Mountain Soul II is the sixteenth studio album by American country music singer Patty Loveless. The album was released on September 29, 2009.[8][9] It is a follow-up to her previous album, Mountain Soul, released in 2001.[8] Four of the album's 15 songs, "Half Over You"; "Blue Memories"; "Feelings of Love"; and "A Handful of Dust", were previously recorded by Loveless on earlier albums. "Big Chance" was also previously included in the same form on 2005's Dreamin' My Dreams.
| Mountain Soul II | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Bluegrass, Country | |||
| Length | 43:18 | |||
| Label | Saguaro Road | |||
| Producer | Emory Gordy, Jr. | |||
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| Singles from Mountain Soul II | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Busted" on YouTube | ||||
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (83/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| BBC Music | (favourable)[3] |
| Billboard | (favourable)[4] |
| PopMatters |   [5] |
| Slant Magazine |  [6] |
| Uncut | [1] |
| The Washington Post | (favorable)[7] |
"Busted" was released as the album's lead-off single in September 2009. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.[10]
Track listing
edit- "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 3:25
- "Fools Thin Air" (Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell) – 3:24
- "A Handful of Dust" (Tony Arata) – 3:05
- "Half Over You" (Karen Staley) – 3:25
- "Prisoner's Tears" (Mike Henderson, Mark Irwin, Wally Wilson) – 3:56
- "Working on a Building" (traditional) – 2:52
- "Friends in Gloryland" (traditional) – 1:25
- "(We Are All) Children of Abraham" (Patty Loveless, Emory Gordy Jr.) – 2:24
- "Big Chance" (Loveless, Gordy) – 2:53
- "When the Last Curtain Falls" (Gordy, Jim Rushing) – 3:49
- "Blue Memories" (Karen Brooks, Paul Kennerley) – 2:47
- "You Burned the Bridge" (Jon Randall) – 4:19
- "Bramble and the Rose" (Barbara Keith) – 2:54
- "Feelings of Love" (Kostas) – 3:15
- "Diamond in My Crown" (Kennerley, Emmylou Harris) – 2:45
Personnel
edit- Mike Auldridge – dobro
- Barry Bales – upright bass
- Tom Britt – electric guitar
- Mike Bub – upright bass
- Jason Carter – fiddle
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Vince Gill – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Emmylou Harris – background vocals
- Tim Hensley – background vocals
- Rebecca Lynn Howard – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Rob Ickes – dobro
- Carl Jackson – banjo, background vocals
- Butch Lee – pump organ
- Patty Loveless – lead vocals, background vocals
- Del McCoury – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Rob McCoury – banjo
- Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, mandola, background vocals
- Carmella Ramsey – background vocals
- Jon Randall – mandolin, background vocals
- Deanie Richardson – fiddle
- Kerlan Spur – percussion
- Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Guthrie Trapp – electric guitar
- Rhonda Vincent – background vocals
Chart performance
edit| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 91 |
References
edit- ^ a b Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Mountain Soul II - Patty Loveless". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ BBC Music review
- ^ Billboard review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Slant Magazine review
- ^ The Washington Post review
- ^ a b "PATTY LOVELESS TO RELEASE SEQUEL TO ACCLAIMED MOUNTAIN SOUL CD". Sanguaro Road. July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Patty Loveless Plans Mountain Soul II for September Release". Country Music Television. July 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
- ^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
