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God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise | 
| Artist: Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs
Label: RCA/RED
Category: Music
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 8
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 886976508623
EAN: 0886976508623
ASIN: B003QCCS36
Release Date: August 17, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Repo Man | | • | New York City's Killing Me | | • | God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise | | • | Beg Steal Or Borrow | | • | Are We Really Through | | • | This Love Is Over | | • | Old Before Your Time | | • | Fot The Summer | | • | Like Rock and Roll & Radio | | • | The Devil's In The Jukebox |
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Product Description
Grammy nominated and critically acclaimed, Ray LaMontagne returns with his anticipated fourth studio album, God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise. Entirely self produced (for the first time) the album was recorded in two weeks at LaMontagne's home in the woods of western Massachusetts. The newly restored historic home served as a homemade recording studio for Ray and his fellow musicians. With Ray's vocals at the forefront of the songs and a loose, almost live sounding recording, the album stands as a testament to a band at the height of their powers. The newly coined 'Pariah Dogs', consists of Jay Bellarose (drums), Jennifer Condos (bass), Patrick Warren (keyboard), Eric Heywood (guitar) and Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar). Individually these musicians have contributed to the live work of such heralded musicians including Beck, Joe Henry, Tom Waits, Lucinda Wlliams, Ryan Adams and Joe Cocker to name a few of their career highlights. Together with Ray they shared a sense that the sessions for this record were rare and extraordinary.
Album Description
2010 release, the fourth album from the Grammy nominated and critically acclaimed singer/songwriter. Entirely self produced, the album was recorded in two weeks at LaMontagne's home in the woods of western Massachusetts. The newly restored historic home served as a homemade recording studio for Ray and his fellow musicians. With Ray's vocals at the forefront of the songs and a loose, almost live sounding recording, the album stands as a testament to a band at the height of their powers. The newly coined 'Pariah Dogs', consists of Jay Bellarose (drums), Jennifer Condos (bass), Patrick Warren (keyboard), Eric Heywood (guitar) and Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar).
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 39
 Absolutely Incredible... The perfect follow-up September 9, 2010
StaceyP
A very honest record start to finish... from the first listen
Looking at Ray's work and the tone and feel of each respective album, this seems to be a very natural progression and an honest reflection of where he's at in his life. From Trouble's raw emotional ups and downs, to the more somber Till the Sun Turns Black, to the rhythmical Gossip in the Grain, I really felt this record showed Ray's 'coming to terms' with some of his personal demons; radiating a much happier feeling from the mouth of a country boy. I felt the spirit of Neil Young in the air, coupled with the complexity and deep emotion that we've come to love from Ray's music. One the great singer-song writers of our time, I hope he never stops making his music, honest, raw, and straight from the heart.
I cant wait to see what comes next!
Ray's growing musically. September 7, 2010
Mark S. Hogan (Pittsburgh, PA)
Long time fan of Ray here too. I'm glad he doesn't stay with the same pattern even when it was successful in the past. He's been touring with this band for about five years and I love the sound they are producing together. Ray uses a nice mix of story telling, beautiful music, and passion in his vocals that many of us appreciate. God Willing is a clever letter home by a cowboy on the trail to his girlfriend. Beg, Steal, or Borrow is a lively tune telling a young man to go out and find his own way in the world. And my favorite is a nicely written and sung story of an older man describing life's hard journey and how he now sees what it's truly all about. This has more banjo and steel guitar that most of us non-country music folks are use to, but Ray makes it work for me and I feel there is not a bad song on the album. Really a great CD. It made the "it moves my soul" rating, for me anyhow. :)
Ray Lamontagne's latest album: God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise September 5, 2010
Jeremiah Schmidt
Ray Lamontagne continues to produce his haunting, thoughtful, one-of-a-kind songs and ballads. There is nobody else on the scene today quite like him.
 I like it, but not as much as Gossip September 1, 2010
Matthew Buckley-Golder (Toronto, ON Canada)
I've listened to it for a couple of weeks before reviewing. I like this album, but it's not as interesting to me as "Gossip In The Grain", which I think is his best so far.
There's not as much variety as on "Gossip". Another reviewer said that, unlike this album, "Trouble" didn't have much diversity. But my thought before reading the reviews was that this album was pretty similar to "Trouble", though with a lot more fire.
For a few days, the 2nd track -- "New York City's Killing Me" -- acted as somewhat of a roadblock. I'd start listening to the CD, which begins with the excellent, aggressive "Repo Man", and get to the 2nd track and just turn it off.
Even though I don't much like the 2nd track, the contrast between "New York City's Killing Me", where he sings "There's just something about this hotel -- Got me wishing I was dead -- Gotta get outta New York City, son" and then the line in the track that follows: "Caroline in the mountains; sun sets up in ribbons high -- I don't never wanna get old; never wanna die..." is a pretty interesting contrast. You know where he belongs.
After the first track, the first half is pretty same-sounding. The title track stands out. It starts to get a bit more interesting by the 5th or 6th track and then holds it for the remainder. But I wouldn't say that it's an album where every track is perfect.
The recording quality is very good and airy. It's not one of those CDs that was mastered explicitly for the iPod audience.
If you preferred his first two albums, I think you will like this one. If you thought "Gossip In The Grain" was his best to date, this one might feel like a step backward to his prior sound.
A delightful 4 and 1/2 stars August 28, 2010
applewood (everywhere and nowhere)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my first taste of Ray LaMontagne - I'd been ignoring the persistent amazon.com "recommendation" for Gossip in the Rain, until I heard his latest in a music store and got it immediately, and I'm pleasantly surprised how much I like it. My first impression was of Joni Mitchell (vocal and musical styling), but it has a wider early 70 soft rock/americana sound - like Dan Fogelberg, or Jonathan Edwards. Yet the production/recording is better - crisp, full and clean - 2010 quality. And then there's the opening song (Repo Man), which musically reminds me of a cross between Rory Gallagher's "Walk on Hot Coals" and Seatrain's "13 Questions" - maybe it's not world class song-writing but it reflects a fine reto heritage indeed!
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