Trace (album)

Trace
Studio album by Son Volt
Released September 19, 1995
Recorded November–December 1994 at Salmagundi, Northfield, MN
Genre Alternative country
Length 42:07
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Brian Paulson, Son Volt
Son Volt chronology
Trace
(1995)		 Straightaways
(1997)Straightaways1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Mojo[4]
NME8/10[5]
PopMatters9/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Uncut9/10[8]
The Village VoiceC+[9]

Trace is the first album by Son Volt, released in 1995. The band was formed the previous year by Jay Farrar after the breakup of the influential alt-country band Uncle Tupelo. The album reached #166 on the Billboard 200 album chart and received extremely favorable reviews. According to Allmusic, "Throughout Son Volt's debut, Trace, the group reworks classic honky tonk and rock & roll, adding a desperate, determined edge to their performances. Even when they rock out, there is a palpable sense of melancholy to Farrar's voice, which lends a poignancy to the music." The album was in the top 10 of Rolling Stone's 1995 critics' list.

"Drown" was a minor college and rock radio hit. It charted at #10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #25 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[10] It remains their only single to land on either of the charts.

Track listing

All of the songs were written by Farrar except "Mystifies Me", written by Ronnie Wood.

  1. "Windfall" – 2:58
  2. "Live Free" – 3:13
  3. "Tear Stained Eye" – 4:21
  4. "Route" – 3:57
  5. "Ten Second News" – 3:57
  6. "Drown" – 3:20
  7. "Loose String" – 3:48
  8. "Out of the Picture" – 3:50
  9. "Catching On" – 4:02
  10. "Too Early" – 4:29
  11. "Mystifies Me" – 4:12

Personnel

  • Dave Boquist: Guitar, banjo, fiddle, lap steel guitar, Dobro
  • Jim Boquist: Bass, backing vocals
  • Jay Farrar: Vocals, guitar
  • Mike Heidorn: Drums
  • Eric Heywood: Pedal steel guitar
  • Craig Krampf: Drums on "Live Free"
  • Dan Newton: Accordion on "Too Early"
  • Marc Perlman: Bass on "Mystifies Me"

References

  1. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Trace – Son Volt". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. ↑ Woodard, Josef (November 10, 1995). "Trace". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (February 2016). "Son Volt: Trace". Mojo (267): 106.
  5. ↑ "Son Volt: Trace". NME: 38. December 9, 1995.
  6. ↑ Beaudoin, Jedd (November 11, 2015). "Son Volt: Trace". PopMatters. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ Kot, Greg (2004). "Son Volt". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 759. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ↑ Torn, Luke (December 2015). "Son Volt: Trace". Uncut (223): 95.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 20, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  10. ↑
  • Holly George-Warren and Patricia Romanowski, ed. (2005). "Son Volt". The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. New York, New York: Fireside. pp. 911–912. ISBN 978-0-7432-9201-6.
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