{"product_id":"iris-dement-infamous-angel-30th-anniversary-lp-vinyl","title":"Iris DeMent – Infamous Angel (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIris DeMent came up through Arkansas and California, shaped by the Pentecostal hymns and country radio of her childhood, and every one of those influences bleeds through *Infamous Angel* without apology. Produced by Jim Rooney, the album introduced a voice so raw and unadorned it made Nashville's polish feel beside the point. Thirty years on, cuts like \"Our Town\" and \"After You're Gone\" still hit like the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIris DeMent released Infamous Angel in 1992. Nearly 30 years later, the album remains among the most singular and fully realized singer-songwriter debuts since the invention of that category in the early '70s. The abiding strengths of the album are especially impressive ' even a bit startling ' because 1992 is not a moment usually associated with her intimate brand of acoustic country music. In country history, the year 1992 is most immediately affiliated with Garth Brooks, whose album, The Chase, topped both the country and pop album charts that year, and with Billy Ray Cyrus' 'Achy Breaky Heart,' which fueled a line dance craze. Squeezed into a playlist alongside such hits, DeMent's doleful, hushed 'Our Town' would've sounded as if it were being broadcast from another planet. 'People call me country,' she told journalist Ben Thompson while on tour in Britain a couple years later. 'But country doesn't call me country.' Let's call her country. The genre is always more expansive than what radio stations program. It happened Infamous Angel is close kin to a different sort of country music that was just then having a moment: specifically, country singer-songwriters, focusing on personal, but universal, loss and hope and favoring small acoustic combos. It may have been out of step with the mainstream, but Infamous Angel arrived right on time. This 30th anniversary reissue is remastered for vinyl by mastering engineer Mike Westbrook.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide A\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Let The Mystery Be (2:47)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. These Hills (3:41)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart (2:33)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. When Love Was Young (3:38)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Our Town (5:01)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room (3:13)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide B\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Infamous Angel (3:46)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Sweet Forgiveness (2:45)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. After You're Gone (4:05)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Mama's Opry (3:26)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Higher Ground (3:34)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 634457058279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yep Roc Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.4.22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48745032056987,"sku":"590931","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-iris-dement-infamous-angel-30th-anniversary-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1781924932","url":"https:\/\/relix.shop\/products\/iris-dement-infamous-angel-30th-anniversary-lp-vinyl","provider":"relix.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}