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Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

Track listing:
  1. Slate 3:24
  2. Acuff-Rose 2:35
  3. The Long Cut 3:20
  4. Give Back the Key to My Heart 3:26
  5. Chickamauga 3:42
  6. New Madrid 3:31
  7. Anodyne 4:50
  8. We've Been Had 3:26
  9. Fifteen Keys 3:25
  10. High Water 4:14
  11. No Sense In Lovin' 3:46
  12. Steal the Crumbs 3:38

Notes


Uncle Tupelo never struck a finer balance between rock and country than on Anodyne, their major-label debut and parting shot. For all of the ill will undoubtedly simmering throughout these sessions, Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy have never before been more attuned to each other musically; where earlier records often found the band's twin forces moving in opposing directions, Anodyne bears the full fruits of their shared vision. Recorded live in the studio, the album encompasses and reinterprets not only country-rock (evidenced by the group's pairing with Doug Sahm on his "Give Back the Key to My Heart") but also traditional country (the tribute to the songwriting legacy of "Acuff-Rose"), rock (the churning "The Long Cut," "Chickamauga") and folk ("New Madrid," "Steal the Crumbs"), the band's reach never once exceeding its grasp.