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Natalie Merchant
Released 2001

Motherland
04:42
7,041 plays

This House Is On Fire
04:39
6,396 plays

Saint Judas
05:43
5,688 plays

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- 1
- This House Is On Fire
- 04:39
- 6,396 plays

- 2
- Motherland
- 04:42
- 7,041 plays

- 3
- Saint Judas
- 05:43
- 5,688 plays

- 4
- Put The Law On You
- 05:00
- 4,998 plays

- 5
- Build A Levee
- 04:44
- 5,411 plays

- 6
- Golden Boy
- 04:08
- 4,855 plays

- 7
- The Ballad Of Henry Darger
- 04:24
- 3,783 plays

- 8
- The Worst Thing
- 05:44
- 4,409 plays

- 9
- Tell Yourself
- 05:13
- 5,323 plays

- 10
- Just Can't Last
- 04:29
- 5,024 plays

- 11
- Not In This Life
- 05:20
- 4,786 plays

- 12
- I'm Not Gonna Beg
- 03:38
- 4,891 plays

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album review

Teaming up with T-Bone Burnett was a good, healthy move for Natalie Merchant. She had begun to sink into vaguely tuneless singer/songwriterisms with her second solo album, Ophelia, and the sag in artistic quality was notable -- which may have been why she bought time with a live album in 1999. Burnett helps restore some musical backbone to her music on Motherland, even if the record is hardly a gritty affair (apart from Merchant's voice, which seems to have deepened and grown tougher since the last time out). Still, there's some character within the sound -- atmospheric, blues post-folk-rock, music that breathes -- not nearly as precious as Tigerlily or any of the 10,000 Maniacs' records, for that matter, while retaining Merchant's signature sound. Upon first listen, none of the songs announce themselves, yet it all sticks together, and repeated plays reveal Motherland as a subtle grower that will satisfy her large cult. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide