Sackcloth 'n' Ashes

Sackcloth 'n' Ashes

Infobox Album |
Name = Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
Type = Album
Artist = 16 Horsepower


Released = February 6, 1996
Recorded = at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre = Alternative country
Length = 46:18
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Warren Bruleigh
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hcfexqehldse link]
Last album = "16 Horsepower" (1995)
This album = "Sackcloth 'n' Ashes" (1995)
Next album = "Low Estate" (1997)

"Sackcloth 'n' Ashes" is the first full-length studio album by the band 16 Horsepower. It was released in 1996.

Track listing

# "I Seen What I Saw" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:24
# "Black Soul Choir" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:52
# "Haw" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:29
# "Scrawled In Sap" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 2:46
# "Horse Head" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:01
# "Ruthie Lingle" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 2:44
# "Harm's Way" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:20
# "Black Bush" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:16
# "Heel On The Shovel" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:11
# "American Wheeze" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:33
# "Red Neck Reel" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 2:41
# "Prison Shoe Romp" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:11
# "Neck On The New Blade" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:15
# "Strong Man" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 4:21

Personnel

* David Eugene Edwards - Vocals, Banjo, Guitar, Bandoneon, Lap steel
* Jean-Yves Tola - Drums, Backup vocals
* Keven Soll - Stand up bass, Flat top acoustic bass, Cello, Backup vocals
* Guest: Gordon Gano - Fiddle

Trivia

* The instrument credited as a Bandoneon on this album is actually a similar instrument called a Chemnitzer concertina.Fact|date=June 2008
* The album title is a reference to the Holy Bible (see Matthew 11:20-21 RSV and Esther 4:1 RSV).
* The songs "Black Soul Choir" and "Haw" were both later made into music videos, both of which featured the band.


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