Son Volt - Trace (30th Anniversary) (RSD Black Friday 2025, 2LP Purple Vinyl)

Trace, originally released in 1995, is Son Volt's debut album, following Jay Farrar's departure from alt-country pioneers Uncle Tupelo. Critically acclaimed and commercially successful, it featured the hit single “Drown.”

This 30th anniversary 2LP edition marks the album’s first U.S. pressing since 2015 and includes a second disc of bonus tracks making their vinyl debut. Ranked fourth on Paste’s list of the “50 Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time,” Trace remains a landmark release in the genre.

A1. Windfall
A2. Live Free
A3. Tearstained Eye
A4. Route
A5. Ten Second News
A6. Drown

B1. Loose String
B2. Out Of The Picture
B3. Catching On
B4. Too Early
B5. Mystifies Me

C1. Tulsa County (Single Version)
C2. Looking At The World Through A Windshield
C3. Rex’s Blues
C4. Ain’t No More Cane
C5. Tearstained Eye (4-Track Demo)

D1. Drown (Alt. Unreleased Demo)
D2. Going Going Gone
D3. Route (Alt. Unreleased Demo)
D4. Holocaust
D5. I’ve Got To Know