My Long-Haired Life
Studio album by
Marti Jones
Released1996
LabelSugar Hill[1]
ProducerDon Dixon
Marti Jones chronology
Live at Spirit Square
(1996)		 My Long-Haired Life
(1996)		 My Tidy Doily Dream
(2002)

My Long-Haired Life is an album by the American musician Marti Jones, released in 1996.[2][3] It was released the same year as a live album, Live at Spirit Square, which was recorded in 1990. The albums marked a return from a six-year recording hiatus.[4] My Long-Haired Life's title alludes to Jones's career before motherhood.[5]

The album's first single was "It's Not What I Want".[6]

Production

The album was produced by Don Dixon.[7] Eight of the album's 11 songs are covers; the other three were cowritten by Jones and Dixon.[8] The pair duetted on the cover of Joe Tex's "You Got What It Takes"; "Sleep of the Just" is a cover of the Elvis Costello song.[4][9] Jones played a 1940 000-18 Martin guitar on the album.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
The Austin Chronicle[12]
Chicago Tribune[13]
Daily Herald[9]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[14]
The Republican[5]
The San Diego Union-Tribune[15]

No Depression called the album "too adult for alternative rock, too pure pop for adult alternative, too smart for Top 40 ... Banished to eclectic public radio shows forever."[8] The Austin Chronicle wrote that "the real surprise ... is that Jones shines brightest when pouring over her own songs penned with longtime cohort Don Dixon."[12] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch concluded that My Long-Haired Life "is a lean, beautiful record and one of the best of 1996."[16]

The Chicago Tribune stated: "Embracing folk, pop and blue-eyed soul, Jones displays a nimble vocal style and a broad range of influences."[13] The San Diego Union-Tribune praised the "Marti-in-Memphis take" on Otis Redding's "Champagne and Wine".[15] The Charleston Daily Mail thought that "the tunes showcase Jones' smooth, lilting alto and Dixon's ear-pleasing sense of 'what goes where'."[17]

AllMusic called the album "a wonderfully eclectic pool of material."[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" 
2."It's Not What I Want" 
3."Life's a Game" 
4."Black Coffee in Bed" 
5."Champagne and Wine" 
6."Sleep of the Just" 
7."Put Me on Top" 
8."You Got What It Takes" 
9."Feather on a Stone" 
10."Silent Partner" 
11."Songs to Aging Children Come" 

References

  1. ↑ Horak, Terri (Jan 11, 1997). "Market expands for indie folk labels". Billboard. 109 (2): 3, 15+.
  2. ↑ "Marti Jones Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Winters, Pamela Murray (November 3, 2000). "Don Dixon & Marti Jones". Washington City Paper.
  4. 1 2 McGuinness, Jim (15 Nov 1996). "LOST HER LABEL, HAD A BABY, CUT HER HAIR". The Record. LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS. p. 37.
  5. 1 2 O'Hare, Kevin (January 26, 1997). "Marti Jones, 'My Long-Haired Life'". The Republican. p. E6.
  6. ↑ Flick, Larry (Nov 2, 1996). "Marti Jones: It's Not What I Want". Billboard. 108 (44): 78.
  7. ↑ Menconi, David (October 6, 1996). "Seemingly more sanguine than either Crow or Rigby is Marti Jones...". The News & Observer. p. G1.
  8. 1 2 "Marti Jones – My Long-Haired Life". No Depression. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. 1 2 Kening, Dan (December 20, 1996). "Marti Jones 'My Long Haired Life'". Daily Herald. Time Out. p. 6.
  10. ↑ Ayers, Anne (20 June 1996). "Excellence is instrumental". USA Today. p. 4D.
  11. 1 2 "My Long-Haired Life - Marti Jones | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  12. 1 2 "Record Reviews". www.austinchronicle.com.
  13. 1 2 Dretzka, Gary (17 Jan 1997). "Album reviews: Marti Jones". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. 49.
  14. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 613.
  15. 1 2 Toombs, Mikel (May 1, 1997). "MY LONG-HAIRED LIFE MARTI JONES". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 22.
  16. ↑ BeDell, Andrew (December 12, 1996). "MARTI JONES MAKES THE MOST OF OTHER'S SONGS". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Get Out. p. 12.
  17. ↑ "MUSIC REVIEWS". Charleston Daily Mail. February 21, 1997. p. 3D.
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