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Into the Purple Valley
Folk · 1972 · 11 tracks

Into the Purple Valley

Ry Cooder

A masterfully curated collection of Dust Bowl blues and Depression-era folk. Warm slide guitar and mandolin create a vivid, sepia-toned landscape of American history.

1972 · Reprise Records

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A dignified and dusty reverence for the past, blending historical hardship with instrumental beauty.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
How Can You Keep On Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)
2:28
02
Billy the Kid
3:48
03
Money Honey
3:29
04
FDR in Trinidad
3:06
05
Teardrops Will Fall
3:06
06
Denomination Blues
4:01
07
On a Monday
2:58
08
Hey Porter
4:43
09
Great Dream From Heaven
1:56
10
Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All
3:56
11
Vigilante Man
4:15
Moments Worth Listening For
The haunting, hollow resonance of the slide guitar on Vigilante Man that sounds like wind through a ghost town.
The unexpected rhythmic bounce of the mandolin on FDR in Trinidad bringing a Caribbean lightness to the Americana mix.
The intricate, solo acoustic fingerpicking on Great Dream From Heaven that showcases pure technical grace.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Into the Purple Valley sound next to the rest of Ry Cooder's catalogue?

Nostalgic+1.5σ

Nostalgic saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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