| Laws Of Gravity | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | January 13, 2017 |
| Genre | Bluegrass |
| Length | 54 mins |
| Label | Compass Records |
Laws of Gravity is an album by The Infamous Stringdusters that won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018. [1] It was released on Compass Records in 2017. [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom | 3:18 |
| 2 | Gravity | 3:42 |
| 3 | A Hard Life Makes A Good Song | 3:49 |
| 4 | Vertigo | 3:37 |
| 5 | Maxwell | 5:06 |
| 6 | Black Elk | 4:57 |
| 7 | This Ol' Building | 3:31 |
| 8 | Soul Searching | 3:29 |
| 9 | 1901: A Canyon Odyssey | 4:36 |
| 10 | Sirens | 4:06 |
| 11 | Back Home | 4:38 |
| 12 | Let Me Know | 3:52 |
| 13 | I Run To You | 5:28 |
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