| Vermilion | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1998, Germany 1999, United States | |||
| Studio | Dockside | |||
| Genre | Roots rock | |||
| Label | Blue Rose Razor & Tie [1] | |||
| Producer | Continental Drifters | |||
| Continental Drifters chronology | ||||
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Vermilion is an album by the American band the Continental Drifters, released in 1999. [2] [3] It was first released in Germany, in 1998. [4]
The drummer Russ Broussard played on the album, replacing Carlo Nuccio. [5] Produced by the band, Vermilion was recorded over 17 days in Maurice, Louisiana, at Dockside Studio. [6] [7]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [9] |
| Lincoln Journal Star | [1] |
| Orange County Register | A [10] |
| The Republican | [11] |
Robert Christgau thought that "the lyrics resolve on home truisms, earned and learned but predictable nonetheless, just like the alt-pop songforms and country-rock groove," and singled out Susan Cowsill for praise. [9] Trouser Press called the album "mature, artistic and affecting," writing that "the eight-minute 'Daddy Just Wants It to Rain' is a monumental and powerful piece of family autobiography." [5] No Depression considered it "graceful, poetic, intimate and deliciously harmonized, but still plenty rock-minded." [12]
CMJ New Music Report wrote that "touching country-gospel harmonies dominate this album, which taps deep into the soul of American roots music." [13] Sound & Vision opined that "guitarist Robert Mache is the unsung hero of the lot, putting a personal spin on the Neil Young/Robbie Robertson tradition of thrill-ride soloing." [14] The Chicago Tribune declared that the album "vibrates with life, serving up roots rock in all its flavors: tough, tender, twangy, toe-tapping but with more urgency than the genre frequently exhibits (and without the complacency)." [15]
AllMusic called the sound "downright messy at times, with acoustic and electric guitars splayed out around indistinct bass and clattering drums and the occasional mandolin and rubboard." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Rain Song" | |
| 2. | "Drifters" | |
| 3. | "Way of the World" | |
| 4. | "Don't Do What I Did" | |
| 5. | "Spring Day in Ohio" | |
| 6. | "Watermark" | |
| 7. | "I Want to Learn to Waltz with You" | |
| 8. | "Meet Me in the Middle" | |
| 9. | "Heart, Home" | |
| 10. | "Darlin Darlin" | |
| 11. | "Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway" | |
| 12. | "Who We Are, Where We Live" | |
| 13. | "Daddy Just Wants It to Rain" | |
| 14. | "Anything" |
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