Eighteen in America Vol. 21: Eighteen in '76 (1976–1986) | Full Album

Eighteen the summer America turned two hundred — the decade that hands the rope to the years I lived. Eighteen in America · Volume 21 — Eighteen in '76 (1976–1986) A WORD BEFORE THE MUSIC For Robert James — so you'll know that every year in this country has broken hearts and mended them, taken things away and handed things back. The good and the bad come braided like a rope. That rope is what you climb. Every song on this record tells the truth about one year — the good and the bad together, because that is how the years actually arrive. Nothing here is sugared, and nothing here is hopeless. TRACKS 0:00 1. Bicentennial Summer (1976) _:_ 2. The Year the King Died (1977) _:_ 3. Hard Questions (1978) _:_ 4. Gas Lines and Walkmans (1979) _:_ 5. Miracle on Ice (1980) _:_ 6. Come Home, Come Home (1981) _:_ 7. Out of Work in America (1982) _:_ 8. The Button and the Stars (1983) _:_ 9. We Sang for the World (While the Farms Went Down) (1984–1985) _:_ 10. Twenty-Eight (1986) EIGHTEEN IN AMERICA — A 250-Year Song Cycle Twenty-five volumes. One narrator for every decade from 1776 to 2026, each one eighteen when their decade opens and twenty-eight when it closes — each one handing the rope to the next. Watch the whole series in order on the playlist. Written for Robert James Laird, and for every kid who thinks the world just now got hard. Black Coat Gospel · A Dad's Hub Productions release Written & produced by Ronnie