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- The Black Bear Session
- - 15,188 plays
  - 35 favs
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Railroad Earth
Released 2001

Seven Story Mountain
06:02
1,856 plays

Head
06:59
1,830 plays

Colorado
05:11
1,726 plays

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- 1
- Head
- 06:59
- 1,830 plays

- 2
- Lordy Lordy
- 04:12
- 1,515 plays

- 3
- Seven Story Mountain
- 06:02
- 1,856 plays

- 4
- Chains
- 04:29
- 1,365 plays

- 5
- Black Bear
- 09:13
- 1,431 plays

- 6
- Colorado
- 05:11
- 1,726 plays

- 7
- Real Love
- 03:48
- 1,312 plays

- 8
- Stillwater Getaway
- 05:50
- 1,306 plays

- 9
- Cold Water
- 03:52
- 1,319 plays

- 10
- Railroad Earth
- 05:26
- 1,528 plays

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album review

Bluegrass enthusiasts Railroad Earth introduce a strong, rollicking twang on their debut, The Black Bear Sessions. It's lush with plucking fiddles, acoustic layers, and tight harmonies, especially on cuts like the delicate "Black Bear" and the country fusion of "Seven Story Mountain." Frontman Todd Sheaffer is a heartbreaker -- personal lyrical accounts mold the simplistic nature of The Black Bear Sessions for something charming. It's not a traditional jam album either. It does, however, stick with an insistent beat, which is carefree and jovial. Railroad Earth expresses a positivity inside their music, and album opener Head exudes the most playful moment of the album. They're earnest, but studio production didn't fully shape the band's live potential. The quality is muffled, and the songs fall short of fully coming alive. Railroad Earth is a young band, though. Within time, they'll shape their progressive bluegrass twist into something bold and sonically gorgeous. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide