Reigning Sound Home For Orphans

Release date:
June 26, 2020
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When Reigning Sound's Greg Cartwright assembled the tracklist for 2005's Home for Orphans compilation LP, he was mining from a moody pool of outtakes and rarities cut at various locations across his hometown of Memphis. Stephen Deusner wrote in his review for Pitchfork: "Greg Cartwright has an ear for the hooks and hits from the mid-20th century, when rock, country, and r&b were only just beginning to diverge, and his songs with The Reigning Sound have the authenticity of dusty 45s by long-forgotten artists, buried for decades in some lonely LP store or flea market." Featuring the original Memphis lineup of singer-guitarist Cartwright, bassist Jeremy Scott, drummer Greg Roberson, and organist Alex Greene, Home for Orphans presents Reigning Sound's classic sonic blueprint.

Tracklist:
  • 1. Find Me Now
  • 2. If You Can't Give Me Everything
  • 3. Funny Thing
  • 4. Medication Blues #1
  • 5. Carol
  • 6. What Could I Do?
  • 7. If Christmas Can't Bring You Home
  • 8. Pretty Girl
  • 9. Without You
  • 10. Don't Send Me No Flowers, I Ain't Dead Yet (Live)