Put Your Needle Down

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Put Your Needle Down
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)
Genre Country music
Traditional country music
Length43:42
Label Republic
Producer T-Bone Burnett
The Secret Sisters chronology
The Secret Sisters
(2010)
Put Your Needle Down
(2014)
You Don't Own Me Anymore
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Put Your Needle Down is the second studio album by American duo the Secret Sisters. It was released on April 14, 2014 under Universal Republic Records. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Steve Leggett of AllMusic writes, "This set might not be as insularly perfect as the Secret Sisters' first album, but it's ultimately just as impressive, if not more so" [2]

Jim Beviglia of American Songwriter gives the album 3½ out of a possible 5 stars and writes, "Their second full-length, Put Your Needle Down, keeps the focus on their mesmerizing harmonies but still demonstrates intriguing artistic progression." [4]

Scott Recker reviews the album for PopMatters and gives it 7 out of a possible 10 stars. He begins his review by saying, "If the 2010 self-titled debut from the Secret Sisters proved that siblings Laura and Lydia Rogers could find success with something traditional, its follow-up, Put Your Needle Down, shows that they aren't going to stay in anyone else’s shadow." [3]

Beville Dunkerley announces the release of the Deluxe edition through Cracker Barrel stores at Rolling Stone magazine and writes, "Produced by T Bone Burnett, the album has those same throwback harmonies that put the Secret Sisters on the music map with their 2010 debut, but with more contemporary melodies on several of the tracks this time around." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rattle My Bones" Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth3:40
2."Iuka"Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers, Dan Wilson 4:42
3."Dirty Lie" Bob Dylan (additional lyrics by Laura Rogers and Lydia Rogers)2:54
4."The Pocket Knife" Polly Jean Harvey 4:34
5."Let There Be Lonely"Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers, Gordie Sampson 3:10
6."Black And Blue"Brandi Carlile, Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers3:30
7."Lonely Island" Boudleaux Bryant 2:32
8."I Cannot Find A Way"Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers3:12
9."If I Don't"Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers3:53
10."Good Luck, Good Night, Goodbye" Angelo Petraglia, Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers3:34
11."Bad Habit"Brandi Carlile, Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers4:44
12."River Jordan"Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers3:17
Total length:43:42
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."You’ve Got It Wrong"Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers4:02
14."Next Sunday"Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers3:30
Total length:51:14

Personnel

The Secret Sisters

Additional musicians

Chart positions

Chart (2014)Peak
position
UK Country Albums (OCC) [7] 13
US Billboard 200 [8] 110
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 18
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [10] 3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 1

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