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Balls

Elizabeth Cook

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Cat No: TOT3101

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Release Date:  04 June 2007

Label:  31 Tigers Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  775020787223

Genres:  Country  

Release Date:  24 June 2022

Label:  Thirty One Tigers / Thirty Tigers

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  793888921818

Genres:  Country  

Release Date:  24 June 2022

Label:  Thirty One Tigers / Thirty Tigers

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  793888099579

Genres:  Country  

  • Description

    In contemporary country music, it’s a rare performer who will dare to take on the industry on her own hogs-and-kisses terms. But for the artist whom Nanci Griffith has called “this generation’s Loretta Lynn,” it takes a certain tenacity to meld smart attitude with classic tradition, the credibility of a life lived with genuine hillbilly passion, and the integrity to write an acclaimed cache of uncommonly cool songs. In other words, for Elizabeth Cook, it takes balls. Balls is the bold declaration of an uncompromising artist unafraid to be exactly who she is. Produced by Rodney Crowell, 9 of the album’s 11 tracks are written or co-written by Elizabeth – including the brash anthem “Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman” – and the album stands defiant in its devotion to smiles, tears and sexy, sassy swagger. It’s a fiercely independent ride where shuffles, ballads and even the occasional juice harp can soar alongside an exquisite cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning.” Balls is, quite simply, Elizabeth Cook’s unabashed breakthrough. “I still can’t believe I got away with going into the studio and cutting these songs,” she says with a laugh, “I feel like I’ve just robbed a convenience store.”
    Tracks: Times Are Tough In Rock 'n' Roll / Don't Go Borrowing Trouble / Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman / Rest Your Weary Mind / He Got No Heart / Mama's Prayers / Sunday Morning / What Do I Do / Down Girl / Gonna Be / Always Tomorrow.

    Description

    Revered country/Americana artist Elizabeth Cook will commemorate the 15th anniversary of her pivotal album Balls by reissuing the release on June 24 via Thirty Tigers. The reissue will include a repressing of the long out of print CD, remastered audio for a first pressing on vinyl, vibrant peach LPs, and repackaged artwork.

    “It's been 15 years,” Cook says. “In a way, I hardly recognize the sound of the girl on this record, but I recognize her drive for independence and stubborn insistence on freeing her voice. And it is an honor and awe-inspiring in this hard-knock town to still be standing today and have the opportunity to celebrate that.”

    Originally released in 2007, Balls was a career-defining moment for Cook as an independent voice in the Americana scene. The 11-song collection was produced by Rodney Crowell and features contemporary classics like “Mama’s Prayers” and “Rest Your Weary Mind” (featuring a duet with Bobby Bare, Jr.), alongside the gorgeous genre-breaching cover of Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning”. But the album’s major marks were made by expressive standouts “Times are Tough in Rock N’ Roll” and “Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman”, which set Cook on a path toward individuality and artistic self-discovery.

    With Balls, Cook jumped the gap between mainstream conformity and artistic independence by tightening her signature sound and working in additional elements of humor and authenticity. While taboo at the time, such creative and wry choices had a ripple effect and are now load-baring characteristics for successful Americana artists such as Margo Price, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Lilly Hiatt, and beyond.

    Description

    Revered country/Americana artist Elizabeth Cook will commemorate the 15th anniversary of her pivotal album Balls by reissuing the release on June 24 via Thirty Tigers. The reissue will include a repressing of the long out of print CD, remastered audio for a first pressing on vinyl, vibrant peach LPs, and repackaged artwork.

    “It's been 15 years,” Cook says. “In a way, I hardly recognize the sound of the girl on this record, but I recognize her drive for independence and stubborn insistence on freeing her voice. And it is an honor and awe-inspiring in this hard-knock town to still be standing today and have the opportunity to celebrate that.”

    Originally released in 2007, Balls was a career-defining moment for Cook as an independent voice in the Americana scene. The 11-song collection was produced by Rodney Crowell and features contemporary classics like “Mama’s Prayers” and “Rest Your Weary Mind” (featuring a duet with Bobby Bare, Jr.), alongside the gorgeous genre-breaching cover of Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning”. But the album’s major marks were made by expressive standouts “Times are Tough in Rock N’ Roll” and “Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman”, which set Cook on a path toward individuality and artistic self-discovery.

    With Balls, Cook jumped the gap between mainstream conformity and artistic independence by tightening her signature sound and working in additional elements of humor and authenticity. While taboo at the time, such creative and wry choices had a ripple effect and are now load-baring characteristics for successful Americana artists such as Margo Price, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Lilly Hiatt, and beyond.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Times Are Tough In Rock N' Roll
      • 2. Don't Go Borrowin' Trouble
      • 3. Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman
      • 4. Rest Your Weary Mind
      • 5. He Got No Heart
      • 6. Mama's Prayers
      • 7. Sunday Morning
      • 8. What Do I Do
      • 9. Down Girl
      • 10. Gonna Be
      • 11. Always Tomorrow

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Times Are Tough In Rock 'N Roll
      • 2. Don't Go Borrowing Trouble
      • 3. Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman
      • 4. Rest Your Weary Mind
      • 5. He Got No Heart
      • 6. Mama's Prayers
      • 7. Sunday Morning
      • 8. What Do I Do
      • 9. Down Girl
      • 10. Gonna Be
      • 11. Always Tomorrow

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Times Are Tough In Rock 'N Roll
      • 2. Don't Go Borrowing Trouble
      • 3. Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman
      • 4. Rest Your Weary Mind
      • 5. He Got No Heart
      • 6. Mama's Prayers
      • 7. Sunday Morning
      • 8. What Do I Do
      • 9. Down Girl
      • 10. Gonna Be
      • 11. Always Tomorrow