Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe explained

Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe
Type:studio
Artist:Cherryholmes
Cover:Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes III.jpg
Released:September 30, 2008
Genre:Bluegrass, country
Length:43:53
Label:Skaggs Family Records
Producer:Ben Isaacs
Chronology:Cherryholmes
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Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe is the third major-label studio album by Cherryholmes. The album was released on September 30, 2008 and was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

Content and reception

With four members of the Cherryholmes family in their teens and early 20s at the time of the album's recording, many songs deal with the early pressures and emotions involving heartbreak. One example is "Devil in Disguise", a cover song co-written by Gram Parsons. Other tracks on the album include "This Is My Son", about a parent sending her child off to war,[1] and "Sumatra", which was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. The album was nominated in the Best Bluegrass Album category.[2] It peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums chart and number 48 on the Top Country Albums chart.[3]

Barry Mazor of American Songwriter wrote that "the ever-increasing vocal harmony strength, instrumental prowess, and original songwriting talent can’t be missed on this latest outing."[4] Allmusic's James Christopher Monger remarked that on this album, the band "do(es) away completely with the traditional, opting for a sleek batch of self-penned contemporary bluegrass numbers that lean closer to Nickel Creek and the Dixie Chicks than they do Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder."[5] Of the "Devil in Disguise" cover, Meredith Ochs of NPR said that "the song gives the Cherryholmes family a chance to demonstrate skill at that other bluegrass essential: harmonies, especially those that are genetically linked."

Track listing

  1. "I Can Only Love You (So Much)"-3:05
  2. "The King as a Babe Comes Down"-4:05
  3. "Don't Believe"-2:43
  4. "This Is My Son"-3:38
  5. "Sumatra"-2:58
  6. "My Love for You Grows"-2:50
  7. "Goodbye"-3:07
  8. "Bleeding"-3:47
  9. "The Sailing Man"-3:05
  10. "Broken"-3:47
  11. "Devil in Disguise"-2:56
  12. "Mansker Spree/O'Coughlin's Reel"-3:18
  13. "Traveler"-3:22
  14. "[Untitled]"-1:32

Charts

Chart (2008-9)Peak
position
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums12
US Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums3
US Billboard Top Country Albums48

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ochs. Meredith. Cherryholmes: Sweet Family Harmony. NPR. September 30, 2008. June 9, 2014.
  2. Web site: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, George Strait Among Leading Grammy Nominees. CMT. June 9, 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140609193026/http://m.cmt.com/news/1600679/. June 9, 2014.
  3. Web site: 'Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe' Awards. Allmusic. June 9, 2014.
  4. Web site: Mazor. Barry. 'Cherryholmes III > Don’t Believe'. American Songwriter. October 27, 2008. June 9, 2014.
  5. Web site: Monger . James Christopher. 'Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe' Overview. Allmusic. June 9, 2014.