Not Dark Yet (album)

AllMusic's Thom Jurek says, "Despite singing together since they were old enough to talk, it took a lifetime for sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer to record together." Will Hermes reviewed the album for Rolling Stone and gave it 3½ out of a possible 5 stars. He writes, "the title track is the crown jewel, showing the river-deep musicality of a latter-day Dylan croaker when it’s parsed by immaculate, blood-kin harmony." Paste Magazine's Jon Young rates this album an 8.8 and says, "Not Dark Yet works beautifully. Featuring nine covers and one devastating original, this lovely longplayer spotlights their tangy harmonies, with Lynne’s saltier vocals and Moorer’s sweeter singing intertwining gracefully, evoking ancient traditions of family music-making." PopMatters' Richard Driver gives the album 8 out of a possible 10 and writes, "The most surprising element to this enjoyable and thoughtful album is that this is their first duet album. That the songs are covers is ultimately irrelevant to the care, arrangements, and deliberate duet Lynne and Moorer deliver, the songs finding their strength and shared focus to push ahead after loss." ==Commercial performance==

The album debuted at No. 8 on both the Billboard's Americana/Folk Albums and Independent Albums charts, and No. 39 on Top Country Albums, with 3,700 copies sold in the first week. It has sold 6,400 copies as of September 2017. ==Track listing==

Credits adapted from AllMusic. Musicians • Shelby Lynne – vocals, acoustic guitar (4) • Allison Moorer – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 4), acoustic piano (3, 10) • Benmont Tench – acoustic piano (1–4, 7–10), organ (1, 3, 7), keyboards (2), Wurlitzer electric piano (3) • Erik Deutsch – acoustic piano (5, 6), organ (6) • Val McCallum – electric guitar (1, 7, 9), acoustic guitar (5, 6) • Doug Pettibone – electric guitar (1–3, 7, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (2, 9) • Ben Peeler – electric guitar (4, 9), pedal steel guitar (4, 7) • Taras Prodaniuk – bass (1–3, 7–10) • Davey Faragher – bass (5, 6) • Michael Jerome – drums (1–3, 7–10), percussion (1–3, 7–10) • Don Heffington – drums (6), percussion (6) • Mark Howard – space trip sounds (5) • Teddy Thompson – backing vocals (1), acoustic guitar (2), bass (4), drums (4) Production • Teddy Thompson – producer • Scott Campbell – engineer • Russ Allen – assistant engineer • Mark Howard – mixing • Peter Lyman – mastering at Infrasonic Sound (Los Angeles, California) • Fetzer Design – art direction • Sarah Ellison Lewis – photography ==Charts==