Josh Ritter - The Beast in Its Tracks

"Purple Rain" vinyl edition

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The Beast in Its Tracks may well be remembered as Josh Ritter's divorce record, as it was written and
recorded in the wake of his 18-month marriage suddenly dissolving. As Ritter says, "In the year after my marriage ended, I realized that I had more new songs than I'd ever had at one time. Far from the grand, sweeping feel of the songs on So Runs the World Away, these new songs felt like rocks in the shoe, hard little nuggets of whatever they were, be it spite, remorse, or happiness.

"I hadn't composed this stuff, I'd scrawled it down, just trying to keep ahead of the heartbreak," he says. "They needed to be recorded like that. We needed to work fast, make decisions quickly, keep the songs as spare as they could be kept, and above all never allow ourselves to blunt the sharp edges."

Side 1

Third Arm

Evil Eye

A Certain Light

Hopeful

Nightmares

New Lover

Heart's Ease

Side 2

In Your Arms Again

The Appleblossom Rag

Bonfire

In Your Arms Awhile

Joy to You Baby

Lights

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