Vermilion (Continental Drifters album)

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Vermilion
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Studio album by
Continental Drifters
Released1998, Germany
1999, United States
StudioDockside
Genre Roots rock
Label Blue Rose
Razor & Tie [1]
Producer Continental Drifters
Continental Drifters chronology
Continental Drifters
(1994)		Vermilion
(1998)		Better Day
(2001)

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]

Contents

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Robert Christgau A− [9]
Lincoln Journal Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Orange County Register A [10]
The Republican Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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" 

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Moser, Daniel R. (October 15, 1999). "Pop Paradise". Ground Zero. Lincoln Journal Star. p. 17.
  2. ↑ Pick, Steve. "Continental Drifters". Riverfront Times. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ Jones, J. R. (June 15, 2000). "Continental Drifters". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Continental Drifters, in all their permutations, to join forces at Tipitina's". The Times-Picayune. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Continental Drifters". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ DeMarco, Jerry (November 20, 1998). "Auxiliary Power Turned Off". The Record. Hackensack. p. 31.
  7. ↑ Leslie, Karl (June 8, 2000). "Drifters bring roots rock to 400 Bar". St. Cloud Times. p. E4.
  8. 1 2 "Vermilion". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Continental Drifters". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  10. ↑ Wener, Ben (December 24, 1999). "The Quick Hit". Orange County Register. p. F61.
  11. ↑ O'Hare, Kevin (October 10, 1999). "'Vermilion' colored with soul". The Republican. p. D1.
  12. ↑ "Continental Drifters – Driftin' way of life". No Depression. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Triple A". CMJ New Music Report. Vol. 60, no. 638. October 11, 1999. p. 28.
  14. ↑ Milano, Brett (January 2000). "Vermilion". Sound & Vision. Vol. 65, no. 1. pp. 155–156.
  15. ↑ McCormick, Moira (October 24, 1999). "Recordings". Arts & Entertainment. Chicago Tribune. p. 19.
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