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Joe Henry - Shuffletown (CD 2002)

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Track Listing
1. Helena By The Avenue
2. Shuffletown
3. Date For Church
4. John Hanging
5. Spent It All
6. Easter
7. Land
8. Johnny The Conqueror
9. Drowning In The River Half Laughing
10. Charlevoix
11. Make The World Go Away
12. Ben Turpin In The Army

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Number of CDs:	1
Producer:	T-Bone Burnett
Recording Type:	Studio
Distributor:	Cinram Logistics
Recording Mode:	Stereo

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Joe Henry (vocals, guitar); Don Cherry (trumpet); Cecil McBee (upright bass).This follow-up to Henry's debut, A MURDER OF CROWS, is the artist's most overlooked, most unique, and arguably finest effort. Distinguished by phenomenal songwriting, SHUFFLETOWN finds Henry already in full command of his craft. Though this is only his second album, he is able to imbue almost everything he touches with strikingly powerful emotional depth. There isn't a single weak track here. Some, such as "Date For Church," "Spent It All," "Land," and "Drowning In The River Half Laughing," are haunting and evocative enough to break one's heart on a first listen. SHUFFLETOWN bears repeated listening, however, thanks in part to T-Bone Burnett's production and to spare, gorgeously articulated arrangements in which mandolins, accordions, and trumpets help to color the album's atmosphere of wistful melancholy. A dark, intimate, and deeply moving disc, SHUFFLETOWN shows Henry doing what he does best: making honest, personal, and genuinely beautiful music.

Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Very Good - Among its other virtues, SHUFFLETOWN...is a testament to the effectiveness of unvarnished recording in accurately capturing mood and vitality, as well as sheer, seductive sound.
Rolling Stone Magazine (11/29/1990)

The release again proves Henry to be a fine songwriter. He's almost as cutting a chronicler of the war in the bedroom as is Elvis Costello. Musically, the entire effort has a melancholy, sometimes sentimental feel, with tinkling piano melodies and touches of country, jazz and folk.
Spin (12/01/1990)

...a dozen dark, brooding songs written with awesome intelligence and deep feeling, and sung entirely without pretension...if ever a set of folk/rock, singer/songwriter lyrics could survive being from their music's womb untimely ripp'd, these be them...
Stereophile (02/01/1993)

Included in A.P.'s 10 Essential Alt-Country Albums - ...A first-rate songwriter, he recorded these down-an-out character sketches on acoustic guitar, live to 2-track.
Alternative Press (03/01/2001)

The release again proves Henry to be a fine songwriter. He's almost as cutting a chronicler of the war in the bedroom as is Elvis Costello. Musically, the entire effort has a melancholy, sometimes sentimental feel, with tinkling piano melodies and touches of country, jazz and folk.
Spin (12/01/1990)

Included in A.P.'s 10 Essential Alt-Country Albums - ...A first-rate songwriter, he recorded these down-an-out character sketches on acoustic guitar, live to 2-track.Rolling Stone (11/29/90) - 3 Stars - Very Good - Among its other virtues, SHUFFLETOWN...is a testament to the effectiveness of unvarnished recording in accurately capturing mood and vitality, as well as sheer, seductive sound.Spin (12/90) - The release again proves Henry to be a fine songwriter. He's almost as cutting a chronicler of the war in the bedroom as is Elvis Costello. Musically, the entire effort has a melancholy, sometimes sentimental feel, with tinkling piano melodies and touches of country, jazz and folk.Stereophile (2/93, p. 113) - ...a dozen dark, brooding songs written with awesome intelligence and deep feeling, and sung entirely without pretension...if ever a set of folk/rock, singer/songwriter lyrics could survive being from their music's womb untimely ripp'd, these be them...
Alternative Press (03/01/2001)

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