House and Land (album)

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House and Land
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 2017 (2017-06-16)
Length34:17
Label Thrill Jockey
House and Land chronology
House and Land
(2017)
Across the Field
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 83/100 [1]
Review scores
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The Vinyl DistrictA [3]

House and Land is the first studio album by American duo House and Land. It was released on June 16, 2017 on Thrill Jockey. [2] [4] The album received positive reviews and was named the 25th best album of 2017 by Magnet magazine. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Wandering Boy"2:49
2."Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah"2:14
3."False True Lover"3:48
4."Listen to the Roll"2:59
5."The Day is Past and Gone"5:53
6."Home Over Yonder"3:42
7."Johnny"2:16
8."Rich Old Jade"3:42
9."Feather Dove"3:11
10."Unquiet Grave"3:42

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House and Land

House and Land is a two-person experimental Appalachian old-time music band based in Asheville, North Carolina. The band members are guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Louise Henson and fiddler/banjoist Sally Anne Morgan. Both musicians contribute to vocals. They have two albums, the self-titled House and Land, released in June 2017, and Across the Field, released in June 2019. Their first album received a very positive 83 aggregate score on Metacritic and was named the 25th best album of 2017 by Magnet magazine, while their second received an 84 and was named Folk Album of the Month by The Guardian.

References

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  4. Gotrich, Lars (June 6, 2017). "House And Land Transform An Old Hymn's Plea Into Rapture". NPR. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. Meyer, Bill (December 2017). "MAGNET's #25 Album Of 2017: House And Land's "House And Land"". Magnet Magazine. Retrieved August 30, 2019.