Childish Things Explained
Childish Things |
Type: | Studio album |
Artist: | James McMurtry |
Cover: | Childish Things.jpg |
Released: | September 6, 2005 |
Recorded: | 2005, Flashpoint Recording, Austin, TX |
Genre: | Country, Americana |
Length: | 59:28 |
Label: | Compadre Records |
Producer: | James McMurtry |
Prev Title: | Live in Aught-Three |
Prev Year: | 2004 |
Childish Things is a 2005 album by singer-songwriter James McMurtry (see 2005 in music). It was awarded the 2006 Americana Music Association Album of the Year Award. The song "We Can't Make It Here" was named the best song of the 2000s decade by music critic Robert Christgau.[1]
Track listing
- "See the Elephant" (McMurtry) – 4:27
- "Childish Things" (McMurtry)– 4.35
- "We Can't Make It Here" (McMurtry) – 7:04
- "Slew Foot" (featuring Joe Ely; written by Howard Hausey and James C. Webb) – 4:23
- "Bad Enough" (McMurtry) – 4:32
- "Restless" (McMurtry) – 3:52
- "Memorial Day" (McMurtry) – 4:16
- "Six Year Drought" (McMurtry) – 5:12
- "Old Part of Town" (written by Peter Case) – 5:35
- "Charlemagne's Home Town" (McMurtry) – 5:53
- "Pocatello" (McMurtry) – 3:09
- "Holiday" (McMurtry) – 6:30
Personnel
lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars, baritone guitar, mandolin, harmonica, piano, organ
- Ronnie Johnson: bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tim Holt: guitars
- David Grissom
guitars
- Daren Hess: drums, tambourine
- Bukka Allen: piano, organ
- Warren Hood: violin
- Jon Blondell: trombone
- Curtis McMurtry: saxophone
- Randy Garibay, Jr.: backing vocals
- Joe Ely
Co-lead vocal on "Slew Foot"
- Chris Maresh: bass guitar on "Holiday"
Chart performance
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 47 |
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 28 |
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums | 40 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Christgau. Robert. Robert Christgau. December 24, 2009. Rolling Stone Ballot: The 00's Best Songs & Albums. Robert Christgau. February 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20100102174101/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/list/rs00.php. January 2, 2010. dead.