December's Child
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| Studio album by Mark Olson and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002, Black Dog Records, Monticello, Mississippi | |||
| Genre | Alternative country | |||
| Label | Dualtone | |||
| Producer | Mark Olson | |||
| Mark Olson and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers chronology | ||||
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December's Child is the fifth album from The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers released in 2002.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Steve Kurutz praised the album's "minimalist approach" and wrote "Whether singing about around-the-clock meth labs or newspaper roses sold by the side of the road, he creates fully realized worlds within each song on December's Child. The lo-fi folk vibe of the earlier self-released Creekdippers recordings and 2000's My Own Jo Ellen remains... but the electricity and amplification have been turned up a bit, too—rather than deliberately eschewed as he seemed to prefer after first going relatively solo."[1]
Track listing
All songs by Mark Olson except as noted.
- "How Can I Send Tonight (There to Tell You)" – 3:46
- "Still We Have a Friend in You" – 3:52
- "Alta's Song" – 3:49
- "Back to the Old Homeplace" – 2:29
- "December's Child" – 4:21
- "Nerstrand Woods" – 4:38
- "Cactus Wren" – 4:41
- "Climb These Steps (We Will)" – 3:24
- "How Can This Be" – 3:18
- "Say You'll be Mine" (Olson, Gary Louris) – 4:01
- "One Eyed Black Dog Moses" (Olson, Victoria Williams) – 5:59
Personnel
- Mark Olson – vocals, banjo, bass, dulcimer, guitar, piano
- Danny Frankel –drums, percussion
- Don Heffington – drums, background vocals
- Gary Louris – guitar, vocals on "Say You'll be Mine"
- Michael Russell – bass, mandolin, viola, violin, background vocals
- Victoria Williams – banjo, guitar, harmonica, background vocals
- David Wolfenberger – bass, background vocals
- Jon Birdsong – trumpet
Production notes
- Mark Olson – producer
- Charlie McGovern – engineer, mastering, mixing
- Jeffrey Reed – engineer
References
- 1 2 Beatty, Brian. "December's Child > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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