- Audio CD (Oct 24 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Spit & Polish
- ASIN: B00004XSYT
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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Product Details |
Track Listings
| 1. Not The Tremblin' Kind |
| 2. Little Bit Of You |
| 3. Queen Of The Coast |
| 4. Pile Of Woe |
| 5. Two Seconds |
| 6. Churches Off The Interstate |
| 7. The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter |
| 8. Do You Ever Think Of Me |
| 9. Big Wheel |
| 10. My Heart Goes Out To You |
| 11. Somewhere, Some Night |
| 12. The Way It Is |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Laura Cantrell's voice has been compared to Kitty Wells and her songwriting has been compared to Dolly Parton. While those influences--plus George Jones and Emmylou Harris--come across on her full-length debut, Cantrell sounds more like the urbane Nashville-raised, Brooklyn-living modern country traditionalist that she is. A devout fan and a knowledgeable one at that--she's the long-time host of legendary N.Y.C.-area radio station WFMU's Saturday-afternoon Radio Thrift Shop and has written liner notes for Tammy Wynette albums--Cantrell brings her experience and connections with her into the studio, rounding up a host of ace New York indie musicians. Cantrell's voice is a tender instrument, all the more touching for the moments, as on the title song, where it strains to insist that no, its owner will not break. --Randy Silver
Album Details
Originally Hailing from Nashville, Laura Has Been Based in New York Since Since 1985, Belting Out her Beautiful Country Music at Local Clubs and Bars. Her First Trip to the UK Saw her Win Rave Reviews There as Well.
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
The Nun's Priest's Tale
Dec 7 2003
Format:Audio CD
This album sings itself from the heart of an intersate highway truck stop. Everything about this album (music, lyrics, voice, complexity, thinness) reminds me of a breakfast counter off the highway in Maryland where a chance encounter brought into conversation me, two women, a man with a big rig and a waitress with an unforgiving apron. Three hours and too much coffee later, we had all told our stories--none of them brilliant, none of them hopeless, all of them understandable, all of them human. Then we all went our separate ways, looking for whatever holy, blissful martyr our roads would let us meet. I'd recommend Laura Canterll precisely because she isn't flashy, pushy or phoney. She's just singing the country music I grew up listening to.
Debut winner from Cantrell - 4 stars
April 12 2003
Format:Audio CD
Terrific debut from Cantrell who deserves all the success of fellow folkies Krauss, Gillian Welch, etc. Song after song puts a smile on your face. My three favorites are: Not The Tremblin' Kind, Little Bit of you and Two Seconds, although there isn't a bad one in the bunch. Her sophomore disc, When The Roses Bloom Again, is even better!
Not mindblowing, but classy
Jan 14 2003
Format:Audio CD
New York's singing cowgirl, songwriter Cantrell hosts a country show on renowned freeform radio station, WFMU, and has parlayed her love of twangitude into a full-fledged recording career. Honestly, despite having several mutual friends in common with her, this debut disc doesn't do that much for me... The songs are just a little too overwritten and self-consciously crafted, also, her vocals kinda bug me; imperfections that could have been disguised in a rock'n'roll context are all-too apparent in the more stripped-down country context. Still, Cantrell has a lot going for her, not the least of which is a sharp band, culled in part from the East Coast power-pop/indie scene. Folks looking for alt.country that breaks out of the usual ruts of white trash stereotypes, etc., and aims to revitalize the old traditions of well-crafted heart songs might wanna check this gal out.
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Most recent customer reviews
why all the plaudits??
The speakers on my pc don't work, so I sometimes buy a CD 'blind', based purely on amazon reader reviews. Read more
Published on Dec 19 2002
A latter-day song stylist
"Not the Tremblin' Kind" was one of those musical gambles I am grateful I decided to take. Read more
Published on Aug 2 2002 by "kelleyalison"
John Peel was Right!
Laura Cantrell deserves all the superlatives she has received on account of this bloody great debut. Quality stuff delivered with a whole lotta heart. Read more
Published on Dec 7 2001 by Lindsay Hutton
Pile of Woe?
Not with this CD! I loved listening to it all spring as I worked in my yard and has quickly become one of my favorite CDs. Ms. Read more
Published on Oct 9 2001 by "lovestoshop"
This is a terrific record!
'Churches off the Interstate' is like a great undiscovered Tammy/Loretta song you never heard before, but now its your favorite song. Read more
Published on Sep 15 2001 by Daniel V. Simas
Straightforward and sweet
I recently purchased this CD based on Amazon reviews alone. I have not been disappointed. It reminds me of early Nanci Griffith and her voice is at times strikingly like Lucinda... Read more
Published on Aug 10 2001 by C. Baltzley
Outstanding
I've listened to this album every day since buying it - the reviewer who describes Cantrell's voice as both strong and fragile describes it perfectly, and you really get to hear... Read more
Published on July 18 2001 by L. McNeil
A lovely new voice and a great CD
I discovered Laura Cantrell in a cab of all places - the local progressive station the driver had on played 'Churches on the Interstate' and I could not get the song out of my... Read more
Published on Jun 30 2001 by E. M. Carey
big dissapointment
I really love country, if it's bluegrass or modern country or hillybilly or honkeytonkstyle, but lord this Cd is not country not a bit of it, maybe independent or what ever, a... Read more
Published on Jun 18 2001 by "blackcowboy"
Outstanding!--You Need this CD
You can't quite classify Cantrell's music or vocal style, but both will knock your socks off. I don't remember listening to an album for the first time that blew me away quite like... Read more
Published on May 29 2001 by Donald L. Linn
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