Dirt Floor
| Dirt Floor | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 17, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | December 4, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 27:06 | |||
| Label | Messenger Records | |||
| Producer | Craig Street | |||
| Chris Whitley chronology | ||||
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Dirt Floor is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley.
It was produced by
Danny Kadar at Blue Moon Racing Shop (Whitley's father's barn) in Bellows Falls, Vermont
.
This recording was also released by Classic Records in two
vinyl audio format
.
Track listing
All tracks written by Chris Whitley.
- "Scrapyard Lullaby" – 3:42
- "Indian Summer" – 3:39
- "Accordingly" – 3:27
- "Wild Country" – 3:08
- "Ball Peen Hammer" – 2:38
- "From One Island to Another" – 2:17
- "Altitude" – 2:52
- "Dirt Floor" – 2:10
- "Loco Girl" – 3:08
The import version of this album contains the following bonus tracks. All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted:
- "The Model" (Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult – Kraftwerk) – 2:58
- "Alien (live)" – 4:45
- "Living with the Law (live)" – 3:57
Critical praise
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
Allmusic |    [1] |
- "...a beautiful album of one-microphone simplicity."[2] – The New York Times
Trivia
- Dirt Floor was one of Bruce Springsteen's favorite albums of 1998.[3]
Cover versions
- Joe Bonamassa covered "Ball Peen Hammer" on Sloe Gin (2007).
- Gavin DeGraw covered "Indian Summer" on Free (2009).
- Wino and Conny Ochs covered "Dirt Floor" on Labour of Love (2012) and Freedom conspiracy (2015).
- Luke Watt covered "Ballpeen Hammer" on Hill End Ruin (2012)
- The Branford Marsalis Quartet, featuring Kurt Elling, covered "From One Island to Another" on Upward Spiral(2016)
Personnel
- Chris Whitley – vocals, guitar, banjo, and foot stomp
