Trace (Son Volt album)

Trace is the first album by Son Volt, released in 1995. The band was formed the previous year by Jay Farrar after the breakup of the influential alt-country band Uncle Tupelo. The album reached #166 on the Billboard 200 album chart and received extremely favorable reviews. According to AllMusic, "Throughout Son Volt's debut, Trace, the group reworks classic honky tonk and rock & roll, adding a desperate, determined edge to their performances. Even when they rock out, there is a palpable sense of melancholy to Farrar's voice, which lends a poignancy to the music." The album was in the top 10 of Rolling Stone's 1995 critics' list.

Trace
Studio album by
Son Volt
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1995 (1995-09-19)
RecordedNovember–December 1994
StudioSalmagundi, Northfield, MN
GenreAlternative country
Length42:07
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerBrian Paulson, Son Volt
Son Volt chronology
Trace
(1995)		 Straightaways
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA[2]
Houston Chronicle[3]
Mojo[4]
NME8/10[5]
Paste9.5/10[6]
PopMatters9/10[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Uncut9/10[9]
The Village VoiceC+[10]

"Drown" was a minor college and rock radio hit. It charted at #10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #25 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[11] It remains their only single to land on either of the charts.

Track listing

All songs written by Farrar except "Mystifies Me", written by Ronnie Wood.

  1. "Windfall" – 2:58
  2. "Live Free" – 3:13
  3. "Tear Stained Eye" – 4:21
  4. "Route" – 3:57
  5. "Ten Second News" – 3:57
  6. "Drown" – 3:20
  7. "Loose String" – 3:48
  8. "Out of the Picture" – 3:50
  9. "Catching On" – 4:02
  10. "Too Early" – 4:29
  11. "Mystifies Me" – 4:12

Personnel
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References
  1. Deming, Mark. "Trace – Son Volt". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  2. Woodard, Josef (November 10, 1995). "Trace". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  3. Wolff, Kurt (October 8, 1995). "Moody Son Volt Soars on 'Trace'". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  4. Tamarkin, Jeff (February 2016). "Son Volt: Trace". Mojo. No. 267. p. 106.
  5. "Son Volt: Trace". NME. December 9, 1995. p. 38.
  6. Danton, Eric R. (November 2, 2015). "Son Volt: Trace 20th Anniversary Edition Review". Paste. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  7. Beaudoin, Jedd (November 11, 2015). "Son Volt: Trace". PopMatters. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  8. Kot, Greg (2004). "Son Volt". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 759. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. Torn, Luke (December 2015). "Son Volt: Trace". Uncut. No. 223. p. 95.
  10. Christgau, Robert (February 20, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  • Holly George-Warren and Patricia Romanowski, ed. (2005). "Son Volt". The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. New York, New York: Fireside. pp. 911–912. ISBN 978-0-7432-9201-6.
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