Love Has Come for You

Love Has Come for You is a 2013 bluegrass music CD featuring a collaboration of 13 original songs composed by Steve Martin (music) and Edie Brickell (music and lyrics).[1] The album cover art is a painting entitled "After Dinner Drinks" (2008) by Martin Mull; the original work is in Steve Martin's personal art collection.[2]

Love Has Come for You
A '50s-style grayscale painting of a man and a woman sitting in chairs next to a roundtable with flowers and a vase and two bottles. The man is dressed in shirt and pants, and holds a glass. The woman wears a mid-calf length flowered dress and high heel shoes. Original painting by Martin Mull.
Studio album by
Steve Martin and
Edie Brickell
ReleasedApril 23, 2013
RecordedThe Living Room, West Nyack, New York
Kung Fu Bakery, Portland, Oregon
East West Studios, Los Angeles, California
Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Oceanway, Los Angeles, California
The Sound Company, London, England
GenreBluegrass
Length36:12
LabelRounder
ProducerPeter Asher
Steve Martin chronology
Rare Bird Alert
(2011)		 Love Has Come for You
(2013)		 Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell LIVE
(2014)

Produced by Peter Asher, the album features musical appearances by bassist Esperanza Spalding, fiddlers Nicky Sanders and Sara Watkins, and guitarist Waddy Wachtel. Backing vocals and instrumental accompaniment were also performed by all contemporaneous members of the band Steep Canyon Rangers who would tour extensively with Martin and Brickell following the record release.[3]

Altered versions of "When You Get to Asheville" and "Sun's Gonna Shine" later appeared in Martin and Brickell's 2014 musical, Bright Star.

Track listing
  1. "When You Get to Asheville" – 3:15
  2. "Get Along Stray Dog" – 2:10
  3. "Love Has Come for You" – 3:08
  4. "Friend of Mine" – 2:36
  5. "Siamese Cat" – 2:57
  6. "Yes She Did" – 1:34
  7. "Sarah Jane and the Iron Mountain Baby" – 3:12
  8. "Fighter" – 2:40
  9. "King of Boys" – 2:51
  10. "Sun's Gonna Shine" – 3:05
  11. "Who You Gonna Take?" – 2:41
  12. "Shawnee" – 2:29
  13. "Remember Me This Way" – 3:31

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its release, selling around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It also debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Bluegrass Albums,[4] and No. 2 on the Folk Albums chart.[5] The album has sold 104,000 copies in the United States as of August 2015.[6]

Personnel

Additional musicians

Music video

"Love Has Come for You" was made into a lyric video and published on Steve Martin's website.[7]

Charts
Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 21
US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)[9] 1
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[10] 2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[11] 14

References
  1. "SteveMartin.com". SteveMartin.com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  2. "MonstersandCritics.com". MonstersandCritics.com. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. "Steve Martin To Tour With Edie Brickell". Pollstar.com. January 22, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  4. "Bluegrass Albums". Billboard. May 11, 2013.
  5. "Folk Albums". Billboard. May 11, 2013.
  6. Fred Edwards (August 20, 2015). "Steve Martin & Edie Brickell Announce Second Album 'So Familiar". Billboard.
  7. "Videos : Steve Martin & Edie Brickell : Love Has Come for You". SteveMartin.com. June 12, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  8. "Steve Martin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. "Steve Martin Chart History (Top Bluegrass Albums)". Billboard.
  10. "Steve Martin Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
  11. "Steve Martin Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
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