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100
It's Cash, at the top of her game as a singer, who carries the day.
88
As powerful a witness for the region—Memphis, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas—as it is a lovely quilt of musicality, braiding blues, folk, Appalachia, rock and old-timey country, this is balm for lost souls, alienated creatures seeking their core truths and intellectuals who love the cool mist of vespers in the hearts of people they may never encounter.
80
These evocative originals, inspired by road trips, inevitably reconnect ti her Memphis roots.
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I like this album a lot and I will use this album to gauge the dudes that gave this a bad review.
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Track List
| 1 | A Feather's Not a Bird 3:18 | |
| 2 | The Sunken Lands 2:56 | |
| 3 | Etta's Tune 3:44 | |
| 4 | Modern Blue 3:01 | |
| 5 | Tell Heaven 2:40 | |
| 6 | The Long Way Home 3:16 | |
| 7 | World of Strange Design 3:24 | |
| 8 | Night School 3:47 | |
| 9 | 50,000 Watts 2:58 | |
| 10 | When the Master Calls the Roll 5:06 | |
| 11 | Money Road 4:00 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
Year End Lists
| #15 | / | Uncut |
| #26 | / | American Songwriter |
| #33 | / | Pazz & Jop |
| #46 | / | Amazon |
| #46 | / | Paste |
Added on: January 21, 2014