Down Fell the Doves

Down Fell the Doves
Studio album by Amanda Shires
Released	August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06) [1]
Studio	Chase Park Transduction (Athens, Georgia) [2]
Genre	Country Americana
Length	38:36 [1]
Label	Lightning Rod Records
Producer	Andy LeMaster [2]
Amanda Shires chronology
Carrying Lightning (2011) Down Fell the Doves (2013) My Piece of Land (2016)

Down Fell the Doves is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Amanda Shires. The album was recorded in Athens, Georgia at Chase Park Transduction and produced by Andy LeMaster. Released on August 6, 2013 on the Lightning Rod Records label, the album features strong songwriting and fiddle interludes by Shires, accompanied by Jason Isbell and members of his band the 400 Unit. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Track listing

All songs by Amanda Shires ^{[1] [2]}

1. "Look Like a Bird" - 3:29
2. "Devastate" - 3:18
3. "Bulletproof" - 4:13
4. "Box Cutters" - 2:36
5. "Deep Dark Below" - 3:21
6. "Wasted and Rollin'" - 3:52
7. "If I..." - 2:14
8. "Stay" - 3:54
9. "The Drop and Lift" - 3:37
10. "A Song for Leonard Cohen" - 3:53
11. "The Garden (What a Mess)" - 4:09

Personnel

as listed on the CD sleeve: ^[2]

Musicians

• Amanda Shires - vocals, violins, ukuleles
• Jason Isbell - guitars, vocals, piano on (10)
• Andy LeMaster - guitar, noise, vocals
• Chad Gamble - drums
• Jimbo Hart - bass

On (8) "Stay":

• Chad Fisher - trombone
• Joel Gransden - trumpet
• Brad Guin - tenor saxophone
• Chad Fisher, Amanda Shires - horn arrangements

Production

• Andy LeMaster - producer, engineering, mixing
• Will Manning - assistant engineer
• Alex McCollough - mastering
• Erica Shires - photography
• Dirk Fowler - layout, design

References

1. "Down Fell the Doves - Amanda Shires". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
2. Down Fell the Doves (CD digisleeve). Nashville: Lightning Rod Records. 2013. LRR-78764.
3. Hight, Jewly (August 22, 2013). "Amanda Shires, whimsically fierce songwriter, has been hiding in plain sight". Nashville Scene. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
4. Cockburn, John (October 12, 2013). "Amanda Shires Drips Passion From her Phrases on "Down Fell The Doves"". No Depression. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
5. Horowitz, Hal (August 13, 2021). "Amanda Shires - Down Fell the Doves". American Songwriter. Retrieved December 1, 2025.