Tennessee Fire

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Debut 1999 album from this band that hails from Louisville, Kentucky. My Morning Jacket are a five-piece alt-country rock outfit who practice in a grain silo on a 1,000 acre farm. 'This may be the most lonesome record I've heard this year, with the reverb making it sound like it was recorded in the dead of night at the back of a concrete drainage culvert, kudzu growing on the amps, major sevenths littering the ground like cigarette butts. These kids can harmonize, too, a talent that most alt-country bands are sadly lacking' - Pitchfork. 16 tracks. Darla.

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Tennessee Fire

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Tennessee Fire & At Dawn Demos

Manufacturer: Darla Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FIH172
Release Date: 2007-06-12

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When Darla released My Morning Jacket's epic second record At Dawn the first 2500 CD and 1000 LP came with a bonus demos disc, which was like another little At Dawn. It has long been out of print now and we frequently receive requests for it. This beloved demos disc is available once again with the addition of previously unreleased demo versions of key tracks from My Morning Jacket's debut record The Tennessee Fire recording sessions, plus a few other gems recorded during the term that haven't yet seen the light of day. If you're an MMJ fan like Darla you're in for a real treat. Track list: 1. L.O.Z. Intro, 2. The Way That He Sings (demo), 3. Hopefully (demo), 4. Bermuda Highway (demo), 5. Just Because I Do (demo), 6. Lowdown (demo), 7. At Dawn (demo), 8. I Needed It Most (demo), 9. Lead Me Father (demo), 10. Phone Went West (demo), 11. Chills (demo), 12. Heartbreakin Man (demo), 13. The Bear (demo), 14. Picture Of You (demo), 15. I Think I'm Going To Hell (demo) 16. Butch Cassidy (demo), 17. War Begun (Live WFPK), 18. Twilight (Live WFPK), 19. Lil Billy (Live Nashvegas), 20. Magic Man.

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Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, until you feel it.
3.5 stars..... The humble beginnings of My Morning Jacket
...in defense of the sound quality and everything that is sacred
Beauuuutiful
rough around the edges/soft and warm in the center

The Tennessee Fire
My Morning Jacket
Manufacturer: Darla Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000J7NL
Release Date: 1999-07-13

Tracks:

Heartbreakin Man
They Ran
The Bear
Nashville To Kentucky
Old Sept Blues
If All Else Fails
It's All About Twilight Now
Evelyn Is Not Real
War Begun
Picture Of You
I Will Be There When You Die
The Dark
By My Car
Butch Cassidy
I Think I'm Going To Hell
Bonus Track 1

Album Description

Debut 1999 album from this band that hails from Louisville, Kentucky. My Morning Jacket are a five-piece alt-country rock outfit who practice in a grain silo on a 1,000 acre farm. 'This may be the most lonesome record I've heard this year, with the reverb making it sound like it was recorded in the dead of night at the back of a concrete drainage culvert, kudzu growing on the amps, major sevenths littering the ground like cigarette butts. These kids can harmonize, too, a talent that most alt-country bands are sadly lacking' - Pitchfork. 16 tracks. Darla.

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Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, until you feel it........2006-11-11

I was somewhat late into the world of My Morning Jacket unfortunately, and Tennessee Fire was the last album that I listened to from them. I started to fall in love with their other albums first and thought of Tennessee Fire as a decent first album, or a "good start," and when "Z" came out I loved that album as well. I finally started listening to Tennessee Fire a bit more while the other albums were gaining even more of my affection. It kept building, and building, and building, eventually "At Dawn" became the greatest thing I had ever heard, and "It Still Moves" and "Z" started to reveal their layers to me as well, and all this time, poor little "Tennessee Fire" sat there, lonely and cold, waiting for me to sit down with it and get to know it as deeply as their other albums, begging to me to give it the same shake I had given all of their other albums, trying to convince me it was more than just an okay first effort, but instead a beginning to the chain of the greatest and most soulfull music ever to be laid upon the once def ears of this world.

