The Tennessee Fire

by My Morning Jacket

The Tennessee Fire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 July 1999
  • Label: Darla
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:32
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded primarily on a family farm using an array of analog equipment, this debut is drenched in heavy natural reverb and haunting, rural atmosphere. Jim James's soaring, deeply emotional vocals emerge from the hazy lo-fi mix, establishing a ghostly, cosmic iteration of traditional Americana.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, acoustic, folk, reverb-heavy, nostalgia

Tracklist

  1. Heartbreakin Man (3:11)
  2. They Ran (2:48)
  3. The Bear (4:39)
  4. Nashville to Kentucky (2:58)
  5. Old Sept Blues (2:28)
  6. If All Else Fails (3:58)
  7. It's About Twilight Now (4:06)
  8. Evelyn Is Not Real (3:04)
  9. War Begun (3:06)
  10. Picture of You (3:16)
  11. I Will Be There When You Die (4:42)
  12. The Dark (3:22)
  13. By My Car (4:04)
  14. Butch Cassidy (3:55)
  15. I Think I'm Going to Hell (5:06)
  16. Instrumental (2:42)

Credits

  • My Morning Jacket - primary artist
  • J. Glenn - band
  • Johnny Quaid - band
  • Two Tone Tommy - band
  • Jim James - band, written-by

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