Artist: The Farm Inc.
Album: The Farm Inc.
Bitrate: 255kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Elektra Nashville
Genre: Country
Size: 82.03 megs
PlayTime: 0h 42min 41sec total
Rip Date: 2012-08-22
Store Date: 2012-07-13
Track List:
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01. Farm Party 3:17
02. Home Sweet Home 4:05
03. Sweet Sweet Sunshine 3:47
04. Be Grateful 4:06
05. Nowhere Road 3:31
06. Fresh Off The Farm 3:22
07. Little Boat 3:32
08. That 100 Miles 4:19
09. Every Time I Fall In Love 3:41
10. The Train I'm On 3:25
11. Walkin' 5:36
Release Notes:
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Tight harmonies, vivid lyrics and skilled instrumentalists are enough to make a
decent country music album, but it takes a talented producer to make it great.
æThe FARMÆ is a fun 43 minute wall of sound, but thereÆs a polish on the record
thatÆs difficult to penetrate.
This sounds like a singular nitpick, but itÆs as noticeable as a movie shot with
television cameras or vice versa. The FARMÆs Nick Hoffman co-produced the album
with Danny Myrick. If either has produced wildly successful albums, theyÆve
deviated from that formula. Despite 11 rock-solid cuts, one still yearns for a
little more grit beneath the waxy surface.
The bandÆs varied influences show up throughout the album in unconventional, but
mostly enjoyable, ways. ThereÆs a lot of name-checking ù two songs include the
word ôfarmö in the title ù as well as talk-back echoes by either Hoffman or
Damien Horne. Horne sounds right at home taking lead on the R&B flavored
æNowhere Road,Æ the first chance fans get to take a breath after three racetrack
cuts that will leave you with a dance-induced fever, and the emotional ù if not
slightly æWe Are the WorldÆ-ish ù æBe Grateful.Æ
ôAnd it feels right / Breathing your breath in mine / Hold you all night / TilÆ
the moon melts into sweet, sweet sunshine,ö the FARM sing on æSweet Sweet
Sunshine,Æ track No. 3. ItÆs one of a number of examples of the trioÆs strong
songwriting relationship. Together they co-wrote four songs together, while
having individual hands in a number of others.
The strongest cuts come late, beginning with a powerful love ballad called æThat
100 MilesÆ and Krista MarieÆs showcase on æEvery Time I Fall.Æ This is the most
scaled-back production, with only the singerÆs fragile emotions and an acoustic
guitar carrying the message early on. öI lose my keys and lose my cool / I never
learn itÆs like IÆm back in school / I end up breaking all my rules / Every time
I fall in love,ö she sings with conviction.
æTrain IÆm OnÆ is a swampy, bluesy, prison yard foot-stomper chiseled from the
Mississippi delta. æWalkinö closes the album with a sound that brings Michael
Buble to mind. These two songs exemplify how capable the trio is of reaching
their arms around a wide range of styles without stretching. If the group stays
together, theyÆll no doubt work through any remaining growing pains heard at
times throughout æThe FARM Inc.Æ album For now, theyÆre an exciting young trio,
capable of being great.