West Cross Timbers

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West Cross Timbers
Album cover amanda shires west cross timbers.jpg
Studio album by
Amanda Shires
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2009 (2009-01-27) [1]
StudioTrue Tone Studio [2]
Genre
Length43:02 [1]
Producer Amanda Shires, David Henry, Rod Picott [2] [3]
Amanda Shires chronology
Being Brave
(2005)		West Cross Timbers
(2009)		 Carrying Lightning
(2011)

West Cross Timbers is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Amanda Shires. Self-published and released on January 27, 2009, the album was co-produced by Shires, David Henry, and Rod Picott. Cross Timbers is an ecological region which figured in slowing westward expansion by Americans in the 19th century. [4] Profiling her for Lone Star Music Magazine, writer Christopher Oglesby praised Shires' songwriting and noted progression from her previous release, 2005's Being Brave . [5]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Amanda Shires except (6, 9, 11): [2]

  1. "Upon Hearing Violins" - 3:05
  2. "Unwanted Things" - 2:48
  3. "I Kept Watch Like Doves" - 2:59
  4. "Put Me To Bed" - 4:50
  5. "Mineral Wells" - 3:52
  6. "Angels and Acrobats" (Rod Picott) - 2:45
  7. "Rings and Chains" - 4:18
  8. "Days in Blankets" - 3:54
  9. "Keep Them Dogs from Barkin'" (Amanda Shires, Lanny Fiel) - 2:22
  10. "Mariann Leola" - 4:36
  11. "Whispering" (John Schonberger, Richard Coburn, and Vincent Rose) - 3:00

Personnel

as listed on the CD digipak: [2]

Musicians

Production

References

  1. 1 2 "Release "West Cross Timbers" by Amanda Shires". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 West Cross Timbers (CD digipak). Nashville: Amanda Shires. 2009.
  3. ↑ "West Cross Timbers - Amanda Shires". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Cross Timbers and Prairies Ecological Region". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  5. ↑ Oglesby, Christopher J. (May 1, 2011). "In Profile: Amanda Shires". Lone Star Music Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
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