Leaving Eden (Carolina Chocolate Drops album) explained

Leaving Eden
Type:	Album
Artist:	Carolina Chocolate Drops
Cover:	Carolina_chocolate_drops_leaving_eden.jpg
Recorded:	March–July 2011 at Buddy Miller's Home
Genre:	Folk, blues, country, bluegrass
Label:	Nonesuch
Producer:	Buddy Miller
Prev Title:	Genuine Negro Jig
Prev Year:	2010

Leaving Eden is the fourth studio album by the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Background

A music video for "Country Girl" was released in May 2012.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Riro's House" (Traditional; arr. Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens) – 2:02
2. "Kerr's Negro Jig" (Traditional; arr. Giddens) – 1:09
3. "Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?" (Cousin Emmy) – 3:46
4. "Boodle-De-Bum-Bum" (Ben Curry/Traditional; arr. Flemons) – 4:03
5. "Country Girl" (Giddens, Lalenja Harrington, Adam Matta) – 3:22
6. "Run Mountain" (J. E. Mainer) – 2:01
7. "Leaving Eden" (Laurelyn Dossett) – 4:36
8. "Read 'Em John" (Traditional; arr. Flemons) – 1:54
9. "Mahalla" (Hannes Coetzee) – 1:54
10. "West End Blues" (Etta Baker, Giddens) – 3:02
11. "Po’ Black Sheep" (Traditional; arr. Flemons) – 3:21
12. "I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man" (George Roarke) – 2:34
13. "No Man’s Mama" (Lew Pollack, Jack Yellen) – 4:00
14. "Briggs’ Corn Shucking Jig / Camptown Hornpipe" (Traditional; arr. Giddens) – 2:54
15. "Pretty Bird" (Hazel Dickens) – 4:04

Bonus track

1. "You Be Illin'" (Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Raymond White) – 3:17

Personnel

• Dom Flemons – snare drum, bass drum, bones, 4-string banjo, jug, quills, guitar
• Rhiannon Giddens – fiddle, 5-strings gourd banjo, 5 string banjo, 5-string cello banjo
• Hubby Jenkins – 5-string banjo, mandolin, guitar, bones
• Adam Matta – beatbox, tambourine
• Leyla McCalla – cello

Charts

Year-end

Chart (2012)	Position
US Folk Albums (Billboard)^[3]	38
US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)^[4]	8

External links

• Leaving Eden on Nonesuch

Notes and References

1. Web site: CMT : Videos : Carolina Chocolate Drops : Country Girl. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510045306/http://www.cmt.com/videos/carolina-chocolate-drops/765686/country-girl.jhtml. dead. May 10, 2012. Country Music Television.
2. Web site: Carolina Chocolate Drops – Leaving Eden. Dutch. Ultratop Flanders. October 16, 2018.
3. Web site: Americana/Folk Albums – Year-End 2012. Billboard. October 16, 2018.
4. Web site: Top Bluegrass Albums – Year-End 2012. Billboard. October 16, 2018.
5. Web site: Top Bluegrass Albums – Year-End 2013. Billboard. October 16, 2018.