Home Grown (Blue Mountain album)

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Home Grown
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 15, 1997
RecordedOctober–December, 1996
Genre Alternative country, country rock, roots rock, Southern rock
Length46:58
Label Roadrunner [1]
Producer Blue Mountain [2]
Blue Mountain chronology
Dog Days
(1995)
Home Grown
(1997)
Tales of a Traveler
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Home Grown is the third studio album by American alternative country group Blue Mountain, released in 1997. [5] [6]

Contents

Critical reception

The Washington Post praised "Hudson's affection for the odd characters who inhabit, or sometimes just float through, small Southern towns." [7]

AllMusic wrote: "Homegrown is informed by melodic smarts absent from so many contemporary alt-country records; [Cary] Hudson's parched, Dylan-esque vocals remain wonderfully evocative as well, helping establish an authentic sense of time and place." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Bloody 98"
  2. "Myrna Lee"
  3. "Pretty Please"
  4. "Black Dog"
  5. "Generic America"
  6. "Last Words of Midnight Clyde"
  7. "Babe"
  8. "It Ain't Easy to Love a Liar"
  9. "Ira Magee"
  10. "Town Clown"
  11. "Dead End Street"
  12. "Rain"

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References

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  2. Wolff, Kurt (October 9, 2000). "Country Music: The Rough Guide". Rough Guides via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 "Homegrown - Blue Mountain | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  4. "Rolling Stone review".[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Blue Mountain Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  6. "A re-formed Blue Mountain finds its musical chemistry of the 1990s is as potent as ever". www.commercialappeal.com.
  7. "WESTERN WHERE? 'INSURGENT COUNTRY,' A LITTLE BIT ROCK-AND-ROLL". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 October 2021.