For Anyone That's Listening: A Tribute to Uncle Tupelo

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flat Earth
• ASIN: B0000C52H4
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,174 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Graveyard Shift

2. Still Be Around

3. New Madrid

4. Fatal Wound

5. Slate

6. Give Back the Key to My Heart

7. Coalminers

8. True to Life

9. Black Eye

10. Screen Door

11. We've Been Had

12. Life Worth Livin'

13. Gun

14. Whiskey Bottle

15. Looking for a Way Out

16. Steal the Crumbs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hard goin' wrong with these songs--and these artists don't., November 26, 2003

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J. Kennedy (DeKalb, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Anyone That's Listening: A Tribute to Uncle Tupelo (Audio CD)

Admittedly, I'm an Uncle Tupelo junkie. I've bitten on all of this year's reissues like so many spinner baits. Heaven help me--I'm just not that bright.

However, purchasing this UT tribute album makes me feel a little smarter. With only two to three exceptions, each of these artists stares down a Tupelo original with nary a sign of flinchage (Yes. It's a word. But, no, don't look it up. Show a little faith for once in your life.).

Four artists particularly distinguish themselves and are therefore presented with Fat Carpenter Awards for (1)showing a lot of guts and (2)nailing it. They are: Mark McCay & The Bad Souls; Ed Petterson; Tom Roznowski; and Jim Roll.

The keyword when considering purchasing tribute albums is usually "BEWARE!!!" For this one, it's "PROCEED!!"

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars To the artists, I'm sorry but..., December 20, 2004

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J. Bosiljevac (san fran, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Anyone That's Listening: A Tribute to Uncle Tupelo (Audio CD)

These seem like very heartfelt renditions. I'm sure the artists on this tribute all love Uncle Tupelo as much as I do. If I had enough musical talent, I'd cover Uncle Tupelo too. But let's be honest here, nobody's going to do these songs as well as the band that wrote them.

I enjoy hearing new takes on old great songs. And I've listened to this album several times. I really want to love it. There are a couple of nice arrangements on this album--"Graveyard Shift" by Anna Fermin & the Trigger Gospel and "Black Eye" by Jason Wilber are two of my favorites--but none of them come close to touching the originals. If the songs weren't so great to begin with, this album would be one star. And when I listen to it, I find myself wanting--no, NEEDING--to listen to the originals.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Long Overdue Tribute, December 26, 2003

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Andrew Mcletchie "huskerdru" (Clarkston, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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And a darn good one at that! The album has a good mix of renditions faithful to the originals (We've Been Had, True to Life, Graveyard Shift, New Madrid), original interpretations (Screen Door, Steal the Crumbs, Fatal Wound), and spirited covers with a solid nod to the original, but infused with unique style (Still Be Around, Slate). Perhaps the highest achievement for a tribute album is to make you enjoy songs that weren't really among your favorites - this album did that for me, particularly Dolly Varden's soulful take on Steal the Crumbs. For Tupelo fans, this is a must. For the uninitiated, this would be a great companion to one of UT's albums - I'd recommend No Depression and Slate as good introductions to the band that most successfully married punk and country.