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. It was released in 2000 on Diesel Only Records. The album bears a

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to "the original Beverly Hillbilly", Zeke Manners.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "Although not a flawless album, ''Not the Tremblin' Kind'' can still measure up pretty well to most of the revered alt-country releases of the last decade: albums such as Freakwater's ''Old Paint'', the Blood Oranges' ''Corn River'', and Victoria Williams' ''Loose''." ''

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'' praised Cantrell's "winning urban honky-tonk-angel sensibility." Shortly after its release,

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named the album as possibly one of the favorites of his life.

Track listing

#"Not the Tremblin' Kind" (George Usher) – 3:37 #"Little Bit of You" (Jay Sherman-Godfrey) – 4:19 #"Queen of the Coast" (Laura Cantrell) – 4:59 #"Pile of Woe" ( Joe Flood) – 3:34 #"Two Seconds" (Robert McCreedy) – 3:58 #"Churches off the Interstate" (Laura Cantrell) – 2:59 #"The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter" (

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) – 5:07 #"Do You Ever Think of Me" (Dan Prater) – 2:44 #"Big Wheel" (Jay Sherman-Godfrey, Jeremy Tepper) – 2:30 #"My Heart Goes Out to You" (Laura Cantrell) – 4:06 #"Somewhere, Some Night" (Carl Montgomery) – 3:24 #"The Way It Is" (Laura Cantrell) – 3:48

Personnel

– lead vocals *

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– drums, percussion *Jeremy Chatzky – electric bass,

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*Jon Graboff –

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, acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar,

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–

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– harmony vocals *Jay Sherman-Godfrey – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, harmony vocals

References

2000 debut albums Laura Cantrell albums Diesel Only Records albums {{2000s-country-album-stub