Barton Hollow
Their debut album, built around voices, acoustic guitar and piano.
The Civil Wars, 2011
Charlie Peacock told American Songwriter he would have paid them to work on the recording, and White told Interview that it ended up being a really minimal record, without them really intending to do that. Players include Andy Leftwich on fiddle and mandolin, Dan Dugmore on pedal steel, Barry Bales on double bass and Tim Lauer on keyboards, with Richie Biggs engineering and mixing. It reached 10 on the Billboard 200 (some sources say 12), 1 on Folk, 13 in the UK, with 25,000 in its first week and 623,000 US sales by August 2013, and is Gold in the US, UK and Canada. AllMusic's Andrew Leahey gave 4 of 5, and it made 2011 year-end lists at NPR Music, Paste and Time, which put it ninth in its top 10 of everything; No Depression found it practically unobtrusive to a fault. The listed track times sum to about 40:13, not the stated 46:27.
Track listing
- 20 Years3:02
- I've Got This Friend3:24
- C'est la mort2:30
- To Whom It May Concern3:32
- Poison & Wine3:40
- My Father's Father3:21
- Barton Hollow3:26
- The Violet Hour3:26
- Girl with the Red Balloon3:50
- Falling3:59
- Forget Me Not2:57
- Birds of a Feather3:06
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Sources
- Barton Hollow (album), Wikipedia
- The Civil Wars: a brand new duo burns up the charts, American Songwriter
- The Civil Wars march upwards, Country Standard Time (2011-04)