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Released
  
February 6, 1996

Producer
  
Warren Bruleigh

Artist
  
16 Horsepower

Label
  
A&M Records

Length
  
46:18

Sackcloth 'n' Ashes(1996)
  
Low Estate(1997)

Release date
  
6 February 1996

Genre
  
Alternative country

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Studio
  
Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee

Similar
  
16 Horsepower albums, Alternative country albums

Sackcloth 'n' Ashes is the debut full-length studio album by American alternative country band 16 Horsepower, released on February 6, 1996.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24
  2. "Black Soul Choir" – 3:52
  3. "Haw" – 3:35
  4. "Scrawled in Sap" – 2:46
  5. "Horse Head" – 3:01
  6. "Ruthie Lingle" – 2:44
  7. "Harm's Way" – 3:20
  8. "Black Bush" – 3:16
  9. "Heel on the Shovel" – 3:11
  10. "American Wheeze" – 3:33
  11. "Red Neck Reel" – 2:41
  12. "Prison Shoe Romp" – 3:11
  13. "Neck on the New Blade" – 3:15
  14. "Strong Man" – 4:21

Personnel

16 Horsepower
  • David Eugene Edwards - vocals, banjo, guitar, bandoneon, lap steel guitar
  • Jean-Yves Tola - drums, backing vocals
  • Keven Soll - upright bass, flattop acoustic bass, cello, backing vocals
    • Guest musicians
  • Gordon Gano - fiddle

    • Trivia

  • The instrument credited as a bandoneon on this album is actually a similar instrument called a Chemnitzer concertina.
  • The album title is a reference to the Holy Bible (see Matthew 11:20-21 RSV and Esther 4:1 RSV).
  • The songs "Black Soul Choir" and "Haw" were both later made into music videos, both of which featured the band.
  • The song "Black Soul Choir" was covered by American groove metal band Devildriver on their 2011 album Beast.

    • Songs

    1I Seen What I Saw3:26
    2Black Soul Choir3:52
    3Haw3:26

    References

    Sackcloth 'n' Ashes Wikipedia
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