Wailin' Jennys – 40 Days

40 Days is the debut album from The Wailin' Jennys, a female folk trio hailing from Winnipeg. It won the 2005 Juno Award for Traditional and Roots Album and AllMusic, though giving it only 3.5 stars out of 5, said it is "a most infectious first record, and highly recommended."

40 Days may be the least popular of the Wailin' Jennys albums, failing to chart (except #12 on KBCS-FM's 2005 top folk playlist), but it is the one that I most enjoy. I really don't remember who or what led me to this band or this album.

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Track Listing

1. "One Voice" (Ruth Moody) – 3:21
2. "Saucy Sailor" (Traditional) – 3:09
3. "Arlington" (Nicky Mehta) – 4:52
4. "Beautiful Dawn" (Ruth Moody) – 3:19
5. "Untitled" (Cara Luft) – 4:25
6. "This is Where" (Nicky Mehta) – 5:06
7. "Old Man" (Neil Young) – 3:10
8. "Heaven When We're Home" ( Ruth Moody) – 4:22
9. "Ten Mile Stilts" (Nicky Mehta) – 4:49
10. "Come All You Sailors" (Cara Luft) – 4:01
11. "Take it Down" (John Hiatt) – 3:51
12. "Something to Hold Onto" (Cara Luft) – 3:40
13. "The Parting Glass" (Traditional) – 2:20

Personnel

• The Wailin' Jennys
  • Cara Loft – vocals, acoustic and electric guitaer, dobro
  • Nicky Mehta – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, cajone
  • Ruth Moody – vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrain, piano, organ, accordian
• Kevin Breit – electric guitar, dobro, mandolin, mandocello
• Andrew Downing – acoustic bass
• Christian Dugas – drums, percussion (on 4)
• Mark Mariash – drums, percussion
• Richard Moody – viola, fiddle