- folk
- 19 min
- 6 tracks
- Victor
Dust Bowl Ballads is an album by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. It was released by Victor Records, in 1940. All the songs on the album deal with the Dust Bowl and its effects on the country and its people. It is considered to be one of the first concept albums. It was Guthrie's first commercial recording and the most successful album of his career.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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Tracks
- AThe Great Dust Storm3:22
- BDusty Old Dust3:07
- CDust Bowl Refugee3:06
- DDust Pneumonia Blues2:46
- EI Ain’t Got No Home in This World Anymore2:47
- FVigilante Man3:22
6 tracks, 19 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Woody Guthrie
- Label
- Victor
- Released
- 1940-07
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 10" Shellac
- Country
- US
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