Low Estate
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Low Estate is the second full-length album by 16 Horsepower
. Released in 1997, only a year after Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
, it drew heavily upon compositions pre-dating the band's first album.
16 Horsepower
16 Horsepower was an American alternative country music group based in Denver, Colorado. Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment, and guilt through David Eugene Edwards's lyrics and the heavy use of traditional bluegrass, gospel, and Appalachian...
. Released in 1997, only a year after Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes is the first full-length studio album by the band 16 Horsepower. It was released in 1996.- Track listing :# "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24# "Black Soul Choir" – 3:52...
, it drew heavily upon compositions pre-dating the band's first album.
Track listing
- "Brimstone Rock" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 4:29
- "My Narrow Mind" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 2:59
- "Low Estate" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 4:10
- "For Heaven's Sake" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 4:54
- "Sac of Religion" (Edwards/Norlander/16 Horsepower) – 3:28
- "The Denver Grab" (Edwards/Norlander/16 Horsepower) – 5:03
- "Ditch Digger" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 3:22
- "Pure Clob Road" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 3:43
- "Phyllis Ruth" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 4:36
- "Black Lung" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 2:26
- "Dead Run" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 3:20
- "Golden Rope" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) – 4:15
- "Hang My Teeth on Your Door" (Norlander/16 Horsepower) – 2:36
Personnel
- David Eugene EdwardsDavid Eugene EdwardsDavid Eugene Edwards is an American musician.He is the lead singer of Wovenhand, and also the main songwriter and the principal musician on the recordings of the band. He is the former lead singer of 16 Horsepower...
- Vocals, BanjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
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- Guitar (as guest)
Trivia
- John ParishJohn ParishJohn Parish is a British musician and producer best known for his work with singer and songwriter PJ Harvey,. His sister is the actress Sarah Parish.-Partial discography:Solo*Rosie *How Animals Move...
was thought of as a producer for the album because the band was impressed with his work on Dance Hall at Louse PointDance Hall at Louse PointDance Hall at Louse Point is a 1996 album by John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey. Parish wrote and played the music, while Harvey sang vocals and wrote the lyrics...
. - The album was also released in a French Version and a "Nouvelle Version" with slightly different track lists. Most notably, the Nouvelle Version also included a rendition of the Gun Club song "Fire Spirit" and MarlyAnna MarlyAnna Marly , , was a Russian born French singer-songwriter. She is best remembered as the composer of the Chant des Partisans, a protest song that was used as the ersatz anthem of the Free French Forces during World War II; the popularity of the Chant des Partisans was such that it was proposed as...
/d'AstierEmmanuel d'AstierEmmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie was a French journalist, politician and member of the French Resistance.-Biography:Born in Paris, he attended the Naval Academy, but resigned from the French Navy in 1923...
composition "The PartisanThe Partisan"The Partisan" is a song about the French Resistance in World War II. The song was written in 1943 in London by Anna Marly and Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie...
", both with the participation of Bertrand CantatBertrand CantatBertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat is a French singer and songwriter. He was the frontman for the rock band Noir Désir.-Career:Cantat was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The son of a Navy officer, he spent his childhood in Le Havre...
, as well as a re-recording of "Coal Black Horses", originally featured on the 16 Horsepower EP16 Horsepower EP16 Horsepower is the first EP by the band of the same name. It was released November 7, 1995. It is often referred to simply as the Haw EP amongst fans, noting to the title of the first track. It is the group's second release, following the "Shametown" 7" vinyl record of 1994, the A-side of which...
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