Trio

Heard Before?
Yes.

Notes:
- obviously a vocal showcase and the vocals are uniformly stunning, even if they can't really sell the lyrics of "Hobo's Meditation".
- song selection could have been a little more daring, but these safe bets are still great.
- the arrangements strive for variety but end up a little bland and formulaic. never truly awful though, and the performances are note perfect.
- production is clear and lovely, only venturing too far into cheeseball adult contemporary on "Telling Me Lies".
- for a vocal-focused album, they actually give the instrumentals a surprising amount of space to work in.
- I'm always happy to leave rock music behind for any genre where triplet time signatures are normal.

Verdict:
One of the very few supergroup albums in any genre that's worth a serious listen.

Listen Again?
I'm not opposed. It's a highlight in each of their catalogues.

Buff, a ver. Creo que es un ejemplo prefecto de lo que fuera de EE.UU. nos suena a música country. No está mal, pero no me guardo ninguna canción. Sería un 2,5, pero le daremos 3 para no parecer un amargado.

I love the Coen brothers' films, including O' Brother, Where Art Thou? This film featured a few songs that made me rethink my attitude toward country music. The first track on this album was so off-putting that I actually wanted to turn it off right away. Then I listened to a few more tracks and decided to give the album a chance, remembering the film I mentioned. It was so awful that I gave up less than halfway through. I couldn't stand it. I'd rather listen to a scrap press or a circular saw. 1/5

Пиндоссовские бабушки

The Good: Looks like we are gonna be busy…
The Bad: We don’t know how to count, as technically speaking this is a foursome, if I’m to be included…
The Ugly: Not even going there…

As I am a true blond, I need to check my listening history to be certain if I’ve listened to an album by Linda prior to this… Okay, I just found out that Linda is only included in the list via this album… sucks being Linda I guess, because I am not ranking this album too high…

When the first song kicked in I instantly searched for the clay jug of moonshine, which I did not find… leading me to not enjoy this album.
There’s something about that apalachean sound (I fucked up the spelling there, and I can’t be bothered to change it…) that just makes me want to punch a rock, then scream from pain, then enjoy the scream more than the album…

Not that I will give the ladies a 1* rating… no no. After all, it is a trio!
But, I did not enjoy the listening experience at all… and should give it 1*… I am soooooo conflicted with myself these days…

Fuck it, 1 1/2* rounded down

Overall: 2.3/10
Some of the instrumentation was good, but overall this is boring to me. I only liked one some and that was “I’ve Had Enough”. I think the way they’re singing is just boring, no soul, no runs, no extraness. There was nothing keeping me tuned in. I know there’s an audience for this, but I’m not it. I won’t be revisiting this album.

The Pain of Loving You- not wow’ed

Making Plans- It’s not hitting the ears fr.

To Know Him is to Love Him- To be quite frank, this shit is boring.

Hobo’s Meditation- Instrumentation is ok I guess. lol this sound of music is just not for me.

Wildflowers- I’ve yet to like a single song so far. This one is the most tolerable so far.

Telling Me Lies- Omgg this shit is boring. I usually like ballads but jeez.

My Dear Companion- Not for me.

Those Memories of You- Ok I want this album to end now.

I’ve Had Enough- Ok I liked this one. The instrumentation was really good. Sounded like it should be in a movie.

Rosewood Casket- Nope.

Farther Along- Yayyy the last song!

I really love Linda Ronstadt‘s voice. So it irks me, a lot, that this is the only place she shows up on the 1001 list. She had an amazing solo rock career! This country folk sound is very meh in comparison. The entire album focuses on one particular show folk sound, heavy on the Dolly warble. All three of these musicians are highly talented but this album is a snooze.

This album is the quintessence of old country. Nothing superfluous, everything is as it should be: acoustic guitar, the occasional violin, stories about the homeland and a man (loved or no longer loved), told in a singsong voice by beautiful female voices.

