The 11 Best Songs By The Civil Wars

For anyone who followed the career of The Civil Wars, it came as no surprise when they announced last week that they were breaking up.  The band hasn't played live in 18 months.  They never toured for their sophomore album, let alone do much publicity for it.  And from many rumors, it seems that Joy Williams and John White have almost no contact with each other.  And we thought Guns N Roses had problems.  If I had to guess, there was too much pressure for super stardom allotted on this modest band.  Fame demolishes even the best of them...not even The Beatles could survive it.  From Michael Jackson and Smashing Pumpkins covers to heartfelt folky bluegrass anthems, the Civil Wars had something unique to offer.  It's sad to seem them go...but I'm sure there will be more to hear from them in the future. Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Civil Wars:

1. Eavesdrop (The Civil Wars)
2. I've Got A Friend (Barton Hallow)
3. My Father's Father (Barton Hallow)
4. The One That Got Away (The Civil Wars)
5. Birds of A Feather (Barton Hallow)
6. Poison & Wine (Barton Hallow)
7. Barton Hollow (Barton Hallow)
8. Pressing Flowers (Poison & Wine)
9. Billie Jean (Between The Bars)
10. Dust To Dust (The Civil Wars)
11. Finding North (A Place At The Table)

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The 55 Best Albums of 2013 (34-44)

Part 2 of our countdown of the best albums of this year.  Don't like our choices?  Then it's your turn to vote.  Send me your 20 best albums of the year.  We're compiling a best of list from our fans.  Can't wait to see what you loved this year...there were a lot of great releases for sure.

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Here are the 55 Best Albums of 2013 (34-44):

34.  Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
35.  Grouplove - Spreading Rumors
36.  David Bowie - The Next Day
37.  Jason Isbell - Southeastern
38.  My Bloody Valentine - m b v
39.  Atoms For Peace - Amok
40.  The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
41.  Kaskade - Atmosphere
42.  The Head and The Heart - Let's Be Still
43.  Dawes - Stories Don't End
44.  Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off

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The 11 Best Songs By The Civil Wars

Great music comes out of great discontent.  Infighting between bands members is never good for the longevity of a band...but some of the best albums are made during these times of turmoil:  Fleetwood Mac Rumors, Van Halen 1984, and Pink Floyd The Wall.  Band members have that Internal rivalry to be the best among each other and push themselves to produce the best music they've ever down.  The Civil Wars now face a similar situation.  Since recording their sophomore album in September of 2012, the two members of the band Joy Williams and John Paul White (whose name is technically also Jack White) have not spoken with each other at all.  And the future of the band...more albums, touring, is in complete jeopardy.  The new album drips with darkness and a whirlwind of personal calamity.  It a murky wagon ride through a Tim Burton-esque portrait of a gothic prairie from 1813.  They've purged their inner struggles and thrown them down like a white glove as if to say, "this is all I've got."  They've saved the anger and the punches they had for each other and delivered that animosity as a musical one-two smack down.  How the album will fare in the future will weigh as heavily on the music as the timing...but hating each other has them off to the right start.

Here are The 11 Best Songs By The Civil Wars:

1. My Father's Father (Barton Hollow)
2. I've Got A Friend (Barton Hollow)
3. Tip of My Tongue (Poison & Wine EP)
4. Poison & Wine (Barton Hollow)
5. Finding North (A Place At the Table)
6. Barton Hollow (Barton Hollow)
7. Pressing Flowers (Poison & Wine EP)
8. Dance Me to The End of Love  (Barton Hollow Bonus Track)
9. Long Time Gone (A Place At the Table)
10. Tracks in the Snow (Tracks In The Snow)
11. Falling (Barton Hollow)

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