Alison Krauss & Union Station Paper Airplane 180 Gram Vinyl LP Sealed & Download

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Alison Krauss & Union Station Paper Airplane 180 Gram Sealed Vinyl LP with Digital Download Rounder 11661-0665-1 (2011) First Pressing
Condition: New, Still Factory Sealed. Includes hype sticker.
Paper Airplane is an album by Alison Krauss and Union Station. Released on April 12, 2011, it was Krauss's 14th album and her first release with Union Station since Lonely Runs Both Ways in 2004. It includes cover versions of "My Opening Farewell" and "Dimming of the Day", originally recorded by Jackson Browne and Richard Thompson, respectively. The album was engineered and mixed by Mike Shipley, whom Krauss persuaded to return to engineering after a 10‑year absence.
Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave Paper Airplane four-stars, describing it as melancholy, with songs revolving around themes of trial and perseverance. He also praised the cover versions of "Dimming of the Day" and "My Opening Farewell". He considered the album "polished yet authentic".
Andrew Greer of Christianity Today also honored Paper Airplane with four stars, finding it "an exquisite eleven-song canon," and added: "Though their haunts are heavy-hearted, a tangible hope pervades Airplane, attesting to the band's spiritual sensitivity even without the band's usual faith song standout." The album won Grammys for Best Bluegrass Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Track listing
1. "Paper Airplane" Robert Lee Castleman 3:36 2. "Dust Bowl Children" Peter Rowan 3:06 3. "Lie Awake" Viktor Krauss, Angel Snow 3:55 4. "Lay My Burden Down" Aoife O'Donovan 3:52 5. "My Love Follows You Where You Go" Barry Dean, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose 4:03 6. "Dimming Of The Day" Richard Thompson 5:20 7. "On The Outside Looking In" Tim O'Brien 3:35 8. "Miles To Go" Barry Bales, Chris Stapleton 2:54 9. "Sinking Stone" Jeremy Lister 4:42 10. "Bonita And Bill Butler" Sidney Cox 4:03 11. "My Opening Farewell" Jackson Browne 4:08
Personnel Alison Krauss – lead vocals, background vocals, fiddle Dan Tyminski – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin Ron Block – acoustic guitar, banjo Jerry Douglas – background vocals, dobro Barry Bales – background vocals, upright bass Mike Shipley – engineer, mixer Brad Blackwood – mastering engineer _____________________________________________
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