''High Seas'' is the fourth album by the American

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band

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. It was released in 2001 on Bloodshot Records.

Reception

A review of ''High Seas'' in the magazine ''No Depression'' described the album as "...A spooky, swampy triumph....unsettling and addictive with each subsequent spin..." The '' Chicago Tribune''s Chris Nelson wrote in his review that "on ''High Seas''...things are indeed odd, but they're also well executed, from the creepy to the caring and all emotional stops between." Greil Marcus named the album his 2nd favorite rock album of 2001, writing that the band "...sounds like an old motel on

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looks".

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Swingle except noted. # "Jesco" - 3:27 # "High Seas" - 2:59 # "Under Your Spell" - 3:06 # "Itchin' for You" - 2:22 # "Ghost of Mae West" - 3:39 # "Wilderness" - 1:59 # "Crickets" - 0:23 # "Thankful Dirt" - 3:05 # "Barcelona" - 3:06 # "Drift in D" (Daryl White) - 2:52 # "All Thine" - 2:43 # "Run Rosie Run" - 2:59 # "Bird Feet Feelings" - 3:19

Personnel

* Brad Goolsby - drums * Scott Goolsby - guitar * Melissa Swingle - vocals, banjo, guitar, harmonica, piano, saw * Daryl White - bass

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:High Seas (album) 2001 albums Trailer Bride albums Bloodshot Records albums