Just Us Kids

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Just Us Kids
Just Us Kids.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 2008
Recorded2008, Wire Recording, Austin, TX
Genre Country
Length59:28
Label Lightning Rod Records
Producer James McMurtry
James McMurtry chronology
Childish Things
(2005)
Just Us Kids
(2008)
Live in Europe
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Just Us Kids is an album by singer-songwriter James McMurtry. It was nominated at the 2008 Americana Music Association for Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("Cheney's Toy") and earned McMurtry a nomination for Artist of the Year. [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by James McMurtry unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Bayou Tortous" – 4:52
  2. "Just Us Kids" – 5:10
  3. "God Bless America (Pat MacDonald Must Die)" – 5:03
  4. "Cheney's Toy" – 5:51
  5. "Freeway View" – 3:40
  6. "Hurricane Party" – 5:58
  7. "Ruby and Carlos" – 6:38
  8. "Brief Intermission" (McMurtry, Daren Hess, Ronnie Johnson) – 2:53
  9. "Fire Line Road" (McMurtry, Tim Holt) – 5:32
  10. "The Governor" – 5:53
  11. "Ruins of the Realm" – 4:27
  12. "You'd A' Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die)" – 5:17

Personnel

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. "Robert Christgau review". Archived from the original on July 12, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  3. Entertainment Weekly review
  4. PopMatters review
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  6. "Americana Music Award Nominees 2008". About.com. October 1, 2009. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2010.