Mountain Soul II

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(83/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
BBC Music	(favourable)^[3]
Billboard	(favourable)^[4]
PopMatters	^[5]
Slant Magazine	^[6]
Uncut	^[1]
The Washington Post	(favorable)^[7]

Mountain Soul II is the sixteenth studio album by American country music singer Patty Loveless. The album was released on September 29, 2009.^[8]^[9] It is a follow-up to her previous album, Mountain Soul, released in 2001.^[8] Four of the album's 15 songs, "Half Over You"; "Blue Memories"; "Feelings of Love"; and "A Handful of Dust", were previously recorded by Loveless on earlier albums. "Big Chance" was also previously included in the same form on 2005's Dreamin' My Dreams.

"Busted" was released as the album's lead-off single in September 2009. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.^[10]

Track listing

"Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 3:25
"Fools Thin Air" (Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell) – 3:24
"A Handful of Dust" (Tony Arata) – 3:05
"Half Over You" (Karen Staley) – 3:25
"Prisoner's Tears" (Mike Henderson, Mark Irwin, Wally Wilson) – 3:56
"Working on a Building" (traditional) – 2:52
"Friends in Gloryland" (traditional) – 1:25
"(We Are All) Children of Abraham" (Patty Loveless, Emory Gordy, Jr.) – 2:24
"Big Chance" (Loveless, Gordy) – 2:53
"When the Last Curtain Falls" (Gordy, Jim Rushing) – 3:49
"Blue Memories" (Karen Brooks, Paul Kennerley) – 2:47
"You Burned the Bridge" (Jon Randall) – 4:19
"Bramble and the Rose" (Barbara Keith) – 2:54
"Feelings of Love" (Kostas) – 3:15
"Diamond in My Crown" (Kennerley, Emmylou Harris) – 2:45

Personnel

Mike Auldridge – dobro
Barry Bales – upright bass
Tom Britt – electric guitar
Mike Bub – upright bass
Jason Carter – fiddle
Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
Vince Gill – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Emmylou Harris – background vocals
Tim Hensley – background vocals
Rebecca Lynn Howard – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Rob Ickes – dobro
Carl Jackson – banjo, background vocals
Butch Lee – pump organ
Patty Loveless – lead vocals, background vocals
Del McCoury – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Rob McCoury – banjo
Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, mandola, background vocals
Carmella Ramsey – background vocals
Jon Randall – mandolin, background vocals
Deanie Richardson – fiddle
Kerlan Spur – percussion
Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Guthrie Trapp – electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	19
U.S. Billboard 200	91

References

1 2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
↑ Jurek, Thom. "Mountain Soul II - Patty Loveless". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
↑ BBC Music review
↑ Billboard review
↑ PopMatters review
↑ Slant Magazine review
↑ The Washington Post review
1 2 "PATTY LOVELESS TO RELEASE SEQUEL TO ACCLAIMED MOUNTAIN SOUL CD". Sanguaro Road. July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
↑ "Patty Loveless Plans Mountain Soul II for September Release". Country Music Television. July 8, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
↑ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

External links

Mountain Soul II at Metacritic

Patty Loveless

Discography

Patty Loveless	"Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" "Wicked Ways" "I Did" "After All"

If My Heart Had Windows	"You Saved Me" "If My Heart Had Windows" "A Little Bit in Love"

Honky Tonk Angel	"Blue Side of Town" "Don't Toss Us Away" "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" "The Lonely Side of Love" "Chains"

On Down the Line	"On Down the Line" "The Night's Too Long" "I'm That Kind of Girl" "Blue Memories"

Up Against My Heart	"Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" "Jealous Bone" "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You"

Only What I Feel	"Blame It on Your Heart" "Nothin' but the Wheel" "You Will" "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye"

When Fallen Angels Fly	"I Try to Think About Elvis" "Here I Am" "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" "Halfway Down"

The Trouble with the Truth	"You Can Feel Bad" "A Thousand Times a Day" "Lonely Too Long" "She Drew a Broken Heart" "The Trouble with the Truth"

Long Stretch of Lonesome	"You Don't Seem to Miss Me" "To Have You Back Again" "High on Love" "Like Water into Wine"

Classics	"Can't Get Enough" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man"

Strong Heart	"That's the Kind of Mood I'm In" "The Last Thing on My Mind" "Strong Heart"

Mountain Soul	"The Boys Are Back in Town" "Out of Control Raging Fire"

On Your Way Home	"Lovin' All Night" "On Your Way Home" "I Wanna Believe"

Dreamin' My Dreams	"Keep Your Distance"

Sleepless Nights	"Why Baby Why"

Mountain Soul II	"Busted"

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Classics Bluegrass & White Snow

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