Roots (Blue Mountain album)

Last updated

Roots
Blue mountain roots.jpg
Studio album by
Blue Mountain
Released2001
RecordedMoney Shot
Genre Americana
Length37:34
Label Blue Mountain, Glitterhouse
Producer Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain chronology
Tales of a Traveler
(1999)		Roots
(2001)		 Tonight It's Now or Never
(2002)

Roots is an album by the American band Blue Mountain, released in 2001. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The Washington Post stated that "the songs are reawakened by loose, spirited garage-rock arrangements dominated by [Cary] Hudson's singing, lead guitar work and newly prominent fiddling." [4] The News-Gazette called the album "a brilliant example of Americana at its finest." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Rye Whiskey" - 3:47
  2. "Rain and Snow" - 3:44
  3. "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" - 5:03
  4. "Banks of the Pontchartrain" - 5:00
  5. "That Nasty Swing" (by Cliff Carlisle) - 3:20
  6. "Spring of '65" - 4:13
  7. "Riley and Spencer" - 3:20
  8. "Young and Tender Ladies" - 3:36
  9. "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" (by A.P. Carter) - 2:30
  10. "Little Stream of Whiskey" - 3:03
  11. "Go Away Devil" (Bonus track) - 5:47
  12. "Shady Grove" (Bonus track) - 5:55
  13. "Country Blues" (by Dock Boggs) (Bonus track) - 5:21
  14. "900 Miles" (Bonus track) - 3:04

All songs are traditional, except tracks #5, 9, 13 as indicated. All songs arranged by Blue Mountain.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Nash, Alanna (March 23, 2001). "Blue Mountain: Roots". Entertainment Weekly. No. 588. p. 115.
  2. ↑ Ochs, Meredith (July 10, 2001). "Review: Blue Mountain's New Album 'Roots'". All Things Considered. NPR.
  3. ↑ "Roots Review by John Duffy". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ Himes, Geoffrey (April 13, 2001). "Blue Mountain 'Roots'". The Washington Post. p. WW9.
  5. ↑ Gerard, Don (March 9, 2001). "Deep 'Roots' keep the musical soil atop Blue Mountain". The News-Gazette. p. ETC-7.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.