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Southeastern

Jason Isbell Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Cover Me Up
2 Stockholm
3 Traveling Alone
4 Elephant
5 Flying Over Water
6 Different Days
7 Live Oak
8 Songs That She Sang In the Shower
9 New South Wales
10 Super 8
11 Yvette
12 Relatively Easy

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SOUTHEASTERN, the new solo album from Jason Isbell, contains twelve new compositions and the most personal songs of self-reflection and discovery he has written to date. The lyrics of the beautiful and haunting opening track "Cover Me Up," make it immediately apparent that Isbell is speaking from an entirely new viewpoint. The song features his strongest vocals to date, but also kicks the door to his soul wide open for all to see.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.96 x 5.58 x 0.34 inches; 2.56 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Southeastern Records
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 26922874
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2013
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 48 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2013
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Southeastern Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CCEHS48
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,051 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Doug
5.0 out of 5 stars Better each listening
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
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Keep hearing new and wonderful insights and hooks with each listening, there is so much on this collection, several dozen listenings and I am just as captivated .
A country singer songwriter that has lints of all my favorites, Obviously John Prine, Rodney Crowell, Lucinda, Roseanne Cash, Jackson Brown and even an occasional Lenord Cohen!
Fantastic “ Flying Over Water “Traveling Alone “ and “ Different Days”
Give JI a listen
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Dillon Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A deeply personal masterpiece, laden with the best qualities of Isbell's art.
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2013
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My adoration for Jason Isbell is no secret. It is rooted in his brilliantly folkloric southern sensibilities. His previous work, particularly his 400 Unit albums, listen like parables of the modern south, utilizing the iconic imagery for anyone below the Mason-Dixon but still reflective of something poignantly personal. While these elements are all present in SOUTHEASTERN, he has never produced a more intimate album. Isbell is confessional and reflective about his struggles with alcohol and cocaine, his reckless youth, and his transformative sobriety. And in typical fashion, he is both direct and allegorical depending on the song or the verse. Melancholy regret and remembrances do not dominate all tracks; there is also a celebration, as Isbell is clearly happy with who he has become- a sober man in love. For instance, COVER ME UP and TRAVELING ALONE tell the story of someone who has crossed a personal rubicon inviting hope and happiness into a darkened life. The shadow of that darkened life swirl around the setlist as the song LIVE OAK metaphorically discusses the elements of our past that haunt us using the canvas of American outlaw mythology. With the metaphor stripped away, YVETTE and SONGS THAT SHE SANG IN THE SHOWER seem to be deeply cutting experiences that expose moments of Isbell's reckless youth. In SONGS, Isbell's lyrical genius weaves a vivid story though the words are spartan- "On a lark, on a whim, I said there's two kinds of men in this world and you're neither of them. And his fist cut the smoke. I have an eighth of a second to wonder if he got the joke." The scene is painted, the brushstrokes few. Then, in the aftermath, a confessional- "In a room by myself. It looks like I'm here with the guy that I judge worse that anyone else. So I pace and I pray and I repeat the mantras that might keep me clean for the day." In SUPER 8, Isbell delivers the carefree, irresponsible country tinged rock and roll songs that harken back to his DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS days. The riches of Isbell's transformation do not only manifest in his lyrics; his wife, Amanda Shires, his obvious anchor in a storm of temptation, is a marked presence on the album. The sweeping violin, played by Shires, transforms the song NEW SOUTH WALES from a story about strangers in a strange land to an authentic English (via Austrailia) folk ballad. Nowhere is Isbell's gift of intelligence in language, metaphor, and imagery more polished that in STOCKHOLM and ELEPHANT, where he wrestles with falling in love and death respectively. Both songs layer innuendo, meaning and cliche within Isbell's typical narrative clarity. The album is a journey of reflection and change, so the fitting capstone is RELATIVELY EASY. This is the grown-up, sober Isbell seeing the big picture of life. Despite problems, personal demons, loss, and trivial irritations, things for Jason Isbell have become "relatively easy."

