Firecracker | ||||
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Released | June 6, 2006 | |||
Recorded | Fall of 2005 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Festival | |||
Producer | David Travers-Smith | |||
The Wailin' Jennys chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Firecracker is the second album by The Wailin' Jennys.
The album was rated the #2 folk album of 2006 in North America by total airplay, and the #1 Canadian album. The initial track, "The Devil's Paintbrush Road" by Annabelle Chvostek, was rated the #1 Canadian song for 2006 by total airplay. [2]
The album was nominated for the 2007 Juno Award for "Roots and Traditional Album of the Year by a Group" and for "Contemporary Folk Album of the Year" by the North American Folk Alliance.
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