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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0008817027326
Label: Lost Highway
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Lost Highway
Release Date: June 04, 2002
Sales Rank: 28057
Studio: Lost Highway
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Imagine the Rolling Stones recording a country album in Muscle Shoals with Dusty Springfield singing lead. Now imagine a young artist from North Carolina whose ambition not only measures itself against such classic comparisons, but shows the promise to transcend them. Tift Merritt's major-label debut finds such promise fulfilled on "Sunday," the six-minute centerpiece in which the sweet sensuality of her upper register floats over an organ bedrock and vocal chorus that are pure Southern church. Even when other cuts sound like they could have been preserved in a '70s time capsule--the generic country-rock of "Diamond Shoes" and the very Stonesy "Neighborhood"--her vocals have a seductive intimacy that freshens the familiar. The lead guitar of producer Ethan Johns and the keyboards of Benmont Tench (on loan from Tom Petty's Heartbreakers) augment Merritt's band on arrangements that give the material plenty of room to breathe. As a writer, Merritt has some room to grow, but as a singer, she already sounds like one of the greats. --Don McLeese
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Great CD. Found myself humming a few of the songs long
after I'd stopped playing it. Love her voice, her range
goes from sweet sincerity to forceful tones. I am also
impressed in her writing prowess. I now have enough
interest to seek out other things she's done.
Rating: -
One more artist I had never heard before. But the album was absolutely a positive experience. Beautiful voice and good songs - couple of those were slightly "standard" productions but the most had a good twist (not a musical term here) in them. Either in lyrics or in arrangement. Or both. Definitely also an album which gets better each time one listens to it. Must buy more Tift. Supposed to make me happy, supposed to make me happy, all the time.
Stars should be four and a half (or three quarters).
Rating:  -
saw her live performance better than album, still a good album you must listen to lyrics to appreciate the performance
Rating: -
Tift's voice is undeniable lovely, but the production of this cd hinders the beauty of these songs from really coming to life. the acoustic guitar is buried so deeply in the mix that it resembles a static-y strum in the background. and it's a shame, because tracks like "I Know Him Too", "Virginia, No One Can Warn You" and the achingly gorgeous title track are all excellent songs that could have been so much more appealing to the ear, given a better, richer production job. some of the songs on this cd fall ... Read More
Rating:  -
I discovered this CD back in 2002 and I haven't stopped listening to it. I feel sorry for her in a way, this is such a benchmark debut album, that it will be hard to follow up. I'm certain she can make another great album like this one though! Tift Merritt's sound is a cross between Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Dusty Springfield, as another viewer pointed out, and the songs here really work. It's an enjoyable listen start to finish, and I find myself loving more with each listen. Merritt's lyrical ... Read More
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