The Traveling Kind

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The Traveling Kind
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ReleasedMay 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)
RecordedJuly 9–12, 14–15, 2014 (Sound Emporium) and October 12–13, 2014 (The House of Blues)
Studio Sound Emporium and The House of Blues Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genre Country, folk
Length40:41
Label Nonesuch
Producer Joe Henry
Emmylou Harris chronology
Hard Bargain
(2011)
The Traveling Kind
(2015)
The Complete Trio Collection
(2016)
Rodney Crowell chronology
Tarpaper Sky
(2014)
The Traveling Kind
(2015)
Close Ties
(2017)

The Traveling Kind is a 2015 studio album from American roots musicians Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris, their second collaboration after 2013's Old Yellow Moon . The album has received praise from critics. The duo managed to record this album more quickly than their former release, but took longer composing original songs, rather than focusing on cover versions, as with their last album. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Editorial staff at AnyDecentMusic? aggregate reviews for this album at 7.3 out of 10, with nine reviews. [3] Editors at AllMusic Guide gave The Traveling Kind 3.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Mark Deming noting "Harris' sweet, firm, very human tone as well as Crowell's outwardly cocky but inwardly perceptive voice, and the sweet and sour push and pull complements them both". [4] John Paul of PopMatters scored this release an eight out of 10, praising the alternating moods of the lyrics and the musicians' sense of identity in the country music tradition, summing up, that there is "no better vocal pairing working today". [5] Paste 's Holly Gleason rated The Traveling Kind an 8.5 out of 10, also noting the diverse feelings present in the lyrics. [6] In Rolling Stone , Corinne Cummings gave this release three out of five stars, noting that "their creative partnership sounds stronger than ever". [7] For NPR's First Listen, Jewly Hight notes that the musicians "draw out the best in each other". [8]

Jim Beviglia of American Songwriter scored the album four out of five stars, repeatedly noting how well the two musicians complement one another. [9] Maeri Ferguson of Glide Magazine rated The Traveling Kind eight out of 10, opining that "the songs on this record sound like they just flowed out of them like the most natural thing in the world". [10] For The Arts Desk , Thomas H. Green compares this release favorably to the duo's last collaboration, calling this "perhaps more spirited, and certainly a match for anything in either singer's recent solo back catalogue"; he rated it four out of five stars. [11] In The Chicago Tribune , Greg Kot scored this album three out of four, noting a strength of this release over Old Yellow Moon is the introduction of new songs over cover versions. [1] Elysa Gardner of USA Today scored The Traveling Kind 3.5 out of four stars, also praising the new compositions, as well as Harris' vocal strengths and the production work of Joe Henry. [12]

Track listing

  1. "The Traveling Kind" (Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell, and Emmylou Harris) – 3:40
  2. "No Memories Hanging Round" (Crowell) – 3:41
  3. "Bring It On Home to Memphis" (Crowell and Larry Klein) – 3:37
  4. "You Can't Say We Didn't Try" (Chisel, Crowell, and Harris) – 3:26
  5. "The Weight of the World" (Crowell and Harris) – 4:34
  6. "Higher Mountains" (Crowell and Will Jennings) – 4:11
  7. "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" (Lucinda Williams) – 3:02
  8. "Just Pleasing You" (Crowell and Mary Karr) – 4:21
  9. "If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now" (Crowell) – 2:59
  10. "Her Hair Was Red" (Amy Allison) – 2:42
  11. "Le Danse De La Joie" (Crowell, Harris, and Jennings) – 4:22

Personnel

"The Traveling Kind"

"No Memories Hanging Round"

"Bring It On Home to Memphis"

"You Can't Say We Didn't Try"

"The Weight of the World"

"Higher Mountains"

"I Just Wanted to See You So Bad"

"Just Pleasing You"

"If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now"

"Her Hair Was Red"

"Le Danse De La Joie"

Technical personnel

Release history

Release history and formats for The Traveling Kind
RegionDateFormatLabel
North America [13] May 12, 2015
  • LP
  • CD
  • music download
Nonesuch Records

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