Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

Uncle Tupelo — Anodyne

Part of Rhino's High Fidelity Series

AAA cut from the original stereo master tape by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Numbered edition limited to 5,000 copies!

180-gram heavyweight vinyl

Pressed at Optimal in Germany

Heavyweight glossy gatefold jacket

Features an exclusive insert featuring liner notes by Mark Deming

Seminal alternative country-rock group Uncle Tupelo was formed in the Midwestern backwater of Belleville, Illinois, by high school friends Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heldorn. Their marriage of punk rock animus with the simplicity of American roots music ignited a major movement heralding rock's return to traditional country origins.

Released in October 1993, Anodyne was the fourth and final album by alt-country pioneers Uncle Tupelo. Cut live in the studio in Austin, Texas, the record moves from the driving energy of "Chickamauga" and "The Long Cut" into "Anodyne" and "Acuff-Rose," where fiddle and pedal steel add a flash of Cosmic American color. The album ended UT's short-but-remarkable run, with the breakup soon giving rise to two new bands: Wilco and Son Volt.

In the new liner notes, music journalist Mark Deming reflects on the album's lasting weight. "Over those two weeks in Austin, Texas, recording Anodyne, Uncle Tupelo created both a grand finale and a new beginning, and the music and the emotions ring just as clear more than three decades on."

 

Side A

1. Slate

2. Acuff-Rose

3. The Long Cut

4. Give Back the Key to My Heart

5. Chickamauga

6. New Madrid

Side B

1. Anodyne

2. We've Been Had

3. Fifteen Keys

4. High Water

5. No Sense in Lovin'

6. Steal the Crumbs

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

a classic no brainer....... posted on 01/19/2010 5 Stars Reviewer: caler thank all who had something to do w/ getting this thing out there on vinyl and for doin' Paulson's production work true justice. Sounds fantastic & i'm havin' a helluva time rediscovering this classic of an album. Now let's all root for more vinyl tupelo releases soon!

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