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Released
  
March 17, 1998

Length
  
27:06

Release date
  
17 March 1998

Label
  
Messenger Records

Recorded
  
December 4, 1997

Artist
  
Chris Whitley

Producer
  
Craig Street

Genre
  
Blues

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Dirt Floor (1998)
  
Live at Martyrs' (1999/2000)

Similar
  
Din of Ecstasy, Living with the Law, Rocket House, Terra Incognita, Live at Martyrs'

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Dirt Floor is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley.

Contents

It was produced by Craig Street and recorded live direct to a two-track analog recorder using a single stereo ribbon microphone by Danny Kadar at Blue Moon Racing Shop (Whitley's father's barn) in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

This recording was also released by Classic Records in two audiophile formats. It was released in digital audio disk (DAD) 24-bit/96 kHz digital audio format playable with DVD hardware. Classic Records also released it in 180 gram vinyl audio format.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Whitley.

  1. "Scrapyard Lullaby" – 3:42
  2. "Indian Summer" – 3:39
  3. "Accordingly" – 3:27
  4. "Wild Country" – 3:08
  5. "Ball peen Hammer" – 2:38
  6. "From One island to Another" – 2:17
  7. "Altitude" – 2:52
  8. "Dirt Floor" – 2:10
  9. "Loco Girl" – 3:08


The import version of this album contains the following bonus tracks. All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted:

  1. "The Model" (Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, and Emil Schult – Kraftwerk) – 2:58
  2. "Alien (live)" – 4:45
  3. "Living with the Law (live)" – 3:57

Critical Praise

  • "...a beautiful album of one-microphone simplicity." – The New York Times

    • Trivia

  • Dirt Floor was one of Bruce Springsteen's favorite albums of 1998.

    • Cover versions

  • Joe Bonamassa covered "Ball Peen Hammer" on Sloe Gin (2007).
  • Gavin DeGraw covered "Indian Summer" on Free (2009).
  • Wino and Conny Ochs covered "Dirt Floor" on Labour of Love (2012) and Freedom Conspiracy (2015).

    • Personnel

  • Chris Whitley – vocals, guitar, banjo, and foot stomp

    • Songs

    1Scrapyard Lullaby3:43
    2Indian Summer3:39
    3Accordingly3:28

    References

    Dirt Floor Wikipedia
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