Leaving Eden is the fourth studio album by the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Background A music video for "Country Girl" was released in May 2012.
Track listing "Riro's House" (Traditional; arr. Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens) – 2:02 "Kerr's Negro Jig" (Traditional; arr. Giddens) – 1:09 "Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?" (Cousin Emmy) – 3:46 "Boodle-De-Bum-Bum" (Ben Curry/Traditional; arr. Flemons) – 4:03 "Country Girl" (Giddens, Lalenja Harrington, Adam Matta) – 3:22 "Run Mountain" (J. E. Mainer) – 2:01 "Leaving Eden" (Laurelyn Dossett) – 4:36 "Read 'Em John" (Traditional; arr. Flemons) – 1:54 "Mahalla" (Hannes Coetzee) – 1:54 "West End Blues" (Etta Baker, Giddens) – 3:02 "Po’ Black Sheep" (Traditional; arr. Flemons) – 3:21 "I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man" (George Roarke) – 2:34 "No Man’s Mama" (Lew Pollack, Jack Yellen) – 4:00 "Briggs’ Corn Shucking Jig / Camptown Hornpipe" (Traditional; arr. Giddens) – 2:54 "Pretty Bird" (Hazel Dickens) – 4:04
Bonus track "You Be Illin'" (Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Raymond White) – 3:17
Personnel Dom Flemons – snare drum, bass drum, bones, 4-string banjo, jug, quills, guitar Rhiannon Giddens – fiddle, 5-strings gourd banjo, 5 string banjo, 5-string cello banjo Hubby Jenkins – 5-string banjo, mandolin, guitar, bones Adam Matta – beatbox, tambourine Leyla McCalla – cello
Charts Weekly Chart (2012)PeakpositionBelgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Flanders)10
Year-end Chart (2012)PositionUS Folk Albums (Billboard)38US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)8 Chart (2013)PositionUS Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)15
References
External links Leaving Eden on Nonesuch