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| Artist: Gillian Welch
Label: Acony Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 1798
Format: Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: Y470101
UPC: 805147010123
EAN: 0805147010123
ASIN: B00005KHE3
Release Date: June 12, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Orphan Girl | | • | Annabelle | | • | Pass You By | | • | Barroom Girls | | • | One More Dollar | | • | By the Mark | | • | Paper Wings | | • | Tear My Stillhouse Down | | • | Acony Bell | | • | Only One and Only |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Gillian Welch has captured the ethos of mountain music in a way that few lowlanders have managed, and that's just a little disconcerting. Outsiders aren't supposed to be able to infiltrate tight-knit clans. Producer T-Bone Burnett creates intimacy by recording Welch live with a small cast of supporting players, including Welch's partner, David Rawlings. While many of the songs are built around duo acoustic guitars and two-part harmonies, Burnett spices up a few of them up with some neat tricks, mixing an upright bass above the vocals on "Pass You By" and getting a fat, dirty sound out of three instruments. Welch's vocals, meanwhile, are stoical and matter-of-fact as her songs, which are infused with a repressed dread and contrition that's utterly convincing. White gospel tunes like "Orphan Girl" and "By the Mark" feel as if they were culled from hymnals, yet they were written when Clinton, not Coolidge, was president. --Steven Stolder
Album Description
1996 debut produced by T. Bone Burnett, this earthy folk album was one of the strongest introductions of the year. Acony Records.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 73 more reviews...
 Unexpected June 2, 2008
Brandy Tanner (Cape Cod)
Not really what I was expecting with a title like "Revival", but then again, who expects upbeat from Gillian Welch? Several gems. Worth every penny.
Wonderful July 14, 2007
Cynthia V (Exit 7A, NJTPK)
Never thought I'd enjoy a CD of this genre NOT performed by EmmyLou Harris so much -- but I do! Buy this one, you won't be sorry. From Ms. Welch's heartfelt singing to Rawling's superb playing this is one CD everyone should have in their collection and on their top ten list.
A nearly perfect album May 15, 2007
J. Seiwert (Wichita, KS United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first two songs are perfect, and song for song this is one of the best folk country alt.country (or whatever you want to call it)albums ever, and maybe the best introductory album for any artist ever. Superlatives abound. In fact, Hell Among the Yearlings is almost as good, too. If you get a chance to see the band live, do yourself a favor and make sure you see it. Just don't take any pictures! David, while a great guitarist (he plays an acoustic like he's channeling Hendrix), is a little thin-skinned when it comes to unauthorized reproductions of his name and likeness, a touchiness that marred an otherwise perfect show in Lawrence, KS. Just follow the rules and everyone will be all right.
Early Welch March 9, 2007
G. Griffiths
For those not familiar with her exceptional talent this album is a wonderful way to become so. Fast Forward from "Revival" to "Soul Journey" (5 stars) and you'll come to know a singer/songwriter with a real gift.
Addictive March 9, 2007
J. C. Veilleux (Washington, DC, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't stop listening to this album! It is at once great storytelling, complicated vocals, and beautifully simple. I love it. Thank you Gillian.
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