Lay It Down

by Cowboy Junkies

Lay It Down cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 February 1996
  • Label: Geffen
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 51:21
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Augmenting their famously hushed, minimalist aesthetic with slightly heavier production, the Canadian group incorporates subtle grunge-era dynamics. Margo Timmins' smoky vocals remain central to the record, guiding its lush integration of alternative country and deliberate, slowcore pacing.

Genres

Descriptors: Soundtrack, slow, minimal, acoustic, confessional

Tracklist

  1. Something More Besides You (4:16)
  2. A Common Disaster (3:22)
  3. Lay It Down (4:23)
  4. Hold On To Me (3:22)
  5. Come Calling (His Song) (3:34)
  6. Just Want To See (4:24)
  7. Lonely Sinking Feeling (4:24)
  8. Angel Mine (4:00)
  9. Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy (3:35)
  10. Musical Key (3:58)
  11. Speaking Confidentially (4:28)
  12. Come Calling (Her Song) (5:07)
  13. Now I Know (2:21)

Credits

  • Cowboy Junkies - primary artist
  • Alan Anton - bass
  • Peter Moore - compiled by [sequencing]
  • Peter Timmins - drums
  • Jeff Bird - organ
  • Tim White - organ
  • Andy Carlson - strings [arrangement], violin
  • Carl Schab - viola

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