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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Son Volt |
| Record Label: |
Rhino Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alt Country |
| Release Date: |
May 24, 2005 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Drown 2. Windfall 3. Route 4. Rex's Blues (with Kelly Willis) 5. Looking at the World Through a Winshield 6. Too Early 7. Back Into Your World 8. Picking up the Signal 9. I've Got to Know (previously unreleased) 10. Creosote 11. Straightface 12. Tulsa County 13. Driving the View 14. Ain't No More Cane (previously unreleased) 15. Flow 16. Holocaust 17. Tear Stained Eye (previously unreleased, Four track demo) 18. Loose String (previously unreleased, Four track demo) 19. Medicine Hat (previously unreleased, live, acoustic) 20. Open All Night |
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Includes 5 previously unreleased tracks. Son Volt: Jay Farrar (vocals, guitar, dulcimer, harmonica, keyboards); Dave Boquist (guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, banjo, violin); Jim Boquist (piano, bass instrument, background vocals); Mike Heidorn (drums, percussion). Liner Note Author: Ed Ward . Recording information: 1995 - 2000. Just because Wilco ended up getting all the press and the Jim O'Rourke hipster cred, that doesn't mean Son Volt should remain forever destined to be the "other" Uncle Tupelo spin-off band. In fact, hardcore UT fans should feel a strong attachment to the latter, as they stayed closer to the spirit of Tupelo's post-modern country-rock. RETROSPECTIVE does an excellent job of chronicling the group's first five years. All the key tracks from the first three albums are here, from the surprisingly heavy rock of the breakout hit "Drown" to the acoustic-guitar-and-pedal-steel lilt of "Creosote." Most attractive to Son Volt aficionados, though, will be the wealth of rare and previously unr... |
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