Mountain Soul
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| Studio album by Patty Loveless | ||||
| Released | June 26, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Franklin, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Bluegrass | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Emory Gordy, Jr. | |||
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| "The Boys Are Back in Town" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Out Of Control Raging Fire " on YouTube | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com | (favorable) |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
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| Rolling Stone |  |
| Spin | (9/10) |
Mountain Soul is the eleventh album of original recordings by Patty Loveless. The album was recorded between January and March 2001 and was released on June 26 in the United States. It first charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on July 14 (peaking on July 28 at #19), and remaining on the charts for 87 weeks until March 8, 2003. Other country superstars also have done "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" such as Kathy Mattea and Brad Paisley. A follow up album, Mountain Soul II was released in September 2009.
The album also charted on the main Top Billboard 200 chart, Top Bluegrass Album chart and the Top Internet Albums chart.
Rhapsody ranked the album #9 on its "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" list.
Country Universe, ranked the album #10.
Engine 145 country music blog list it #6 on the "Top Country Albums of the Decade" list.
2001 found Loveless recording in the Bluegrass Roots genre after the less than successful experiment in Country pop on her 2000 release, Strong Heart.
According to Loveless, "...we went back (to Kentucky) to do the photo shoot for the album cover for this particular project in March (2001). It's sort of like a little 'extra' along with the album I have out right now, Strong Heart. The reason I did the record was the fact that during my shows last year, and down through the years, I've been slowly doing one or two songs on each album that sort of has the mountain sort of tone to it. I would say, sort of that feel like The Stanley Brothers, or that feel of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs... Bill Monroe, and that combination of the real, real hardcore country music. And I was doing it during my shows, about three, four songs. The people would come up and ask, 'where can we get this kind of music?... that song that you did?', and I would say like, 'I haven't recorded it yet..' So I said, well, this is something I want to do. And, for those folks that are going to be listening, or looking out for some of the more acoustic type of mountain blues, or mountain soul.. is what I'm calling it Mountain Soul.
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