Recorded in a day and a half in December of 1998 at Dogtown Studio (Buddy Miller's house) and produced by Buddy Miller, this album features a duet with Emmylou Harris, and a number of beautiful harmonies by Buddy's wife (and recording artist), Julie Miller. Recording took place right before Kevin Heuer joined the band, so Steve Earle's drummer was used for the sessions. There are four versions of Audible Sigh floating around. The first, very rare, was a limited release by Pioneer Music Group. The second was a pre-release via TrueTunes. The first official release had a number of revisions from the pre-release and features a blue duotone of Bill on the cover. The fourth release again has a slightly different song line up, and 5,000 copies contain the bonus disc entitled Room Despair, a short collection of outtakes and demos. On the slow birth of Audible Sigh, Bill has said, »It was like a small child got stuck in the birth canal... so long it asks for the car keys.«