In the Mud
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{{Infobox album
| name = In The Mud
| type = Album
| artist = Split Lip Rayfield
| cover = In The Mud.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 7, 1999
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| genre = Bluegrass
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| label = Bloodshot Records
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| prev_title = Split Lip Rayfield
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Never Make It Home
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-mud-mw0000668325|title=In the Mud - Split Lip Rayfield|publisher=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = The Austin Chronicle
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-10-15/74257/|title=Split Lip Rayfield In the Mud (Bloodshot)|website=www.austinchronicle.com}}
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In The Mud is the second studio album by the American bluegrass band Split Lip Rayfield, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music).{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FNtZWr5Z3gC&q=Split+Lip+Rayfield+in+the+mud+1999+bloodshot&pg=PA12|title=Record News|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=August 16, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
It was the first album to include mandolin player Wayne Gottstine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/162887-in-the-heart-of-the-heart-of-the-country-2495818888.html|title=In the Heart of Country Music in the Heart of the Country|date=September 10, 2012|website=PopMatters}}
Critical reception
The Austin Chronicle wrote: "High-lonesome vocal harmonies and traditional instrumentation (except the trademark bass made from an auto gas tank) nominally bring this band under the 'bluegrass' category, but the ferocity of the playing and desperation of the lyrics would have Bill Monroe spinning in his grave like a chicken on a spit."
Track listing
All songs written by Kirk Rundstrom except where noted.
- "13" – 2:09
- "Wrong" – 2:26
- "All I Got" (Gottstine) – 2:23
- "In The Ground" (Mardis) – 2:39
- "Family" – 2:24
- "Devil" – 3:05
- "Easy Street" (M. Montgomert, E. Montgomery; BMI) – 2:06
- "Trouble" – 3:46
- "3.2 Flu" (Gottstine) – 2:11
- "Glory of the Sun" – 2:00
- "Drinkin' Around" (Gottstine) – 1:21
- "Hounds" (Mardis) – 3:12
- "Strong" – 1:57
- "Tennessee" – 2:17
- "John" – 2:01
- "Truckin' Song" (Gottstine) – 1:59