Finally, I felt sympathy, and after brief listens here and there, withouth my full attention, I lay there on my couch, with nothing but silence, and put on this album, with no distractions. Wait, wait, it's clicking, yes, yes, third track in and I'm starting to realize the power of "They Ran" finally, and "The Bear" strikes me even more than before. Every song now, clicking, sinking in; I'm getting it, "Nashville to Kentucky" means more to me now, I can feel the meaning, yes, "Evelyn Is Not Real" is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard, on and on, I start to understand that the production ISN'T WEAK, it's calculated and intense and relevant to the style Jim James had invisioned for this haunting album. HIS VOCALS ARE EVERYWHERE, I'm not even high or tripping, and I feel like I'm freaking out by the intensity of the album; this album is arguably as powerful as anything they have done. By the latter parts of the album, there is no let-down at all. Possibly, the two or three most affecting songs are at the end; "By My Car, "Butch Cassidy," and "I Think I'm Going to Hell," and also the end track, which is instrumental, all are part of a cumulation that leaves you feeling emotional in so many levels, asking yourself how that was possible to capture on any type of recording device.

I listen to this album, among others from MMJ, and wonder to myself at times if it's even real; is anyone else hearing what I'm hearing? I want to SCREAM ALOUD to people, repeatedly, "CAN YOU HEAR THE SOUL THAT I HEAR?" If so, we should all be out on the streets screaming, howling, crying, hugging each other, revealing our newly found souls to the world, freeing our souls from the cage they have dwelled in, rejoicing in a celebratory victory dance while their music plays from the skies from a sound system echoing and drifting from galaxies far, far away.

3.5 stars..... The humble beginnings of My Morning Jacket.......2005-12-08

Louisville's My Morning Jacket have released what is, in my opinion, the best and most adventurous album of 2005, "Z". It is hard to believe how much MMJ has matured in just a span of 6 years.

"Tennessee Fire" (16 tracks, 57 min.) is the 1999 debut album of My Morning Jacket, and quite a trip, frankly. It brings mostly a very intimate, low-key sound, which works well if the mood strikes you right. Many of the tracks don't even feature drums, and are just bare and not very melodic. Sometimes it works (such as on "Nashville to Kentucky"), sometimes it doesn't. This is pretty much a "hit-and-miss" affair. Much has been made about the "low-fi" sound of the album, but that doesn't bother me nearly as much as the lenghth of the album. Cut about 3 or 4 of the weakest tracks from here, and we have a 4 star album. The last 'bonus' track is an interesting instrumental, just beautiful.

I have seen MMJ in concert a number of times in the last 2 years, and they have out-grown their humble beginnings, no question, in fact I would put MMJ as one of the top live bands out there these days. "Tennessee Fire" is a fine album in its own right, but MMJ has gone on to much better things ("It Still Moves Me" and "Z").

...in defense of the sound quality and everything that is sacred.......2005-07-02

Many reviews of this album rightfully confirm the unmistakable beauty of the songs themselves but come down pretty hard on the production value. I can understand the need to make such impossibly heartbreaking, devastating music more palatable and polished (and thus easier to appreciate), but I sensed that a few of these were coming at the album with a spreading, contagious contempt for what has become passé low-fi indie sound, which first of all does a great disservice to the legend behind "The Tennessee Fire"--namely, that Jim James and his crew recorded this entirely inside a grain silo. Secondly, bashing the production value seems to deny the art its medium, like looking at an ice sculpture and saying, "Well, what a stupid thing to make a sculpture out of." Lastly, what makes this "The Tennessee Fire" is the Kentucky grain silo sound studio, the garage band reverb, wailing, whiskey-soaked vocals, and all the echoes and scuffles and distracting dropped instruments that are all but an orchestra of lonely, desperate high school nights spent out in the middle of nowhere, playing cranked-up instruments on bad sound equipment. If you're going to take this into some lavish sound studio and erase what essentially makes this album so intimate, you might as well keep clicking until you reach the Billboard Top 20. You might just find that sterilized, studio uniformity you've been looking for. But if you want 15 incredible songs that all sound like perfect first takes with the ghosts of the four-track gods lurking in the cassette hiss, then you might want to think about lowering your quality standards a little bit, because this is a bad production at it's very best.

