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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
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| Name = My Life
| Type = [[Album]]
| name = My Life
| Artist = [[Iris DeMent]]
| type = Album
| artist = [[Iris DeMent]]
| Cover = MyLifeIrisDeMentalbumcover.png
| cover = MyLifeIrisDeMentalbumcover.png
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| Released = 1994
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| alt =
| Recorded = The Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording Spa, [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]
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| released = 1994
| Genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Country music|Country]]
| recorded = [[Cowboy Arms Recording Studio|Cowboy Arms]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
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| Length = 42:29
| venue =
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| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| studio =
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| Producer = [[Jim Rooney (music)|Jim Rooney]]
| genre = [[Country folk]]
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| Last album = ''[[Infamous Angel (Iris DeMent album)|Infamous Angel]]''<br />(1992)
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| length = 42:29
| This album = '''''My Life'''''<br />(1994)
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| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
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| Next album = ''[[The Way I Should]]''<br /> (1996)
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| producer = [[Jim Rooney (music)|Jim Rooney]]
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| prev_title = [[Infamous Angel (Iris DeMent album)|Infamous Angel]]
| prev_year = 1992
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| next_title = [[The Way I Should]]
| next_year = 1996
}}
}}


'''''My Life''''' is the second album released by [[singer-songwriter]] [[Iris DeMent]]. Released in 1994 on [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], it peaked at number 16 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers]] chart.
'''''My Life''''' is the second album released by singer-songwriter [[Iris DeMent]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/iris-dement/|work=Trouser Press|title=Iris DeMent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/07/22/iris-dement/e5218b99-87f4-44af-a800-d8d6616bbbb7/|title=IRIS DEMENT|first=Geoffrey|last=Himes|date=July 22, 1994|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> Released in 1994 on [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], it peaked at number 16 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers]] chart.


The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.
The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.

==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-life-mw0000624292 |title=My Life Review |last=Smith |first=Jim |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-life-mw0000624292 |title=My Life Review |last=Smith |first=Jim |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Austin American-Statesman]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=The sounds of summer/step to semi-new songs |last=Davis |first=John T. |date=1994-06-02 |work=[[The Austin American-Statesman]]}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=The sounds of summer/step to semi-new songs |last=Davis |first=John T. |date=June 2, 1994 |work=[[The Austin American-Statesman]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-04-21/features/9404210025_1_star-iris-dement-lefty-frizzell |title=Lessons In Life |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=1994-04-21 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=2018-03-26 |language=en |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
| rev3score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/04/21/lessons-in-life-4/ |title=Lessons In Life |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=April 21, 1994 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=March 26, 2018 |language=en |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev4score = A+<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|chapter=Iris DeMent: My Life|chapterurl=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=1617 |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en}}</ref>
| rev4score = A+<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Iris DeMent: My Life |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=1617 |date=October 15, 2000 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev5score = A<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Nash |first=Alanna |author-link=Alanna Nash |date=1994-04-15 |title=My Life |url=http://ew.com/article/1994/04/15/my-life-5/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|author-link1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev6 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-10/entertainment/ca-44170_1_iris-dement |title=Record Rack |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=1994-04-10 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=2018-03-26 |language=en}}</ref>
| rev6score = A<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Nash |first=Alanna |author-link=Alanna Nash |date=April 15, 1994 |title=My Life |url=http://ew.com/article/1994/04/15/my-life-5/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=2004 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=9780743201698 |page=228 |language=en |chapter=Iris DeMent |author-link=Greg Kot|editor-last1=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian David|editor-link1=Nathan Brackett |editor-link2=Christian Hoard}}</ref>
| rev7score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-10-ca-44170-story.html |title=Record Rack |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=April 10, 1994 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 26, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=2004 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=9780743201698 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n241 228] |language=en |chapter=Iris DeMent |author-link=Greg Kot|editor-last1=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian David|editor-link1=Nathan Brackett |editor-link2=Christian Hoard}}</ref>
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| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Okamoto |first=David |date=1994-08-11 |title=Iris DeMent: My Life |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/183786/review/5942409/mylife |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022085146/https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/183786/review/5942409/mylife |archive-date=2007-10-22}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
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| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Okamoto |first=David |date=August 11, 1994 |title=Iris DeMent: My Life |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/183786/review/5942409/mylife |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022085146/https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/183786/review/5942409/mylife |archive-date=October 22, 2007}}</ref>
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| rev9score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bfuAAAAMAAJ |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |last2=Marks |first2=Craig |date=1995 |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |isbn=9780679755746 |language=en |author-link=Eric Weisbard}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
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| rev10score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bfuAAAAMAAJ |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |last2=Marks |first2=Craig |date=1995 |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |isbn=9780679755746 |language=en |author-link=Eric Weisbard}}</ref>
}}
}}
''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' ranked ''My Life'' as the 3rd best album of 1994. Writing in ''Spin'', [[Eric Weisbard]] described the album as "...unbreakable gentleness as a modern epiphany about rural values."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 1994 |title=20 Best Albums of '94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxPc6mYwIxEC |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |language=en|page=76 |publisher=SPIN Media LLC}}</ref>
''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' ranked ''My Life'' as the 3rd best album of 1994. Writing in ''Spin'', [[Eric Weisbard]] described the album as "...unbreakable gentleness as a modern epiphany about rural values."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 1994 |title=20 Best Albums of '94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxPc6mYwIxEC |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |language=en|page=76 }}</ref>

