Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song

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Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)
Genre Folk, neo soul
Length43:01
Label Blue Note
Producer Jay Joyce
Amos Lee chronology
As the Crow Flies
(2012)
Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
(2013)
Spirit
(2016)

Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song is an album by American musician Amos Lee, released on October 8, 2013. [1] This album follows Lee's record, Mission Bell , which went to Number 1 on the Billboard 200. [2] The album is the first to feature his touring band [3] with guest appearances by Alison Krauss, Patty Griffin and Jeff Coffin of the Dave Matthews Band. [4] The album features the single "The Man Who Wants You." [5]

Contents

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 16, [6] and No. 7 on Top Rock Albums, [7] selling 18,000 copies in its debut week. The album has sold 75,000 copies in the US as of July 2016. [8]

Track listing

All songs written by Amos Lee.

  1. "Johnson Blvd" – 4:15
  2. "Stranger" – 3:49
  3. "Tricksters, Hucksters, and Scamps" – 3:20
  4. "Chill in the Air" – 4:27
  5. "Dresser Drawer" – 4:23
  6. "Indonesia" – 3:27
  7. "High Water" – 2:38
  8. "The Man Who Wants You" – 3:00
  9. "Loretta" – 3:45
  10. "Plain View" – 2:33
  11. "Mountains of Sorrow" – 4:02
  12. "Burden" – 3:22
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
  1. "Scared Money" – 6:49
  2. "Charles St." – 2:58
  3. "Lowdown Life" – 4:12

Personnel

The Band
Additional Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [9] 16
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [10] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 7
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [12] 18

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