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Trailer Bride (album)

Trailer Bride is the self-titled debut album by the alternative country band Trailer Bride, released in 1997.

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Length
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Source
Trailer Bride
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 1997
GenreAlternative Country
Length43:13
LabelYep Roc1
Trailer Bride chronology
Trailer Bride
(1997)
Smelling Salts
(1998)

Trailer Bride is the self-titled debut album by the alternative country band Trailer Bride, released in 1997.

Critical reception

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No Depression praised the album, writing that it "shows off some spiffy guitar and harmonica playing, and some ear-catching vocals, and some deceptively simple, almost loopy lyrics that hide pretty powerful insights."3

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Swingle.

  1. "Sorry Times" - 3:11
  2. "Mardi Gras" - 3:32
  3. "Let Mama Drive" - 3:32
  4. "Rouge" - 2:53
  5. "Arrowheads" - 4:20
  6. "Road to Canaan" - 3:14
  7. "Trailer Bride" - 3:43
  8. "Maudlin" - 3:07
  9. "Landyacht Take Me Home" - 2:35
  10. "Chatham Co. Militia" - 2:57
  11. "Sway" - 2:57
  12. "Flying Saucer" - 2:55
  13. "Train at Night" - 4:17

Personnel

  • Brad Goolsby - drums
  • Melissa Swingle - vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric, & slide), harmonica, organ, saw
  • Robert Mitchener - bass

Additional personnel

  • Mike Beard - Jew's-Harp, tambourine
  • Bryon Settle - guitar, shaker
  • Joanne Ramsey - background vocals
References

References

  1. "Yep Roc's modest operation belies its grandiose ambitions". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
  2. "Trailer Bride". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  3. "Trailer Bride – One flew over the rooster's nest". No Depression. Retrieved July 12, 2020.