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Lonely Runs Both Ways | 
 enlarge | Artist: Alison Krauss
Label: Rounder
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 10782
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 610525
UPC: 011661052529
EAN: 0011661052529
ASIN: B000645UPA
Release Date: November 15, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| » | Gravity | | » | Restless | | » | Rain Please Go Away | | » | Goodbye Is All We Have | | » | Unionhouse Branch | | » | Wouldn't Be So Bad | | » | Pastures Of Plenty | | » | Crazy As Me | | » | Borderline | | » | My Poor Old Heart | | » | This Sad Song | | » | Doesn't Have To Be This Way | | » | I Don't Have To Live This Way | | » | If I Didn't Know Any Better | | » | Living Prayer |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Nobody makes sombre sound more exquisite than Alison Krauss. She's come an awfully long way from her days as a teenage fiddle prodigy, as her glamour gown on this CD's cover suggests and the bittersweet maturity of the music confirms. Krauss exchanges her bluegrass fiddle for the chamber strains of viola on much of the material, including four songs by Robert Lee Castleman (whose "The Lucky One," "Let Me Touch You for Awhile," and "Forget About It" were previously popularized by Krauss). Castleman's compositions showcase the emotional intimacy and interpretive subtlety of her breathy trill. The yearning harmonies on "Wouldn't Be So Bad" (written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings) and "Borderline" (written by Sidney and Suzanne Cox) reinforce the album's restless spirit of quiet desperation. Change-of-pace contributions by Krauss's bandmates are more deeply rooted in the bluegrass/folk tradition, with Dan Tyminski renewing Del McCoury's "Rain Please Go Away" and Woody Guthrie's populist anthem "Pastures of Plenty"; Dobro master Jerry Douglas leads the charge on his instrumental "Unionhouse Branch." Few bands in bluegrass can match the virtuosity of Union Station's interplay, but the artistry of Alison Krauss transcends genre. --Don McLeese
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If music be the food of love.......give me Alison Krauss any day... April 22, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
So many other reviews have so succinctly said what I fear I may fail to say. I was working her Birmingham 2005 concert when Restless stopped me in my tracks. As a Steward it is a rare, fine musical band that can cajole me into buying two of their CDs instantly, on the face of one beautiful song.....but am I glad!
AKUS's music could be for those gentle folk who do not want to admit to liking some country music. It could be for those who like exquisite harmonies and pure sound. Or it could simply be for those who love. If you've never been dumped.....if you've never felt crushed....if you've never looked into someone's eyes and seen their soul stare back, then for god's sake buy this album. You simply haven't lived.
If you come across this by accident, think yourself lucky .. April 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
All I can do when someone tells me they have never heard of Alison Krauss & Union Station is smile and realise how I am 'The Lucky One' 'Now That I've Found You' .... truly a 'New Favourite'
Seriously though, how can anyone not be drawn in if they ever get round to owning any AKUS music. Seeing them in concert in Birmingham in Sept.2005 was nothing short of a privilege and something I will treasure until the day I die. If only they knew how much they mean to their fans in the UK I am sure they would pay us a visit more often.
Truly they are a gift.
If anyone is wondering what the hell I am talking about - first of all ditch your pre-conceptions about Country music, then do yourself a favour and buy this album or 'New Favourite' or 'Forget About It' or, as a real treat, get the LIVE DVD. Then sit back, relax, enjoy and wonder why on earth you ever wasted so much time on others before this came along to seduce you.
The best AKUS recording yet - and it grows June 1, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have been listening to AKUS for several years now and Lonely Runs Both Ways is the best yet. I agree with other reviewers that it represents two quite different genres, but the magic of this recording is that they intertwine so gracefully you don't really notice.
The standout tracks for me are the ballads Borderline (penned by some of the Cox family) and Wouldnt Be So Bad (Gillian Welch and David Rawlings) - heartrendingly sad and beautifully written and performed.
But every track is brilliant in its own way. Don't miss this one.
Possibly the best yet May 5, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I must confess, I'm more of an Alison Krauss fan than a Union Station fan. Her voice is something very special and I tend to skip past the songs where she isn't singing.
Luckily the majority of the songs on this album are sung by Alison, which Jerry Douglas' brilliant slide-guitar work in the background. This is not to say that the other songs are bad, they're actually very good, with a more traditional bluegrass sound. "Pastures of plenty" is a particular non-Alison hilight for me.
The Alison tracks don't disappoint, wonders such as Gravity, Restless, Goodbye is all we have and If I didn't know any better are all worth buying the album for.
If you check out the official Alison Krauss website, you can watch the video's for a couple of the songs on this album. Well worth a look.
This is a worthy addition to any collection, possibly better than New Favourite too.
AKUS go from strength to strength November 15, 2005
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
15 of the most sublime songs you will have heard all year. Being a 'country' or bluegrass fan, one takes alot of stick but I wish I could impress upon those who mock, how varied country can be and in Alison Krauss you'll find tub thumping fine sassy beats like 'Unionhouse Branch', songs of the most bittersweet regret like 'Goodbye is all we have' and 'Doesn't have to be this way' and the awe inspiring vocal heights displayed on 'Living Prayer'. I took a friend new to the AKUS phenomena, to see them play in Manchester this September; she was rightly blown away by the quality of the performance and Alison's angelic voice. I am all out of superlatives to describe how rich this album is; if only one person reads this and buys the album, I'll be pleased to have spread the word. Go on... you won't be disappointed!
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