Beauuuutiful.......2005-04-30

What else can I say, this is one of my favorite albums of all time. Jim James can just flat out sing. And although I love all of MMJ's work, this one is the best. The Bear, Nashville to Kentucky and Old Sept Blues especially have special places in my soul. These songs and the whole album have been introduced to tons of my friends who all love it almost as much as I do. I am telling everyone to buy this CD you will not be dissappointed.

rough around the edges/soft and warm in the center.......2004-08-16

My morning jacket's first album's best quality are the songs. The recording is strange. Why strange? I can't figure out why this band would appear so lazy in the production of this brilliant work. Is there some kind of artistic quality of a subdued voice on one track and a loud and crystal one on another? No, it couldn't have been intentional. But still, the lack of production doesn't take much away from the songs. It could have been the album of the year if the production was better. The first three songs flow together as if it were produced by Steve Lilywhite. 'Heartbreakin Man' combines a killer surf guitar riff with a country verse - an odd combo but they pull it off seamlessly. 'They ran' is a lonely drunken daze - but its slow cadence and minimal instrumentation allows James talents as a singer to radiate. 'The bear' must have been recorded with the studio in one room and james singing in the hallway. This still doesn't take away from your enjoyment of the song. Nashville to Kentucky is another slow bluesy song. It takes patience to appreciate it but it has numerous qualities. 'Old September Blues' is one of the shining moments on this standout album. It's another kind of whiney song that reminds me of Thom Yorke of Radiohead for some reason. 'If all else fails' is probably my favorite on this album. It's an acoustic waltz with a banjo thrown in. The production on this one is quite good. They use nice reverb on harmonizing vocals at the chorus that adds to the aesthetic. 'Its about twilight' is a harder rocking electric acoustic combo that shows the immaturity of the band at the time. 'Evelyn is not real' is more on par with the rest. It's a solid country-pop song. 'War begun' is another nice slower acoustic song that could have been alot better if well you know...The rest of the album kind of drags along with highlights here and there. It could have definitely been shorter (over 70 minutes). Overall, this album's qualities clearly outweigh the production problems. And, in some cases, the band made great choices with the production and the results are very satisfying. I would recommend 'the tennesse fire' to almost anyone. However, those who bought 'it still moves' first should expect a much slower album. But, the great thing about this album is the songs - most, not all, are just as good as those found on 'it still moves.' Haven't heard of 'it still moves'? Buy it and feel pure pleasure reverberate through you.

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At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos
My Morning Jacket
Manufacturer: Darla Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002UXL90
Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

L.O.Z. Intro
Way That He Sings [Demo Version]
Hopefully [Demo Version]
Bermuda Highway [Demo Version]
Just Because I Do [Demo Version]
Lowdown [Demo Version]
At Dawn [Demo Version]
I Needed It Most [Demo Version]
Lead Me Father [Demo Version]
Phone Went West [Demo Version]
Chills [Demo Version]
Heartbreakin Man [Demo Version]
Bear [Demo Version]
Pictures of You [Demo Version]
I Think I'm Going to Hell [Demo Version]
Butch Cassidy [Demo Version]
War Begun [Live]
Twilight [Live]
Lil Billy [Live]
Magic Man

Album Description

We will make this title available as soon as possible. The band wants to hold formal release of this one for just a little while longer. No worries tho' it won't be forever! When we originally released My Morning Jacket's epic At Dawn the first 2500 CD and 1000 LP came with a bonus demos disc, which was like another At Dawn in itself. This has long been out of print now and we frequently receive requests for it. The beloved demos disc will be available once again with the addition of seven choice demo versions from The Tennesee Fire sessions as well. Track list: 1. The Way That He Sings (demo version) 2. Hopefully (demo version) 3. Just Because I Do (demo version) 4. Bermuda Highway (demo version) 5. Lowdown (demo version) 6. Honest Man (demo version) 7. At Dawn (demo version) 8. I Needed It Most (demo version) 9. Lead Me Father (demo version) 10. Phone Went West (demo version) 11. Chills (demo version) 12. Just Because I Do (version 1) 13. Heartbreakin Man (version 1) 14. Evelyn (version 1) 15. The Bear (version 2) 16. If All Else Fails (version 1) 17. Picture Of You (version 1) 18. I Think I'm Going To Hell (version 1). Darla.