Eleven Stories

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Eleven Stories
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Studio album by
Released2006
Recorded Austin, Texas
Genre Country
Label Sustain
Bruce Robison chronology
Country Sunshine
(2001)
Eleven Stories
(2006)
It Came From San Antonio
(2007)

Eleven Stories is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Bruce Robison. It was released in 2006 on Sustain Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs (Robison) except where noted

  1. “Every Once in a While” (Robison, Miles Zuniga) - 3:17
  2. “Virginia” - 3:20
  3. “Tennessee Jed” (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) - 5:22
  4. “More and More” (Webb Pierce) - 2:57
  5. “Days Go By” (Robison, Miles Zuniga)- 3:56
  6. “All Over but the Cryin'” - 4:39
  7. “Don't Call It Love” - 3:36
  8. “You Really Let Yourself Go” - 2:43
  9. “I Never Fly” - 2:29
  10. “Kitchen Blues” - 3:02
  11. Bandera Waltz” (Easy Adams) - 3:48

Releases

yearformatlabelcatalog #
2006 CD Sustain10132

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Ronnie D. Lankford Jr. of AllMusic felt that Eleven Stories was for listeners looking for an album that had reflective tracks. [2] Matt Cibula of PopMatters called the tracks "fresh and fun". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cibula, Matt (4 May 2006). "Bruce Robison: Eleven Stories". PopMatters. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. Lankford Jr., Ronnie D.. Eleven Stories at AllMusic . Retrieved 24 September 2018.