The album was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album]] at the [[37th Annual Grammy Awards]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.
All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.

===Side one===
===Side one===
#"Sweet Is the Melody" – 3:41
#"Sweet Is the Melody" – 3:41
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 02:41, 11 September 2024

My Life
Studio album by
Iris DeMent
Released1994
RecordedCowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry folk
Length42:29
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJim Rooney
Iris DeMent chronology
Infamous Angel
(1992) 		My Life
(1994) 		The Way I Should
(1996)

My Life is the second album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent.[1][2] Released in 1994 on Warner Bros., it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Austin American-Statesman[4]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA+[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Entertainment WeeklyA[8]
Los Angeles Times[9]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[12]

Spin ranked My Life as the 3rd best album of 1994. Writing in Spin, Eric Weisbard described the album as "...unbreakable gentleness as a modern epiphany about rural values."[13]

The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing

[edit]

All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.

Side one

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  1. "Sweet Is the Melody" – 3:41
  2. "You've Done Nothing Wrong" – 4:22
  3. "Calling for You" – 3:18
  4. "Childhood Memories" – 4:38
  5. "No Time to Cry" – 6:49

Side two

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  1. "Troublesome Waters" (Maybelle Carter, Ezra J. Carter, Dixie Deen) – 5:15
  2. "Mom and Dad's Waltz" (Lefty Frizzell) – 2:37
  3. "Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day" – 5:01
  4. "The Shores of Jordan" – 3:18
  5. "My Life" – 3:30

Personnel

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  • Iris DeMent – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmony vocal, piano on "My Life"
  • Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • John Catchings – cello
  • "Cowboy" Jack Clement – acoustic guitar
  • Charles Cochran – piano, keyboards
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
  • Mark Howard – acoustic guitar
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
  • Pat McInerney – drums
  • Phil Parlapiano – accordion on "You've Done Nothing Wrong"
  • Al Perkins – dobro
  • Pete Wasner – keyboards, piano
  • Joy White – harmony vocal on "Childhood Memories"
  • Linda Williams – harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan"
  • Robin Williams – harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan"

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Iris DeMent". Trouser Press.
  2. ^ Himes, Geoffrey (July 22, 1994). "IRIS DEMENT". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ Smith, Jim. "My Life Review". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Davis, John T. (June 2, 1994). "The sounds of summer/step to semi-new songs". The Austin American-Statesman.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (April 21, 1994). "Lessons In Life". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Iris DeMent: My Life". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  8. ^ Nash, Alanna (April 15, 1994). "My Life". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ^ Lewis, Randy (April 10, 1994). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  10. ^ Kot, Greg (2004). "Iris DeMent". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 228. ISBN 9780743201698.
  11. ^ Okamoto, David (August 11, 1994). "Iris DeMent: My Life". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007.
  12. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.
  13. ^ "20 Best Albums of '94". Spin. December 1994. p. 76.
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