Track List
| A1 |
James Carter & The Prisoners– |
Po Lazarus |
4:30 |
| A2 |
Harry McClintock– |
Big Rock Candy Mountain |
2:17 |
| A3 |
Norman Blake (2)– |
You Are My Sunshine |
4:26 |
| A4 |
Alison Krauss– |
Down To The River To Pray |
2:53 |
| A5 |
Soggy Bottom Boys– |
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Radio Station Version) |
3:13 |
| B1 |
Chris Thomas King– |
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues |
2:01 |
| B2 |
Norman Blake (2)– |
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) |
4:30 |
| B3 |
The Whites– |
Keep On The Sunny Side |
3:35 |
| B4 |
Gillian Welch And Alison Krauss– |
I'll Fly Away |
3:57 |
| B5 |
Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss And Gillian Welch– |
Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby |
1:58 |
| C1 |
Sarah*, Hannah* And Leah Peasall– |
In The Highways |
1:36 |
| C2 |
The Cox Family– |
I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) |
3:16 |
| C3 |
John Hartford– |
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) |
2:34 |
| C4 |
Ralph Stanley– |
O Death |
3:21 |
| C5 |
Soggy Bottom Boys– |
In The Jailhouse Now |
3:36 |
| D1 |
Soggy Bottom Boys– |
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (With Band) |
4:18 |
| D2 |
John Hartford– |
Indian War Whoop |
1:30 |
| D3 |
Fairfield Four*– |
Lonesome Valley |
4:08 |
| D4 |
The Stanley Brothers– |
Angel Band |
2:18 |
Those kings of cinematic quirkiness, the Coen brothers, fashioned their film O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? as a contemporary adaption of Homer's Odyssey, centering around a group of American chain-gang prisoners. The film's earthy Southern setting makes it a natural for a bluegrass-oriented soundtrack, for which producer T-Bone Burnett picked the cream of the country crop. "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby," for example, is a summit meeting of some of the finest contemporary female country vocalists (Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss). The old school isn't forgotten either, as evidenced by a chilling a cappella rendering of "O Death," courtesy of Ralph Stanley, and by the closing cut, where the Stanley Brothers issue an elegant plea to heaven with "Angel Band."
