Down in the Valley (album)

Down In The Valley
Compilation album by the Handsome Family
Released	1999
Length	47:52
Label	Independent
The Handsome Family chronology
Through the Trees (1998) Down In The Valley (1999) In the Air (2000)

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
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Down in the Valley is an Ireland-only compilation of songs by the Handsome Family. It was released 1999 by Independent Records. The subtitle of the compilation runs: "A treasury of their most willowy and haunted songs." The compilation contains tracks from Odessa (1994) (tracks 10 & 13), Milk and Scissors (1996) (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14), and Through the Trees (1998) (tracks 2, 4, 6, 11, 12).

1. "Tin Foil" – 2:41
2. "My Sister's Tiny Hands" – 3:28
3. "Lake Geneva" – 3:14
4. "Weightless Again" – 3:39
5. "#1 Country Song" – 3:37
6. "The Giant Of Illinois" – 3:06
7. "Drunk By Noon" – 2:51
8. "Don't be Scared" – 2:50 (a different version appears on In the Air)
9. "The House Carpenter" – 3:38
10. "Arlene" - 3:39
11. "The Woman Downstairs" - 4:47
12. "Cathedrals" - 3:23
13. "Moving Furniture" - 3:06
14. "The Dutch Boy" - 3:53

• The Handsome Family official website