Midwest Farmer's Daughter (Limited 10 Year Anniversary Edition)
A double LP set pressed on gold vinyl featuring the full length studio album plus the live band recording of the record release show in the Blue Room!
Ten years ago Third Man Records proudly threw open the doors for a debut album that arrived with the grit, conviction and hard-won wisdom of a country classic already lived in: Margo Price's Midwest Farmer's Daughter.
Born in Aledo, Illinois and raised on the other side of the Nashville dream, Margo spent years chasing a place in a town that wasn't always ready for what she had to say. There were lean times, label rejections, sacrifices and songs that refused to be silenced. She even pawned her wedding ring and sold the family car to bring this record to life, recording between the hallowed tiles of Sun Studio in Memphis. When Midwest Farmer's Daughter landed in March 2016, it was a fearless introduction to an artist who had earned every hard edge and every tender moment. From the opening reckoning of "Hands Of Time" to the honky-tonk swagger of "Hurtin' (On The Bottle)," this was country music with its boots planted firmly in tradition and its heart wide open to the truth.
A decade later, it's a thrill to look back at just how far Margo has traveled without ever losing the spirit that brought her here. What began as a long-overdue breakthrough for a Nashville songwriter became the launching pad for a remarkable career...one marked by celebrated records, international stages, major accolades and a singular voice that has continued to challenge expectations of what country music can be. But the magic of Midwest Farmer's Daughter has never depended on hindsight or praise. Its songs still sound urgent, lived-in and gloriously unvarnished; its stories of heartbreak, survival and hard-won independence still hit home. At Third Man, we've always believed in records that capture an artist exactly as they are, with nothing polished away and nothing left unsaid. Margo delivered that and then some. Ten years on, this album remains a testament to persistence, to trusting your own voice, and to the extraordinary things that can happen when an artist refuses to take "no" for an answer.
To celebrate the album's tenth anniversary, we're revisiting a particularly special moment: MFD's record release show in the Blue Room on April 13th, 2016. The Nashville space was packed with the excitement of a debut finally finding its people and the performance captured the electricity of a new chapter beginning right here at home. Hearing Margo bring these songs to life in such an intimate setting is a chance to return to the moment before the world fully caught up to her raw energy, the deep musical chemistry and the unmistakable feeling that something special was unfolding. More than just a live document, this recording is a time capsule from the onset of a journey that has taken Margo far beyond the yellow walls of TMR while keeping intact the independent spirit and hard-earned honesty of those early days. Ten years later, we couldn't be prouder to celebrate the record that started it all, the artist who made it, and the unforgettable night we got to share in the making of her history.
Tracklist:
Disc 1 - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter (Studio Album)
- Hands of Time
- About to Find Out
- Tennessee Song
- Since You Put Me Down
- Four Years of Chances
- This Tow Gets Around
- How the Mighty Have Fallen
- Weekender
- Hurtin’ (On the Bottle)
- World’s Greatest Loser
- Desperate & Depressed
Disc 2 - Margo Price Live at the Blue Room (4/13/16)
- About To Find Out
- This Town Gets Around
- Four Years of Chances
- Paper Cowboy
- Desperate and Depressed
- Hands Of Time
- Tennessee song
- Weekender
- Hurtin’ on the Bottle
- Why You Been Gone So Long
- Gotta Travel On