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Genre: Bluegrass
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 4-SEP-1992

Track Listing

1. Every Time You Say Goodbye
2. Another Night
3. Last Love Letter
4. Cluck Old Hen
5. Who Can Blame You
6. It Won't Work This Time
7. Heartstrings
8. I Don't Know Why
9. Cloudy Days
10. New Fool
11. Shield of Faith
12. Lose Again
13. Another Day, Another Dollar
14. Jesus Help Me to Stand

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53084 in Music
• Brand: KRAUSS,ALISON
• Released on: 1992-02-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com essential recording
Over the course of her first albums, including her fourth, 1992's Every Time You Say Goodbye, Alison Krauss probably did more than any of her contemporaries to attract mainstream-country attention to bluegrass. A traditionalist might say this is because Krauss and her band, Union Station, offer a kind of "bluegrass-lite" that's cut with pop sensibility, absent any manic-fast picking, and awash in Krauss's goes-down-easy vocal. Nonetheless, this is a solid album that pushed Krauss deservedly further into the limelight. Highlights include the title track, Union Station banjo picker Ron Block's fine gospel number "Shield of Faith," and the traditional instrumental "Cluck Old Hen." --Anders Smith-Lindall

Customer Reviews

A Great CD
In my opinion this is the best CD that Alison Krauss has put out. It was her turning point in popularity. About the same time as her Keith Whitley cover that brought her to the attention of the country crowd. This was her last "true" bluegrass album.

The song selection is very good and the playing is top notch. Supported by an exceptionally talented band this CD is a joy to listen to. Familiar songs stand alongside new compositions with the common thread of feeling. From the upbeat to the mid-tempo to the slow songs the band pulls everyone off without a hitch.

If you buy one Alison Krauss CD for your collection, this should be the one. In my opinion even better than her greatest hits collection.

Good Stuff.
Being the type of person who the average bluegrass fan would likely string up upon meeting (all-black-wearing-blue-haired-agnostic-death-metal-type), I didn't expect to like this cd much. Having appreciated Alison from afar for a long time though (if you like good music at all, she's hard to avoid because anybody who knows good music knows Alison and asks her to play on their cds), I nearly jumped for joy when I found this disc in the $5 pile at a local festival. So I picked it up, popped it in and then I jumped for joy. I love every track on this cd, with the possible exception of "Cloudy Days." I wouldn't get rid of it though, it's grown on me over time and it really does fit the album. While liking bluegrass hasn't won me any friends among the pierced elite, this is the stuff dreams were made of. Alison's voice is heavenly, and this disc is probably the best exhibit of purest bluegrass she's released to date.

Alison and an earlier version of Union Station sound great
Dan Tyminski later replaced Tim Stafford on guitar and after mandolin Wiz Adam Steffey left AKUS Dobro Deity Jerry Douglas joined the band.

Ron Block on banjo and guitar and Barry Bales on bass have been with Alison for years, and this version of Union Station sounds comparably polished and talented. I'm going to guess if you're reading this that you have at least a nodding acquaintance with Alison's one-in-a-million voice and the fact that while her bands are built to complement that voice - she also doesn't hog the spotlight.

On this CD standout cuts include "New Fool", "Who Can Blame You", "Heartstrings" along with the Gospel "Jesus, Help me to Stand" and the title cut.

Several of the tracks feature other Union Station members on lead vocals and although they vary from "good" to "not bad" - they suffer from today's perspective in that no one else in Union Station has a voice like Alison's, and no one else in *this* version of the band has a voice like Dan Tyminski.

Still - absolutely required for Alison Krauss fans.