Electric Dirt

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{{Infobox album

| name = Electric Dirt

| type = studio

| artist = Levon Helm

| cover = Electric Dirt - Levon cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 30, 2009

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Levon Helm Studio, Woodstock, New York

| genre = Roots rock, country rock, Americana, R&B

| length = 43 min

| label = Dirt Farmer/Vanguard

| producer = Larry Campbell

| prev_title = Dirt Farmer

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 84/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/electric-dirt/levon-helm|title=Reviews for Electric Dirt by Levon Helm|website=Metacritic|access-date=May 8, 2025}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Deming |title=Review: Electric Dirt |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1562043|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=13 February 2010}}

| rev2 = The Boston Phoenix

| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite web|url=https://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/85392-Levon-Helm-Electric-Dirt/|title=Levon Helm - Electric Dirt

|website=The Boston Phoenix|last=Drozdowski|first=Ted|date=June 23, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2025}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217023208/https://ew.com/article/2009/07/01/electric-dirt|title=Electric Dirt|website=Entertainment Weekly|last=Collis|first=Clark|date=July 1, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2025}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714232338/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/07/album-review-levon-helms-electric-dirt.html|title=Album review: Levon Helm's 'Electric Dirt'|website=Los Angeles Times|last=Lewis|first=Randy|date=July 1, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2025}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}Electric Dirt, as implied, is a continuation of "Dirt Farmer's" themes, packing a sharper jolt. [Jul 2009, p.94]

| rev6 = PopMatters

| rev6score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/94666-levon-helm-electric-dirt-2496034178.html|title=Levon Helm: Electric Dirt|website=PopMatters|last=Metivier|first=Michael|date=7 July 2009|access-date=8 May 2025}}

| rev7 = Record Collector

| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/electric-dirt|title=Electric Dirt - Levon Helm|website=Record Collector|last=Staunton|first=Terry|date=25 July 2009|access-date=8 May 2025}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20090702061404/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/28772526/review/28811802/electric_dirt Rolling Stone review]

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/levon-helm-electric-dirt/|title=Review: Levon Helm, Electric Dirt|website=Slant Magazine|last=Cataldo|first=Jesse|date=June 16, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2025}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/levon_helm/reviews/13310 |title=Uncut review |access-date=2009-10-14 |archive-date=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505113208/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/levon_helm/reviews/13310 |url-status=dead }}

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Electric Dirt is the final studio album from American musician Levon Helm, released in 2009. It is the follow-up to his Grammy-winning 2007 album Dirt Farmer. In Uncut{{'}}s list of the 150 best albums between 2000 through 2009, Electric Dirt was listed 80th. It won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010.{{cite news |title=Review: Grammy Awards: List of Winners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/arts/music/01grammylist.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2 July 2010 | date=February 1, 2010}} The track "Growin' Trade", cowritten with Larry Campbell, was Helm's first cowritten song since his debut solo album, Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars.