Uncle Tupelo - 1992 - March 16-20, 1992 [EAC FLAC] torrent

Uncle Tupelo - 1992 - March 16-20, 1992 [EAC FLAC]

2003 Remaster, ripped with EAC, losslessly encoded with dBpoweramp to FLAC, cue and log included

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Review by Jason Ankeny

Produced by R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, March 16-20, 1992 represents Uncle Tupelo's full evolution into a true country unit; with the exception of the eerie squalls of guitar feedback which haunt Jeff Tweedy's mesmerizing "Wait Up," there's virtually no evidence of the trio's punk heritage. Instead, the all-acoustic album -- a combination of Tupelo originals and well-chosen traditional songs -- taps into the very essence of backwoods culture, its music rooted in the darkest corners of Appalachian life. An inescapable sense of dread grips this collection, from the large-scale threat depicted in the stunning rendition of the Louvin Brothers' "The Great Atomic Power" to the fatalism of the worker anthems "Grindstone" and "Coalminers"; even the character studies, including a revelatory "Moonshiner," are relentlessly grim. A vivid glimpse at the harsh realities of rural existence, March 16-20, 1992 is a brilliant resurrection of a bygone era of American folk artistry.


Track Listing

01 Grindstone
02 Coalminers
03 Wait Up
04 Criminals
05 Shaky Ground
06 Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
07 Black Eye
08 Moonshiner
09 I Wish My Baby Was Born
10 Atomic Power
11 Lilli Schull
12 Warfare
13 Fatal Wound
14 Sandusky
15 Wipe The Clock
16 Take My Word
17 Grindstone (Longview Farm Acoustic Demo)
18 Atomic Power (Longview Farm Acoustic Demo)
19 I Wanna Be Your Dog (Longview Farm Acoustic Demo)
20 Moonshiner (Live '93)