A Tear in the Eye Is a Wound in the Heart is the second studio album released by Portland, Oregon-based string band Black Prairie. It was released on September 18, 2012.
Track listing
Personnel The album was composed by Black Prairie. Hanz Araki Paul Beck: Cymbalom Jenny Conlee: Piano, violin Chris Funk: Banjo, autoharp Tucker Martine: Producer John Moen: Percussion Jon Neufeld: Guitar, autoharp Andy Schichter: Assistant Roger Seibel: mastering Nate Query: Bass, cello Annalisa Tornfelt of Bearfoot: Vocals, violin
Chart performance The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums chart.
Chart (2012) Peakposition US Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums 4
Critical reception Several have noted that the album is beautiful, noting the vocals of Annalisa Tornfelt from Bearfoot. Steve Leggett of Allmusic wrote that "this fine second album shows the growth, poise, and vision of a completely separate band. A lot of this is due to the beautifully nuanced vocals of Annalisa Tornfelt, whose hushed, unhurried, and wonderfully balanced singing makes songs here like "Rock of Ages" and "Nowhere, Massachusetts" sound ageless, comforting, and wise." Geoffrey Himes of The Washington Post described the album as "impressive" and that "Tornfelt’s cool soprano and minimalist lyrics rein in the band’s wilder impulses and focus the sound on her tales of disappointed lovers, revivifying nature and the suicide of the Band’s Richard Manuel."
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