl Cloud - Vocals // Cheryl Cloud - Vocals (Background) // Cheryl Cloud - Lyricist // Cheryl Cloud - Producer // Cheryl Cloud - Dulcimer (Hammer) // Cheryl Cloud - Design // Mark Cloud - Guitar (Acoustic) // Mark Cloud - Bass // Mark Cloud - Dobro // Mark Cloud - Guitar // Mark Cloud - Mandolin // Mark Cloud - Guitar (Electric) // Mark Cloud - Keyboards // Mark Cloud - Vocals // Mark Cloud - Lyricist // Mark Cloud - Producer // Mark Cloud - Design // Mark Cloud - Photography // Mark Cloud - Appalachian Dulcimer // Mike Danielson - Engineer // Lenny del Wango - Producer // Marcy Dillon - Viola // Marcy Dillon - Vocals // Marcy Hogan - Keyboards // Marcy Hogan - Viola // Mike Tunstall - Bass // Mike Tunstall - Vocals // Scott Van Dusen - Percussion // Scott Van Dusen - Drums // Scott Van Dusen - Producer // Scott Van Dusen - Design // Scott Van Dusen - Layout Design
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