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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
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| 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 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2 = ''[[The Austin American-Statesman]]''
| rev2score = {{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>
| 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>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| 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 = 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>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev4score = 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>
| 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>
| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5score = {{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>
| 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>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| 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>
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| rev6score = {{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>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
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| rev7score = {{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>
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| rev7score = 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>
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| rev8score = 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>
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''[[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 |publisher=SPIN Media LLC}}</ref>

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

Revision as of 02:07, 26 March 2018

Untitled

My Life is the second album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Austin American-Statesman[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA+[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[8]

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."[9]

Track listing

All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.

Side one

  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

  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

  • 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

  1. ^ Smith, Jim. "My Life Review". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Davis, John T. (1994-06-02). "The sounds of summer/step to semi-new songs". The Austin American-Statesman.
  3. ^ Kot, Greg (1994-04-21). "Lessons In Life". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Iris DeMent: My Life". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Nash, Alanna (1994-04-15). "My Life". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ^ Lewis, Randy (1994-04-10). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  7. ^ Okamoto, David (1994-08-11). "Iris DeMent: My Life". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22.
  8. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.
  9. ^ "20 Best Albums of '94". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. December 1994. p. 76.
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