Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free (10 Year Anniversary CD)
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Winning back-to-back Grammys is one thing; earning them with an album rooted in the quiet struggles of working-class Southern life is another. Something More Than Free arrived when Isbell was hitting his stride as a storyteller, backed by the 400 Unit at their tightest, and the songs held up precisely because they never reached for easy sentiment. A decade on, Sylvia Massy's remix finds new space and weight in recordings that were already doing the heavy lifting.
How does an artist follow a critically-acclaimed breakthrough record like Southeastern? For Jason Isbell, the answer was Something More Than Free. With songs like "24 Frames," "Flagship," and "Children of Children," the 2015 album found Isbell tackling the subjects he knows best: the dignity of work, the difficulty of love, the friction between the present and the past. Something More Than Free further established the North Alabama native as a bonafide songwriter, and also netted him his first two Grammy Awards, for Americana Album of the Year, and for American Roots Song of the Year ("24 Frames.")
10 years later, Something More Than Free has been re-mixed by the legendary Sylvia Massy (Prince, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty), breathing new life into these now classic songs in the Isbell canon. And as a cherry on top, the man has broken his normal rule and included a b-side here. "Should I Go Missing" is a bluesy jammer highlighted by Isbell's slide guitar playing. If we're lucky, it will become a staple at his upcoming live shows.
Tracklist
1. If It Takes A Lifetime
2. 24 Frames
3. Flagship
4. How To Forget
5. Children Of Children
6. The Life You Chose
7. Something More Than Free
8. Speed Trap Town
9. Hudson Commodore
10. Palmetto Rose
11. To A Band That I Loved
12. Should I Go Missing
UPC: 732388007981
Label: Southeastern Records
Release Date: 10.3.25
Format: CD