New Favorite Explained

New Favorite
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alison Krauss & Union Station
Cover:	Alison_Krauss_New_Favorite.jpg
Genre:	Bluegrass, country
Label:	Rounder
Producer:	Alison Krauss & Union Station
Chronology:	Alison Krauss
Prev Title:	Forget About It
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Live
Next Year:	2002

New Favorite is the fourth album by bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station, released August 14, 2001. The album peaked in the top 50 of the Billboard 200 and within the top 5 of the Billboard charts for both Country and Bluegrass and was certified gold. This album was released in the same year as the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, which Krauss appeared on, that had a large effect on bluegrass in the United States. At the 44th Grammy Awards, New Favorite would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album and the single "The Lucky One" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal as well as Best Country Song.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Let Me Touch You for Awhile" (Robert Lee Castleman) – 3:21
2. "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (Traditional) – 4:40
3. "The Lucky One" (Castleman) – 3:10
4. "Choctaw Hayride" (Jerry Douglas) – 3:10
5. "Crazy Faith" (Mark Simos) – 3:47
6. "Momma Cried" (Bob Lucas) – 3:20
7. "I'm Gone" (Eric Kaz, Wendy Waldman) – 3:28
8. "Daylight" (Lucas) – 4:03
9. "Bright Sunny South" (Traditional) – 3:00
10. "Stars" (Dan Fogelberg) – 2:54
11. "It All Comes Down to You" (Ron Block) – 2:44
12. "Take Me for Longing" (Simos) – 2:51
13. "New Favorite" (David Rawlings, Gillian Welch) – 4:34

Personnel

• Alison Krauss – lead vocals, fiddle, viola
  • Dan Tyminski – background vocals, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin Ron Block – background vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
• Jerry Douglas – dobro, lap steel guitar
• Barry Bales – background vocals, upright bass
• Larry Atamanuik – drums, percussion

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[2]	42
Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[3]	50
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	21
Chart (2003)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	59

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2001 Grammy Winners . . n.d. . Recording Academy Grammy Awards . November 17, 2020.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html. July 1, 2002. Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html. December 4, 2003. Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
4. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. October 30, 2020.
5. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. October 30, 2020.