December's Child

December's Child
Studio album by Mark Olson and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
Released 2002
Recorded 2002, Black Dog Records, Monticello, Mississippi
Genre Alternative country
Label Dualtone
Producer Mark Olson
Mark Olson and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers chronology
My Own Jo Ellen
(2000)
December's Child
(2002)
Mystic Theatre
(2004)

December's Child is the fifth album from The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers released in 2002.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Steve Kurutz praised the album's "minimalist approach" and wrote "Whether singing about around-the-clock meth labs or newspaper roses sold by the side of the road, he creates fully realized worlds within each song on December's Child. The lo-fi folk vibe of the earlier self-released Creekdippers recordings and 2000's My Own Jo Ellen remains... but the electricity and amplification have been turned up a bit, too—rather than deliberately eschewed as he seemed to prefer after first going relatively solo."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Mark Olson except as noted.

  1. "How Can I Send Tonight (There to Tell You)" – 3:46
  2. "Still We Have a Friend in You" – 3:52
  3. "Alta's Song" – 3:49
  4. "Back to the Old Homeplace" – 2:29
  5. "December's Child" – 4:21
  6. "Nerstrand Woods" – 4:38
  7. "Cactus Wren" – 4:41
  8. "Climb These Steps (We Will)" – 3:24
  9. "How Can This Be" – 3:18
  10. "Say You'll be Mine" (Olson, Gary Louris) – 4:01
  11. "One Eyed Black Dog Moses" (Olson, Victoria Williams) – 5:59

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. 1 2 Beatty, Brian. "December's Child > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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