Lifeline (Iris DeMent album)

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Lifeline
LifelineDeMentCover.jpg
Studio album by Iris DeMent
Released October 19, 2004
Genre Country Folk, Gospel
Label Flariella
Producer Jim Rooney, Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent chronology
The Way I Should
(1996) The Way I Should1996		Lifeline
(2004)		 Sing The Delta
(2012) Sing The Delta2012

Lifeline is the fourth album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent, released in 2004, eight years since her previous recording The Way I Should.

Singer-songwriter musician who writes, composes and sings

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

Iris DeMent American singer and songwriter

Iris Luella DeMent is an American two-time Grammy nominated singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style includes elements of folk, country and gospel.

Contents

History

Lifeline contains many traditional Protestant gospel songs DeMent describes as finding comfort in playing and singing. In her liner notes, DeMent recounts how her mother sang these songs in times of stress looking straight at the sky, "as if she were talking to someone." [1]

DeMent's rendition of "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" accompanies the closing credits of the Coen brothers' True Grit (2010).

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms song composed by Anthony Johnson Showalter

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn published in 1887 with music by Anthony J. Showalter and lyrics by Showalter and Elisha Hoffman.

Coen brothers American filmmakers

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, collectively referred to as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. Their most acclaimed works include Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit (2010), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

<i>True Grit</i> (2010 film) 2010 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

True Grit is a 2010 American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executively produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously released in 1969 starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svgFive Pointed Star Solid.svg [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic writes: "... [DeMent] claims that for her, too, the music contained here became her lifeline through a season of hardship... While this is far from a full return to form for Dement, it is truly good to have her back." [1] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "Her heart cherishes Jesus' memory, but her mind, voice, and soul remain her own." [2]

Robert Christgau American music journalist

Robert Thomas Christgau is an American essayist and music journalist. One of the earliest professional rock critics, he spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for The Village Voice, during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop poll. He has also covered popular music for Esquire, Creem, Newsday, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, Blender, and MSN Music, and was a visiting arts teacher at New York University.

Track listing

  1. "I've Got That Old Time Religion in My Heart" (Hurdist Milsap) – 3:04
  2. "Blessed Assurance" (Fanny Crosby) – 6:26
  3. "Fill My Way with Love" (George W. Sebren) – 3:02
  4. "Hide Thou Me" (Fanny Crosby) – 5:09
  5. "The Old Gospel Ship" (Traditional) – 3:10
  6. "Sweet Hour of Prayer" (William W. Walford) – 5:09
  7. "That Glad Reunion Day" (Adger M. Pace) – 2:10
  8. "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" (Anthony Johnson Showalter & Elisha A. Hoffman) – 2:53
  9. "He Reached Down" (Iris DeMent) – 4:12
  10. "Near the Cross" (Fanny Crosby) – 5:03
  11. "I Never Shall Forget the Day" (G.T. Speer) – 2:42
  12. "I Don't Want to Get Adjusted" (Sanford J. Massengale) – 3:38
  13. "God Walks the Dark Hills" (Audra Czarnikow) – 5:23

Personnel

Weissenborn

Weissenborn or H. Weissenborn is a brand of lap slide guitar manufactured by Hermann Weissenborn in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s.

Stuart Duncan American musician

Stuart Duncan is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo.

Production notes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jurek, Thom. "Lifeline > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Christgau, Robert. "Lifeline Review". Robert Christgau . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ Sweeting, Adam (2004-12-03). "CD: Iris DeMent, Lifeline". The Guardian . Retrieved 2018-03-31.
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