Swampblood

Swampblood
Studio album by Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
Released September 18, 2007
Recorded 2007, Stainless Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre swamp rock, blues
Length 32:53
Label YepRoc
Producer Mark Robertson
J.D. Wilkes
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers chronology

Pandelirium 2006 Swampblood
2007
AgriDustrial 2010

Swampblood is an LP released on September 18, 2007, by Th' Legendary Shack Shakers.

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Andrew Gilstrap of popmatters.com rated the album at 7/10, commenting "Swampblood finds the band in something of a high-octane back-to-basics blues mode".[2] Embo Blake of HybridMagazine noted that the band, in this album, "maintain[ed] their distinctive sound and superb musical quality".[3] And Keith Carman, writing in Fast Forward Weekly (of Calgary), considered "Swampblood is as weird as it is wicked, as slick as it is sinister and sensational".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Dawn" – 0:34
  2. "Old Spur Line" – 3:47
  3. "Hellwater" – 2:12
  4. "Easter Flesh" – 2:16
  5. "Swampblood" – 3:10
  6. "Dusk" – 0:16
  7. "Cheat the Hangman" – 1:36
  8. "Born Again Again" – 2:18
  9. "The Deadenin'" – 2:48
  10. "Down and Out" – 3:11
  11. "Jimblyleg Man" – 2:39
  12. "He Ain't Right" – 2:10
  13. "Angel Lust" – 1:55
  14. "Preachin' at Traffic" – 1:38
  15. "When I Die" – 1:14
  16. "Bright and Sunny South" – 1:02

Background information

Swampblood is the third and final installment of "Southern Gothic" rock band Th' Legendary Shack Shakers' "Tentshow Trilogy", which began with 2004's Believe, and continued with 2006's Pandelirium. Believe's subject matter was that of a tent revival, and Pandelirium's was that of a circus sideshow. The tent theme surrounding Swampblood is that of a graveside funeral service.[5]

Personnel

Guests

References

  1. Deming, Mark. "Review: Swampblood". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  2. Review at popmatters.com
  3. Review at HybridMagazine
  4. Review in Fast Forward Weekly
  5. YepRoc Records