Trailer Bride (album)

Trailer Bride
Studio album by Trailer Bride
Released	April 22, 1997
Genre	Alternative Country
Length	43:13
Label	Yep Roc [1]
Trailer Bride chronology
Trailer Bride (1997) Smelling Salts (1998)

Trailer Bride is the self-titled debut album by the alternative country band Trailer Bride, released in 1997.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

No Depression praised the album, writing that it "shows off some spiffy guitar and harmonica playing, and some ear-catching vocals, and some deceptively simple, almost loopy lyrics that hide pretty powerful insights." ^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Swingle.

1. "Sorry Times" - 3:11
2. "Mardi Gras" - 3:32
3. "Let Mama Drive" - 3:32
4. "Rouge" - 2:53
5. "Arrowheads" - 4:20
6. "Road to Canaan" - 3:14
7. "Trailer Bride" - 3:43
8. "Maudlin" - 3:07
9. "Landyacht Take Me Home" - 2:35
10. "Chatham Co. Militia" - 2:57
11. "Sway" - 2:57
12. "Flying Saucer" - 2:55
13. "Train at Night" - 4:17

Personnel

• Brad Goolsby - drums
• Melissa Swingle - vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric, & slide), harmonica, organ, saw
• Robert Mitchener - bass

Additional personnel

• Mike Beard - Jew's-Harp, tambourine
• Bryon Settle - guitar, shaker
• Joanne Ramsey - background vocals

References

1. "Yep Roc's modest operation belies its grandiose ambitions". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
2. "Trailer Bride". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
3. "Trailer Bride – One flew over the rooster's nest". No Depression. Retrieved 12 July 2020.