I'll leave this hopefully analytical diatribe with perhaps my favorite turn of phrase in an album filled with them. It is indicative of the trials and redemption related in this masterpiece called SOUTHEASTERN- "A heart on the run keeps a hand on a gun. You can't trust anyone. I was so sure what I needed was more I'd shoot out the sun. Days when we raged, we flew off the page. Such damage was done. But I made through `cause somebody knew I was meant for someone."- COVER ME UP by JASON ISBELL
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HibbityDibbity
5.0 out of 5 stars Jason Isbell Comes Into His Own.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2013
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I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Drive-By Truckers fan. I've lost count of how many times I've seen them live, and always really got a kick out of watching them perform Isbell's songs especially. Ever since Isbell and the Truckers parted ways a few years ago, I felt almost like he'd died; the Truckers didn't play his songs live any more (I assume out of respect). I heard a few of his solo songs, but they weren't really doing it for me, so I just had to settle for listening to his songs on previous DBT albums and concert bootlegs. Then I heard "Dress Blues" and decided to buy "Sirens of the Ditch," which I liked well enough to remember that the dude wasn't actually dead, but I didn't love it enough to keep it in my regular listening rotation.
But now, after listening to "Southeastern" a couple of times through, I no longer think of him as "Jason Isbell, baby-faced former member of the Drive-By Truckers." He's now "Jason Isbell, baby-faced genius songwriter and all-around American musical treasure." (I really can't get over how young he looks, especially for how hard he's lived thus far. I think it's mostly jealousy, as I'm 31 and look 45.)
The biggest difference I've noticed is how much he's dug back into storytelling in the songs on this album. "Elephant," "Songs That She Sang in the Shower," and "Yvette" are just beautiful works of storytelling.
And the friendly ghost that haunts this album is Isbell's sobriety, which makes a lot of the songs more hopeful and at the same time more vulnerable. In particular, I love the opening track "Cover Me Up." It's a beautiful, simply constructed and produced song, and I like to think of it as a companion piece to "Goddamn Lonely Love," Isbell's closing track to DBT's "The Dirty South."

Fantastic album. I feel like I need to go back and listen more to his other solo stuff now.
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ltwillman
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelllent delivery!
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2023
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Shipped as advertised, what more could one ask.
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bongo
5.0 out of 5 stars Continues to be Versatile and Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2013
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This is how it should be done. Jason Isbell has once again shown how he can be very versatile in his song writing. Every song on this CD has a different feel. Every song is very evocative. There is not one song that I do not enjoy listening to on this CD. There is a peice of his life in every song lyric. Even when a song is not in particular about him you can still tell a verse or a sentence somewhere in each song comes from life experience he has had and the lyrics are witty, well thought out, smart. His delivery of the inflection and arrangement is nothing short of brilliant. This man is one of the finest song writers in this country presently.
I have been a fan ever since I heard one of his all time greats "Outfit" ( on Drive By Truckers DECORATION DAY).
Every song that I have heard from his "Truckers" recordings to his first solo( Sirens of the Ditch) to his two 400 UNIT Cd's and this latest solo is fantastic. This man just cannot write a bad song. If you have not heard anything by this great musician get anything he has recorded YOU WILL NOT be disappointed. This you can tell is true 24 reviews on Amazon about this CD and all but 1 is FIVE STAR.
Elsewhere in music mags and blogs the critics are raving. Versatile and Amazing. I have had the CD in my car's player since June 11th and just keep letting it play and start over since inserting it. He just keeps writing great songs. PERIOD.
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Shoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Album. Easily in my top 10 favorites
Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2022
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Outstanding album. Jason Isbell is fantastic
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36M
5.0 out of 5 stars Sobresaliente
Reviewed in Spain on February 17, 2022
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Un disco excelente - las canciones son fuertes y personales y tanto la instrumentación como la voz son muy buenas.
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Nick
5.0 out of 5 stars 👍
Reviewed in Australia on March 9, 2024
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Andrea C.
5.0 out of 5 stars A great great album
Reviewed in Italy on January 5, 2017
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Let the music speak! Wonderful songs, all of them without exceptions.
Great music matched with great lyrics. "Songs that she sang in the shower" and "Yvette" are my favorite but all the others are very god songs
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MF LE DU VIVES
5.0 out of 5 stars Cool
Reviewed in France on December 11, 2014
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Superbes mélodies, southeast sound, très belles ballades. Un artiste qui revient de loin après une traversée du désert due à l'alcool et autres substances.
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