Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel on limited colored vinyl
Artist: Iris DeMent | Label: YepRock | Format: LP | Genre: Folk / Country | Vinyl Condition: NEW | Jacket Condition: Sealed
Iris DeMent
Infamous Angel
Yep Rock 2561LEIEC - Indie Exclusive on limited edition "Earthy Brown" vinyl
Iris DeMent released Infamous Angel in 1992. Nearly 30 years later, the album remains among the most singular and fully realized singer-songwriter debuts since the invention of that category in the early '70s. The abiding strengths of the album are especially impressive ' even a bit startling ' because 1992 is not a moment usually associated with her intimate brand of acoustic country music. In country history, the year 1992 is most immediately affiliated with Garth Brooks, whose album, The Chase, topped both the country and pop album charts that year, and with Billy Ray Cyrus' 'Achy Breaky Heart,' which fueled a line dance craze. Squeezed into a playlist alongside such hits, DeMent's doleful, hushed 'Our Town' would've sounded as if it were being broadcast from another planet. 'People call me country,' she told journalist Ben Thompson while on tour in Britain a couple years later. 'But country doesn't call me country.' Let's call her country. The genre is always more expansive than what radio stations program. It happened Infamous Angel is close kin to a different sort of country music that was just then having a moment: specifically, country singer-songwriters, focusing on personal, but universal, loss and hope and favoring small acoustic combos. It may have been out of step with the mainstream, but Infamous Angel arrived right on time. This earthy brown color vinyl variant is available only at independent record stores and is limited to 2,000 copies worldwide. This 30th anniversary reissue is remastered for vinyl by mastering engineer Mike Westbrook.
includes;
Let the Mystery Be
These Hills
Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart
When Love Was Young
Our Town
Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
Infamous Angel
Sweet Forgiveness
After You're Gone
Mamas' Opry
Higher Ground
Let the Mystery Be
These Hills
Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart
When Love Was Young
Our Town
Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
Infamous Angel
Sweet Forgiveness
After You're Gone
Mamas' Opry
Higher Ground
NEW SEALED LP on limited Brown vinyl in a Gatefold Jacket
