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| Birmingham Road | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Americana, bluegrass, folk | |||
| Length | 60:08 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Susan Rogers, Ben Grosse | |||
| Jeff Black chronology | ||||
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Birmingham Road is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Jeff Black, released in 1998. [1]
Members of the band Wilco back Black on the album. Iris DeMent is also a guest singer. [2]
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
No Depression wrote: "On the one hand, his insistence on writing about big themes, often in metaphor, is the most inviting part of his art; but on the other hand, it’s also the main obstacle to the admirable dreams and emotions of his work." [3]
Writing for AllMusic, critic James Chrispell noted that Black "is a sincere singer/songwriter who puts a lot of feeling and emotion into his work, and the results are some of the best music released in the late 90s... For music lovers of all shapes and sizes, take a walk down Birmingham Road with Jeff Black. It'll feel like you've come home again." [2]
All songs by Jeff Black
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