Genre-wise, this album wasn't even recorded by a supergroup, but a hypergroup. All the vocalists came from classic country backgrounds, but over time, they took different paths and became very famous along the way. They respected each other's music, which is why they decided to make a whole album together, paying tribute to their roots. It took them a long time, ten years with breaks, but they finally finished it.

This album is not for everyone; it might seem boring towards the end, but for me, those vocal harmonies gave me a sense of calm.

I feel bad giving Dolly a 2, but this just really isn't my kind of music

A delightfully serene record that’s likely to put you in a beautiful mood and unlikely to ruffle any feathers. It’s simple, slow tempo country harmonies without any fuss, though there’s possibly not quite enough to it to keep me coming back for more.

Dette albumet kunne vært skikkelig fint, om det ikke hadde vært for den forferdelige, glatte 80-tallsproduksjonen. For plata har helt enestående vokalister og musikere, og flotte låter, men blir tatt helt ut av det med produksjonen. Det er synd

Visste jeg kjente «My Dear Companion», som er en av høydepunktene på plata, fra et sted. Ingebjørg Bratland oversatte den til «Min aller kjæreste». Hennes versjon har en produksjon jeg takler langt bedre

For me this album was just fine, I expected to enjoy it better than I did.

This is #day492 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… what's the percentage of country on this list, I wonder? This record, however, isn't the worst kind of country I've heard. It kind of has a Christmas feel to it. Or, these are just the December days that make me think that way. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day493.

I gave it a try. It's just not for me. 3 absolute legends, so how can I really critique? I want to just drop a 3 here and walk away. But country music doesn't deserve that kind of charity, it certainly wouldn't be as kind to me in return. So this gets a 2. I'm sorry ladies. You could have taken this in a different direction and probably scored an easy 5. I hope we can still be friends.

There are albums that demand your attention, and then there are albums that politely ask if you wouldn’t mind sitting down for a moment while they smooth the wrinkles out of your soul. Trio is firmly in the second camp. It’s gorgeous, gentle, and completely uninterested in proving anything to anyone.
The harmonies are as immaculate as advertised, and the whole thing drifts by like sunlight through a kitchen window. Nothing here challenges you, and frankly, that’s the point. This isn’t a record you wrestle with. It’s a record you allow—the musical equivalent of a deep breath after hosting too many relatives for too many hours.
And in that setting, it shines. Listening to it while the world around you settles—a fire pit outside, a new puppy asleep on your chest, the post-Thanksgiving haze still hanging in the air—feels about as on-brand as this album can get. It’s serenity in harmony form, a soft landing pad when you didn’t know you needed one.
Beautiful? Absolutely. Essential? Probably not. But sometimes “pleasant and nice” is exactly the right medicine.

This isn't really my kind of thing, although I will concede that their voices sound really good in harmony together. Actually, I liked this more than I thought I would.

that's a no from me to country once again

Enjoyed a lot of this, and they are all fantastic singers. It's a bit too dreary and lacking energy in places for me though. Don't think I'd listen again but glad I did!

They obviously all have great voices and they combine them very well but it all falls a bit flat for me.

Overall i was just a bit bored

I was starting to think Dolly would never arrive, but she's finally turned up and brought friends! They all have beautiful voices and they meld together really well, though I think I'd always plump for Dolly's voice as the lead if given the choice.

Some of these songs have such a history (To Know Him Is To Love him, written by Phil Spector has been covered/interpolated by The Beatles,
Pink Floyd, Amy Winehouse and - urgh! - Gary Glitter, amongst others), and then there are the originals - Wildflowers has such lovely lyrics.

I sometimes felt the 80s-ness of this (Telling Me Lies for example, feels very 'of it's time' due to the keyboards) which stands out a bit on the otherwise fairly timeless album. It's not much for rip-roaring, yee-haw country music though - more melancholy/bittersweet songs about death is the order of the day here.

I think this might be a 3.5 if there were half stars, but in the absence of them, this will get:

3/5