I Hear an Angel Singing: The Obscurantist Guide to Angel Olsen

      I’ve loved Angel Olsen’s music ever since I heard Burn Your Fire for No Witness  nearly ten years ago.   However, if someone had told me that her 2022 release “Big Time” was her version of a country soul record before I actually listened to it, I think I still would have been more than a little skeptical.   You know, it sounds like a pretentious chef on a sitcom describes doing an “Asian fusion take on chocolate chip pancakes”. But the album is absolutely exquisite - I had no clue just how much I needed an Angel Olsen country soul album. In my entranced state over the last year, I did a full dig into her eclectic catalog, including a lot of live versions and appearances on other artist’s albums.  However, I didn't include any of her work on Bonnie Prince Billy's albums from the early 2010s as it's mostly her on background vocals.  Enjoy!!

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                                              Disc 1

Since You Broke My Heart Angel Olsen More Than This Angel Olsen My Last Date (With You) Angel Olsen You're Gonna Be Sorry Angel Olsen Forever Young Angel Olsen Stranger's Kiss Alex Cameron(w/Angel Olsen) Forgiven/Forgotten Angel Olsen Sweet Dreams Angel Olsen Never Be Mine Angel Olsen wildfire Angel Olsen Greenville Angel Olsen Winter Angel Olsen Oblivion Chivalrous Amoekons Heartstruck (Wild Hunger) Hamilton Leithauser and Angel Olsen Who's Sorry Now Angel Olsen Right Now Angel Olsen                                               Disc 2 Walls Angel Olsen (and Hand Habits) One Too Many Mornings Angel Olsen True Blue Mark Ronson w/Angel Olsen All Mirrors Angel Olsen Fly On Your Wall Angel Olsen Mr. Lonely Angel Olsen & Emile Mosseri Drunk and with Dreams Angel Olsen Halfway To Paradise Angel Olsen Cold Blooded Old Times Angel Olsen Sidetracked In Miami Tim Kinsella (w/Angel Olsen) Free Angel Olsen The Blacksmith Angel Olsen Something on Your Mind Angel Olsen My Reverie Angel Olsen Nothing's Free Angel Olsen Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling) Angel Olsen

 

The Derailers' "Reverb Deluxe" and Joy Lynn White's "The Lucky Few"

      I was listening to several Joy Lynn White and Derailers  albums recently and was curious if their albums were still available on streaming.   I was quite surprised when I found out that the albums I consider their respective best (The Derailers' Reverb Deluxe and Joy Lynn White's The Lucky Few) are both out of print, even as all of their other releases are available for streaming.  So I felt it my duty to post two of the finest  alternative country releases in 1997 - if I was doing a best of from that year, they would definitely make the top ten.  Enjoy.

Reverb Deluxe

Just One More Time

Lover's Lie

California Angel

Can't Stop A Train

I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love (Today)

Pawnshop Wedding Rings

No One To Talk To But The Blues

Dull Edge Of The Blade

Ellen

Tears In Your Eyes

It's Too Late

You Don't Have To Go

Painful Days And Sleepless Nights

Come Back / Raspberry Beret

The Lucky Few

Too Big for This Town

Try Not to Be So Lonely

Why Do I Love You

I Doubt If It Does to You

It's About Me

I Just Wanted to See You So Bad

It's Better This Way

The Lucky Few

Life's Just Too Short

I Lost It