Blackberry Rose is the second studio album by Lavender Country, released 49 years after their private press debut. It was released on February 18, 2022, via Don Giovanni Records.[4] In 2019 the group self-released Blackberry Rose and Other Stories on CD and sold it at local shows. The album used the same cover art, but contained a different track list and alternate versions of the songs found on the 2022 release, as well as a new version of “I Can't Shake the Stranger Out of You”, from the band's titular first album.

Blackberry Rose
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2022 (2022-02-18)
Genre
Length42:22
LabelDon Giovanni Records
ProducerRobert Hammerstrom, Bobby Inocente
Lavender Country chronology
Lavender Country
(1973)
Blackberry Rose
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.7/10 [1]
Exclaim8/10 [2]
No Depressionfavorable [3]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."I Can't Shake The Stranger Out Of You"4:27
2."Gay Bar Blues"4:42
3."Leave All Disillusions Behind"3:53
4."Red Dress"4:24
5."Sweet Shadow Man"2:42
6."Clara Fraser, Clara Fraser"5:28
7."Lament of a Wyoming Housewife"4:01
8."Blackberry Rose"6:34
9."Stand On Your Man"3:07
10."Don't Buy Her No More Roses"3:07
Total length:42:22

References edit

  1. ^ "Lavender Country: Blackberry Rose". Pitchfork.
  2. ^ "Lavender Country's Roots Run Through Past and Present on 'Blackberry Rose' | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  3. ^ "ALBUM REVIEW: Queer Country Pioneers Lavender Country Return With 'Blackberry Rose'". No Depression.
  4. ^ Freeman, Jon (January 11, 2022). "Queer-Country Pioneers Lavender Country to Release Second Album -- After Nearly 50 Years". Rolling Stone.