Ashgrove (album)

Ashgrove
Studio album by Dave Alvin
Released June 15, 2004
Genre Folk rock, country rock
Length 52:12
Label Yep Roc
Producer Greg Leisz
Dave Alvin chronology
Out in California
(2002)		 Ashgrove
(2004)		 West of the West
(2006)

Ashgrove is an album by American artist Dave Alvin, released in 2004. It reached number 38 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
PopMatters(mixed)[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming wrote of the album "Dave is rockin' again...though just a little bit... Overall, the quieter material makes up the bulk of Ashgrove's playing time, but the handful of blues-based tunes on board give the set a texture that's cool and sharp, and the result resides in a satisfying middle ground that ought to please fans on both side of the electric guitar issue."[1] Jason MacNeil of PopMatters wrote "His latest album is suggested as a blues album, but you’d be hard pressed to find the mid-tempo blues tunes an improvement on the stellar folk-oriented side."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Ashgrove" – 6:15
  2. "Rio Grande" (Dave Alvin, Tom Russell) – 4:25
  3. "Black Sky" – 4:48
  4. "Nine Volt Heart" (Alvin, Rod Hodges) – 4:57
  5. "Out of Control" – 6:34
  6. "Everett Ruess" – 4:51
  7. "Sinful Daughter" (Alvin, Shannon McNally) – 4:28
  8. "The Man in the Bed" – 4:35
  9. "Black Haired Girl" – 5:25
  10. "Somewhere in Time" (Alvin, David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) – 5:54

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Ashgrove > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 MacNeil, Jason. "Ashgrove > Review". PopMatters. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
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