Album Info

Out of the Silence Came a Song: The Somber Sound of Porter Wagoner

By Porter Wagoner

Country - 2007

Though his name may not ring as resoundingly down the halls of Nashville’s country hall of fame as those of... more

Tracklist

1

Out of the Silence (Came a Song)

2:51 min
2

The Rubber Room (Single)

2:40 min
3

George Leroy Chickashea

2:54 min
4

Cassie

3:14 min
5

Fairchild

2:29 min
6

Indian Creek

2:27 min
7

Lonely Comin' Down

2:47 min
8

Bones

2:01 min
9

Jim Johnson

2:32 min
10

Lonelyville

2:07 min
11

My Many Hurried Southern Trips

3:07 min
12

Simple As I Am

2:33 min
13

Woman Hungry

2:26 min
14

The First Mrs. Jones

2:44 min
15

The Cold Hard Facts of Life

3:12 min
16

Shopworn

2:14 min
17

Julie

2:34 min
18

The Carroll County Accident

2:47 min
19

Let Me In

2:43 min
20

Wino

2:24 min
21

The Bottom of the Bottle

2:21 min
22

Nothing Between

2:35 min
23

Crumbs from Another Man's Table

2:35 min
24

He's Alone Again Tonight

2:25 min
25

Life Rides the Train

2:18 min
26

Little Boy's Prayer

3:26 min
27

My Last Two Tens

2:49 min
28

The Party

2:53 min
29

Moments of Medition

2:56 min

About Out of the Silence Came a Song: The Somber Sound of Porter Wagoner

Though his name may not ring as resoundingly down the halls of Nashville’s country hall of fame as those of his contemporaries George Jones and Ray Price, Porter Wagoner’s contribution to country music was just as significant. As the mastermind behind Dolly Parton’s meteoric rise to country stardom Wagoner was able to lodge some of his most memorable compositions in the higher reaches of the country charts. Yet despite his phenomenal success with Parton, Porter Wagoner’s somewhat more eccentric solo efforts often went comparatively underappreciated. Wagoner was able to sell albums by the truckload during his mid-sixties heydey, but he never attained superstardom, despite his reedy, yet sweet baritone and his skills as a first rate song-writer able to fill a three minute single with more twists and turns than a full season’s worth of tawdry soap operas. The outré murder ballads, chilling tales of insanity, and lovelorn pleas compiled on Out of Silence Came A Song prove that Wagoner was a skillful interpreter of his own material, not merely an ace songwriter. Songs like the unhinged “The Rubber Room” and the nihilistic “Cold Hard Facts of Life” are couched in baroque countrypolitan string arrangements and beautifully played lap steel guitar. Taken as a whole this collection represents an important chapter in the history of modern country music and the development of the Nashville songwriting industry.