Euphoria (Leftover Salmon album)

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Euphoria
LeftoverSalmonEuphoria.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 1997
Genre Bluegrass, rock, country
Length41:52
Label Hollywood Records
Producer Justin Niebank
Leftover Salmon chronology
Ask The Fish
(1995)
Euphoria
(1997)
The Nashville Sessions
(1999)

Euphoria is an album by the American band Leftover Salmon. [1] [2] It was released via Hollywood Records in 1997. [3] The band supported the album by touring with the 1997 H.O.R.D.E. festival. [4]

Contents

The album peaked at number three on Billboard's Heatseekers – Mountain chart. [5]

Production

Recorded in Denver, the album was produced by Justin Niebank. [6] [7] Pete Sears contributed keyboard parts to Euphoria. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Gazette called the album a "tame approximation" of the band's live sound. [11] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette labeled the album "alternative country," and deemed it "tight and conservative." [12] Writer Dean Budnick described the album as "an agreeable representation" of the band's "stylistic hodgepodge," and noted that, in some instances, it "does indeed achieve the state referenced by its title." [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Drew Emmitt, except where noted.

  1. "Better" (Vince Herman)
  2. "Highway Song"
  3. "Baby Hold On"
  4. "River's Rising"
  5. "Mama Boulet" (Herman)
  6. "Funky Mountain Fogdown" (Mark Vann)
  7. "Cash on the Barrelhead" (Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin)
  8. "Muddy Water Home"
  9. "Ain't Gonna Work" (Traditional)
  10. "This Is the Time"
  11. "Euphoria" (Robin Remaily)

Personnel

Musical

Technical

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