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ARTIST :...: Railroad Earth
ALBUM  :...: The Good Life
LABEL  :...: Sugar Hill
GENRE  :...: Rock

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Release Date :...: Nov-24-2004
Street Date  :...: Jun-08-2004
Source       :...: CDDA

List of the Tracks

[#] [Track Name]                                     [time]

01. storms                                            04:55
02. bread and water                                   04:24
03. mourning flies                                    05:47
04. long way to go                                    04:31
05. the good life                                     05:18
06. in the basement                                   05:09
07. water fountain quicksand                          02:55
08. goat                                              04:50
09. said what you mean                                06:33
10. way of the buffalo                                04:19
11. 'neath the stars                                  04:11
12. Untitled                                          05:21

58:13 min

87,9 MB

For their third outing, Railroad Earth
stretch the parameters of bluegrass even
further than before -- to be more precise,
they use the instrumentation in different
contexts, as on “Mourning Flies," a song
that wouldn't sound out of place on a
Crowded House record, a wonderful little
slice of thoughtful, intelligent pop
music. But it's the songwriting that's the
key to this album. After two discs
discovering themselves and their sound,
the guys are obviously ready to take a big
leap. They've shed the country-rock
stylings of the last record to produce
songs that, while still lightly
countrified, court a more popish arena,
such as the sweet ballad “In The
Basement." That's not to say they can't
enjoy the kind of good, brisk breakdown
they bring to “Water Fountain Quicksand,"
where they get to show their increasingly
impressive chops. At times they're
reminiscent of the Grateful Dead in the
way they refused to be categorized while
still making indubitably American music,
while “Said What You Mean" is as good as
anything the early Eagles ever wrote.
While they continue to grow and keep using
acoustic instrumentation, you have to
wonder if it's just a matter of time
before they need to expand their tonal
colors even more to fit their writing. And
keep the disc playing for the untitled
extra track, too.

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