Album: Another Country by Tift Merritt (2008)
Genre: Country
Format: Album

Description: "Another Country"  is the third full length studio album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was released February 26, 2008 by Fantasy Records label.
For her third album, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her most personal and powerful songs to date. Merritt has described the writing as a plainspoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world. In its first week of release, the album's first single "Broken" reached #1 on the Americana Radio Chart compiled by the Americana Music Association. A European release of the album on 26 Oct 2009 featured 5 bonus tracks.

Artist Background: Catherine Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975, in Houston, Texas, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina soon after) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, musician. She is currently based in New York. Merritt's father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. She began her professional career in 1998 with her band The Carbines playing small clubs. In her early twenties, though Tift had gigged by herself, she decided she was not very good at music and better suited for writ... Part of the Raleigh,USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Country movement.

Related Artists: Mary Gauthier, Patty Griffin, Kathleen Edwards, Allison Moorer

Music Scene: Part of the Raleigh,USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Country movement.

Tags: Country, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 2 votes


"Another Country"  is the third full length studio album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was released February 26, 2008 by Fantasy Records label.
For her third album, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her most personal and powerful songs to date. Merritt has described the writing as a plainspoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world. In its first week of release, the album's first single "Broken" reached #1 on the Americana Radio Chart compiled by the Americana Music Association. A European release of the album on 26 Oct 2009 featured 5 bonus tracks.

Another Country

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