Satan Is Real by The Louvin Brothers
Chart: Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by Yourself
Rank on User's Chart: 2
Year: 1959
Rank on BEA Overall: 5,685
Average Rating: 78/100
Summary Info: "Satan Is Real is a gospel album by American country music duo The Louvin Brothers. Producer Ken Nelson set up recording sessions in August 1958 to record enough tracks for two albums. The first was to become Country Love Ballads, the second the gospel music for Satan is Real. Over 20 songs were recorded in a seven day span." - straight from Wikipedia
Chart notes: "Those harmonies! You shouldn't need any religious stance to appreciate this, its just very touching, human sounding music."
Aside from the fact that it may have the best album cover of all time, Satan Is Real is just a really special album. If all Christian music was this good, I probably wouldn't be an Atheist _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
Wikipedia has trivia for that too:
"Designed by Ira Louvin, the cover features the brothers standing in a rock quarry in front of a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) plywood rendition of the Devil as several hidden tires soaked in kerosene burn behind them as fire and brimstone"
Unfortunately I don't care for the record at all...
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Wikipedia has trivia for that too:
"Designed by Ira Louvin, the cover features the brothers standing in a rock quarry in front of a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) plywood rendition of the Devil as several hidden tires soaked in kerosene burn behind them as fire and brimstone"
Unfortunately I don't care for the record at all...
Not to mention it nearly killed them. The burning tires + some rain somehow made the rocks in the quarry started exploding!
Charlie Louvin wrote a memoir of their early lives/career, and its really fascinating. They has a tough farm life growing up, and Ira Louvin had rather troubling drinking problems later on, and died in a bad car crash. The back of the book practically advertises itself by describing Ira "smashing is mandolin on stage, cussing out Elvis Presley, and trying to strangle his third wife with a telephone chord".
And this album isn't a joke novelty thing. Its very traditional country stuff, which is usually awesome, and their vocal harmonies really were something else. Deeply charismatic, if not sometimes eerie. Get past any knee-jerk "ew christianity thats not cool" or "ha-ha satan funny" reactions you may have, and you'll realise these are great songs, with an incredible sense of empathy and humanity to them. Its universal stuff, wrongdoing, tragedy, regret, redemption, ect. Very influential too.
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The back of the book practically advertises itself by describing Ira "smashing is mandolin on stage, cussing out Elvis Presley, and trying to strangle his third wife with a telephone chord".
You just sold me on it. Now i'm gonna have to read that book. _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
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