Dirt Floor

Chris Whitley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Messenger Records
• ASIN: B000006CBQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  DVD Audio  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,858 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #37 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Singer-Songwriters
  • #52 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Singer Songwriters

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

An excellent slide guitarist with a confident, veloce curviness that varies high, lonesome country with moaning country blues, Whitley unraveled his early commercial potential one album at a time. He deserves our admiration for following up his mostly acoustic debut, Living with the Law, with a pair of white-noise albums loud enough to make Sonic Youth wear earplugs. But he also lost his lucrative contract with Sony. "Dirt Floor," with a barren, desperate quality and iterative images of running (especially on the intense "Ballpeen Hammer" and the love-and-loss ballad "Loco Girl") has the same airy, blues feeling of his superb early singles. --Steve Knopper

Product Description

Aussie edition of the bluesy-rootsy American singer/ songwriter's 1998 & fourth album with three live unmarked bonus tracks added, 'The Model', 'Alien' and 'Living With The Law'. 12 tracks total. The record has been lauded by Rolling Stone magazine as the --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh God my heart is ready now!, January 12, 2000

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Believe Me or Don't! (Cali) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirt Floor (Audio CD)

At the time this was coming out I went to see Chris at a local club. The only problem was the boneheads that owned it forgot to advertise so It was Chris, me my 5 friends and about 10 other people. He played most of this collection along with solo version of songs from other cds and I have to say it was as emotional a music experience as I've ever had. When I put this cd on it is so alive and warm that I go back to that night. So I use this rarely. Buy This. Drop that hammer and Run!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars R.I.P. we will miss you., December 5, 2005

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John C. Temple - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirt Floor (Audio CD)

A piece of our hearts have gone with the beloved Chris Whitley. I leave this comment here, because this is where it all started. If you go to Chris Whitley's official website you will see why as well. Also, please read the touching eulogy his daughter, Trixie has left.

I feel like I have lost a friend. A hero. A mentor. An inspiration in the truest form.

We will miss you, Chris.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, Personal, and Profound, February 21, 2005

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Fred McGhee "fredmcghee" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirt Floor (Audio CD)

The power of Chris Whitley's talent is on full display here. This album contains a broad tapestry of themes and motifs that deepen after almost every listen. Whitley's compositions are first rate, and his playing is more than up to the task. This is clearly the work of a true artist, someone who takes what he does very seriously and who respects his audience.

Most impressive.