My Long-Haired Life

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]

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)

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. McGuinness, Jim (15 Nov 1996). "LOST HER LABEL, HAD A BABY, CUT HER HAIR". The Record. LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS. p. 37.
  5. 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. "Marti Jones – My Long-Haired Life". No Depression. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. 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. "My Long-Haired Life - Marti Jones | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  12. "Record Reviews". www.austinchronicle.com.
  13. 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. 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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