Uncle Tupelo's landmark opening salvo is the group's most ock-oriented album, steeped more in breakneck speed, punk crunch, and guitar dissonance than any of their subsequent efforts. Indeed, despite the presence of mandolins, fiddles, and banjos -- as well as inclusion of the title track, a faithful cover of the A.P. Carter classic -- the trio's vaunted country leanings are less musical than thematic on No Depression, thanks in large part to singers/songwriters Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy's acute depictions of rural, blue-collar life. Like the Replacements -- never more obvious an influence than on this LP -- Uncle Tupelo's songs paint grim, unrelenting portraits of aimless Midwestern existence, split between days working on the opening cut's "Factory Belt" and nights spent blurry-eyed and wasted ("Whiskey Bottle," "Before I Break"). Still, for all of the record's doleful cynicism -- virtually every cut nods toward dashed hopes, broken promises, and paralyzing fear -- there's an undeniable electricity afoot as well; by channeling the mournful clarity of country into the crackling fury of punk, No Depression brings new life to both musical camps.
i just listened to this song and realized that the lap steel (or pedal steel?) in it must be directly related to pulling heart strings... everytime i hear this song, in particular the steel part, i get all teary eyed.... i don't even drink whiskey!but i drink lotsa wine....i love Uncle Tupelo.the last CD i purchased before opening up my record store was this one, so this album has a really impo...
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Two reasons for this post. One, I have seen a serious shortage of love on mog for Uncle Tupelo, the seminal alt-country band of the late 80's/early 90's. And the second reason, I just wanted to use the word 'seminal' in a post. All the cool music writers use it, and I never have. To tell you the truth it didn't do much for me,But I do love Uncle Tupelo...so here are two songs, one fronted by Ja...
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--- - |- There's a swell drinking mix over at Barstool Mountain. We'd suggest checking it out. Your liver will thank you.We're gonna get ourselves back in line shortly with a post about a grand honky-tonking trucker named Dick. But first, today, we want to offer up an obituary of sorts. With musical accompaniment, of course. Venerable music mag No Depression is closing up shop, at least i...
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Two reasons for this post. One, I have seen a serious shortage of love on mog for Uncle Tupelo, the seminal alt-country band of the late 80's/early 90's. And the second reason, I just wanted to use the word 'seminal' in a post. All the cool music writers use it, and I never have. To tell you the truth it didn't do much for me,But I do love Uncle Tupelo...so here are two songs, one fronted by Ja...
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i just listened to this song and realized that the lap steel (or pedal steel?) in it must be directly related to pulling heart strings... everytime i hear this song, in particular the steel part, i get all teary eyed.... i don't even drink whiskey!but i drink lotsa wine....i love Uncle Tupelo.the last CD i purchased before opening up my record store was this one, so this album has a really impo...
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| 1 Graveyard Shift |
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| 2 That Year |
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| 3 Before I Break |
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| 4 No Depression |
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| 5 Factory Belt |
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| 6 Whiskey Bottle |
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| 7 Outdone |
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| 8 Train |
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| 9 Life Worth Livin' |
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| 10 Flatness |
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| 11 So Called Friend |
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| 12 Screen Door |
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| 13 John Hardy |
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| 14 Left In The Dark |
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| 15 Won't Forget |
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| 16 Sin City |
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| 17 Whiskey Bottle (Live Acoustic Version) |
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| 18 No Depression (1988 Demo) |
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| 19 Blues Die Hard (1987 Demo) |
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