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- Date Released: November 18, 2003
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: Turquoise Mountain / Redeye
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As a cover-heavy album, Country Favorites was something of a stopgap disc, issued as the Volebeats readied a proper new full-length release. It's a pretty respectable one, though, and not purely a covers exercise, as it's actually half-comprised of original material. It's the covers that might raise the most eyebrows, though, as they're not what you'd expect from a band lumped into the alt-country bin. Among the tunes tackled are the 13th Floor Elevators' "I Had to Tell You," ABBA's "Knowing Me Knowing You," Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain," Slayer's "Die by the Sword," and Serge Gainsbourg's "Manon." Not yer average staples of the alt-country repertoire, no siree, though the York Brothers' "Hamtramck Mama" is less of a surprise. The treatments are appealingly imaginative and low-key, and not always in the country-rock bag either, with both "I Had to Tell You" and "Knowing Me Knowing You" bearing a distinctly Byrds-ian ring. More adventurously, "Die by the Sword" sounds like a Chocolate Watchband-ish slice of acid folk in their hands, while "Maggot Brain" has a spaciness reminiscent of Pink Floyd's gentle side. That's not to discount the generally more country-slanted originals, which usually have a nicely downcast aura, the twangy "One I Love" being an exception.
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I Had to Tell You |
2:09 |
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| 02. | |
One I Love |
3:10 |
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| 03. | |
Knowing Me Knowing You |
4:05 |
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| 04. | |
Standing Next to You |
3:24 |
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| 05. | |
If You Won't Tell Me |
3:21 |
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| 06. | |
Almost Crying |
2:58 |
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| 07. | |
Same Old You |
3:17 |
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| 08. | |
Angel |
3:14 |
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Die by the Sword |
3:12 |
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Hamtramck Mama |
3:42 |
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Maggot Brain |
6:15 |
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| 12. | |
I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby |
2:34 |
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12 Total Tracks, 41:21 Total Length
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Credits
- Jim Diamond - Engineer // Phil Durr - Guest Appearance // Matthew Smith - Producer // Matthew Smith - Group Member // Al Sutton - Engineer // Chris Taylor - Engineer // Tim Pak - Engineer // The Volebeats - Main Performer // Scott Michalski - Group Member // Bob McCreedy - Group Member // Jeff Oakes - Producer // Jeff Oakes - Group Member // Brian Oakes - Photography // Brian Oakes - Group Member // Daniel Henzerling - Guest Appearance // Jesse Navarro - Guest Appearance // Allan Curtis Barnes - Photography // Russell Ledford - Group Member // Bill Peterson - Group Member
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