Dusty (Fred Eaglesmith album)


Dusty is the 12th studio album by Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith. It was produced by Scott Merritt, and released by A Major Label on November 23, 2004.

Background

2004's Dusty marks Eaglesmith's reunion with producer Scott Merritt, who had helped shape Eaglesmith's breakthrough studio sound in the mid-90s.

Track listing

All songs written by Fred Eaglesmith.
  1. "Dusty" – 4:43
  2. "Tunnel" – 3:44
  3. "I 75" – 4:46
  4. "Ship" – 4:36
  5. "Rainbow" – 3:53
  6. "Wichita" – 7:11
  7. "Crowds" – 5:21
  8. "Hey Baby" – 3:12
  9. "Codeine" – 5:03
  10. "Carne del Toro" – 3:29

    Personnel

Of the album, Jason Schneider at Exclaim! said, " immediately proves to be a radical departure, and a thoroughly welcome one.... im for classic Memphis blue-eyed soult doesn't exactly achieve this goal. Instead, the album could be the equivalent of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska if it had been recorded with ProTools.... n the process, and Merritt created something entirely different, and like a newborn colt, beautiful in its own awkward way."
The reviewer at The Sydney Morning Herald gave Dusty a 4-star rating, saying, "It's neither country nor folk - it just is what it is. This is also as bleak as has been. These stories rarely mention it directly, but they reek of a time where on top of the daily hassles of working, wanting and getting by is a patina of gnawing despair. It's a sorrow aimed at a world more fixed on anger, retribution and empty religious sentiments than offering hope."