Sad Girl (album)
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Sad Girl is the second solo album by
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musician
Amy Allison Amy Allison is an American country music artist and the daughter of jazz-blues musician Mose Allison. She became interested in country music as a kid growing up on Long Island, and first began making music as the lead singer of ''Amy Allison and t ...
. It was released on September 25, 2001 on
Diesel Only Records Diesel Only Records is a Brooklyn-based country music record label established in 1990 by musician and journalist Jeremy Tepper, then also the lead singer of the World Famous Blue Jays. History Tepper, along with Diesel Only's cofounders, Jay She ...
in the United States, following its earlier release on
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in Europe. It features contributions from
Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage ba ...
, Mike Daly (
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),
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( dB's,
Steve Earle Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American country, rock, and folk singer-songwriter. He began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Earle's breakthrough album was his 1986 debut album '' ...
), and
Neal Casal Neal Graeme Casal (November 2, 1968 – August 26, 2019) ...
.


Reception

''
No Depression'' wrote that the album's 12 songs "exhibit a directness of expression, a simple universality clearly achieved with considerable composing and life experience." A more mixed review in
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criticized Allison's voice on the album as "a stuffed nasal style that makes every song sound like she should see a doctor."


Track listing

#Listless and Lonesome #One Thing in Mind #Sad Girl #Everybody Thinks You're an Angel #It's Not Wrong #Family #Shadow of a Man #Sad State of Affairs #Where Did You Go? #Lost on You #Do I Miss You? #New Year's Eve


References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Amy Allison albums Diesel Only Records albums