Another Country (Tift Merritt album)
| Another Country | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 26, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Dave's Room Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Alternative country | |||
| Length | 42:02 | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Producer | George Drakoulias | |||
| Tift Merritt chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters | (8/10)[1] |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.0/10)[3] |
| Slant |  [4] |
Another Country is a studio album by singer-songwriter Tift Merritt. It was recorded in the summer of 2007, produced in L.A. by George Drakoulias, and released on February 26, 2008, by Fantasy Records. For her third album, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her most personal and powerful songs to date. Merritt has described the writing as a plainspoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world.
In its first week of release, the album's first single "Broken" reached #1 on the Americana Radio Chart compiled by the Americana Music Association. This is her second time working with producer George Drakoulias, who produced her last studio album Tambourine.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Tift Merritt, unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Something to Me" | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Broken" | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Another Country" | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Hopes Too High" | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Morning Is My Destination" | 3:19 |
| 6. | "Keep You Happy" | 5:08 |
| 7. | "I Know What I'm Looking for Now" | 3:59 |
| 8. | "Tell Me Something True" | 3:01 |
| 9. | "My Heart Is Free" | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Tender Branch" | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Mille Tendresses" | 3:10 |
| 12. | "Heart Run Wild" (iTunes bonus track) | 3:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Morning Is My Destination" (Just Past Midnight Mix) | 3:10 | |
| 2. | "Tell Me Something True" (Solo Acoustic) | 3:09 | |
| 3. | "I Live for You" | George Harrison | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Wayward and Weary" | 4:01 | |
| 5. | "Last to Know" | 4:21 |
Personnel
[edit]- Tift Merritt – vocals, guitar, piano
- Zeke Hutchins – drums
- Charlie Sexton – guitar
- Doug Pettibone – guitar, Pedal steel guitar
- Josh Schwartz – rhythm guitars
- George Drakoulias – acoustic guitar, percussion
- David Ralicky – horns
- Patrick Warren – Chamberlain
- Technical
- Rafael Serrano – recording engineer
- David Bianco – recording engineer, mixing
- Doug Sax, Sangwook "Sunny" Nam – mastering
- Mark Borthwick – photography
- Tommy Steele – art direction
References
[edit]- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Horowitz, Hal. Another Country at AllMusic
- ^ Pitchfork Media review Archived March 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Slant Magazine review