New Favorite

Studio album by Alison Krauss & Union Station

Released

August 14, 2001

Genre

Bluegrass

Length

45:28

Label

Rounder

Producer

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Alison Krauss chronology

Forget About It
(1999)

New Favorite
(2001)

Live
(2002)

Singles from New Favorite

"The Lucky One"
Released: 2001
"Let Me Touch You For A While"
Released: 2002
"New Favorite"
Released: 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Country Standard Time	Not rated link
Rolling Stone	favorable link

New Favorite is the ninth album by bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station, released August 14, 2001. The album peaked in the top 50 of the Billboard 200 and within the top 5 of the Billboard charts for both Country and Bluegrass and was certified gold. This album was released in the same year as the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, which Krauss appeared on, that had a large effect on bluegrass in the United States. At the 44th Grammy Awards, New Favorite would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album and the single "The Lucky One" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal as well as Best Country Song.

Track listing

"Let Me Touch You for Awhile" (Robert Lee Castleman) – 3:21
"The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (Traditional) – 4:40
"The Lucky One" (Castleman) – 3:10
"Choctaw Hayride" (Jerry Douglas) – 3:10
"Crazy Faith" (Mark Simos) – 3:47
"Momma Cried" (Bob Lucas) – 3:20
"I'm Gone" (Eric Kaz, Wendy Waldman) – 3:28
"Daylight" (Lucas) – 4:03
"Bright Sunny South" (Traditional) – 3:00
"Stars" (Dan Fogelberg) – 2:54
"It All Comes Down to You" (Ron Block) – 2:44
"Take Me for Longing" (Simos) – 2:51
"New Favorite" (David Rawlings, Gillian Welch) – 4:34

Singles

Three singles were released from "New Favorite." The single "Sitting in the Window of My Room" was taken from the original motion picture soundtrack "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood".

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200^[1]	35
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums^[1]	3
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums^[1]	2

References

1 2 3 Alison Krauss Artist Chart Position at Billboard

New Favorite on Amazon. Retrieved July 6, 2006.
New Favorite on Artist Direct. Retrieved July 6, 2006.

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Alison Krauss Barry Bales Ron Block Jerry Douglas Dan Tyminski John Pennell Jeff White Brent Truitt Mike Harman Adam Steffey Tim Stafford

Studio albums	Different Strokes Too Late to Cry Two Highways I've Got That Old Feeling Every Time You Say Goodbye I Know Who Holds Tomorrow So Long So Wrong Forget About It New Favorite Lonely Runs Both Ways Paper Airplane

Compilation albums	Now That I've Found You: A Collection Live Home on the Highways: Band Picked Favorites A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Essential Alison Krauss

With Robert Plant	Raising Sand

Singles	"When You Say Nothing at All" "Baby Now That I've Found You" "Baby Mine" "The Lucky One" "Missing You" "Please Read the Letter" "Rich Woman"

Featured singles	"Teach Your Children" "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" "It's Not Over" "Buy Me a Rose" "Whiskey Lullaby"

Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Alison Brown Robert Plant Viktor Krauss Up! Close and Personal

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