Follow Me Down (album)

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Follow Me Down
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 17, 2011
Studio
Genre Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk
Length39:17
Language English
Label Sugar Hill Records
Producer Gary Paczosa, Sarah Jarosz
Sarah Jarosz chronology
Song Up in Her Head
(2009)
Follow Me Down
(2011)
Build Me Up from Bones
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
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Paste 8.7/10 [3]
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Follow Me Down is the second studio album by American folk and bluegrass singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz, released on May 17, 2011, on Sugar Hill Records. It was recorded and mixed at Minutia Studios and mastered at The Mastering Lab in Nashville, TN, by Gary Paczosa with additional engineering by Brandon Bell. In 2012, the song "Come Around" was nominated for Song of the Year at the Americana Music Honors & Awards. [7]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sarah Jarosz, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run Away"Jarosz, Alyssa Bonagura 3:21
2."Come Around" 3:32
3."Annabelle Lee"Jarosz (music), Cameron Scoggins and Jarosz (lyrics adapted from a poem by Edgar Allan Poe)3:09
4."Ring Them Bells" Bob Dylan 3:30
5."My Muse" 4:35
6."Floating In The Balance" 2:53
7."Old Smitty" (instrumental) 3:13
8."The Tourist" (Radiohead cover) Colin Charles Greenwood, Edward John O'Brien, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke 4:51
9."Here Nor There" 3:46
10."Gypsy" 3:06
11."Peace" (instrumental) 3:15

Personnel

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