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- Date Released: October 10, 1995
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Americana
- Label: Thrill Jockey
The finest modern old-fashioned country band that alt-rock has to offer.
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We Say...
Each successive Freakwater album takes a baby step towards modernization — the production slightly cleaner, the arrangements slightly more elaborate. This time, it's the gorgeous pedal steel that kicks the group out of the Appalachian Mountains and into Nashville circa 1958. This alt-country combo, founded by Eleventh Dream Day member Janet Beveridge Bean and childhood friend Catherine Ann Irwin, is determined to stay true to the emotional roots of country music. Their modern touches are strictly lyrical — their characters speak far more forthrightly about their heartbreak. As usual, Freakwater work in a few covers: the expected (Woody Guthrie's "Little Black Train") and the out-of-left-field (Loudon Wainwright III's "Out of This World") that keep the group balanced in its quest to be the finest modern old-fashioned country band that alt-rock has to offer.
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They Say...
After a four-year gap since their second album, Freakwater returned with another solid effort that's not as bare-bones as their debut, but a little earthier than Dancing Under Water. Not a lot of new ground is broken, yet Old Paint somehow doesn't sound at all tiresome. All of their strengths remain in place: fine, mournful harmonies, good original songs, some well-chosen covers (Loudon Wainwright's "Out of This World" is a particular highlight), and nice unobtrusive touches of pedal steel and fiddle embellishing the acoustic guitars. This is modern country-folk at its best, and in fact would really be more suitable for the roots-country audience, except that the execution is too direct, the production too basic, and the songwriting's too heartfelt for the contemporary country marketplace. Thus it is that the group's primary listenership is the alternative rock community, which is country's loss: few performers today are performing roots music so convincingly, without sounding forced or dated.
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| 01. |  |
Gravity |
2:21 |
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| 02. | |
Smoking Daddy |
3:50 |
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| 03. | |
Gone to Stay |
4:57 |
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| 04. | |
Little Black Train |
2:07 |
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| 05. | |
Waitress Song |
2:16 |
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| 06. | |
My One Desire |
2:28 |
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| 07. | |
White Rose |
4:24 |
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| 08. | |
Out of This World |
4:35 |
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| 09. | |
Kentucky House |
2:46 |
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| 10. | |
Hero/Heroine |
3:01 |
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| 11. | |
Ugly Man |
3:29 |
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| 12. | |
Burying Geraldine |
1:52 |
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12 Total Tracks, 38:06 Total Length
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Credits
- Freakwater - Producer // Freakwater - Main Performer // Janet Beveridge Bean - Guitar (Acoustic) // Janet Beveridge Bean - Guitar // Janet Beveridge Bean - Percussion // Janet Beveridge Bean - Arranger // Janet Beveridge Bean - Vocals // Janet Beveridge Bean - Multi Instruments // Janet Beveridge Bean - Group Member // Brad Miller - Photography // Larry Nix - Mastering // Brad Wood - Recorder // Brad Wood - Producer // Brad Wood - Engineer // Brad Wood - Mixing // John McEntire - Producer // Popahna Brandes - Cello // Bob Egan - Pedal Steel // Bob Egan - National Steel Guitar // Bob Egan - Group Member // Catherine Ann Irwin - Guitar (Acoustic) // Catherine Ann Irwin - Guitar // Catherine Ann Irwin - Vocals // Catherine Ann Irwin - Paintings // Catherine Ann Irwin - Group Member // David Wayne Gay - Bass (Upright)
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