Gillian Welch - Revival
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
1996 Ratings: #61 / 127
User Score
Based on 49 ratings
1996 Rank: #193
Liked by 5 people
April 9, 1996 / Release Date
LP / Format
Acony / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Entertainment Weekly
Revival certainly gets an early lead on debut-of-the-year honors.
86
Pitchfork
This is pure country music. As pure as it comes, in fact. No crazy rhythm section, no sparkly rhinestone jumpsuits, and no songs about 'me and my hoss.' Just classic country music.
84

These days, Gillian Welch’s acoustic duo style is so iconic in the roots music world that it’s easy to forget that she started off very much as an alt-country musician. “Revival” is unmistakably a Gillian Welch album; nobody else warrants the adjective “timeless” quite the way that she does, and her one-of-a-kind vocals and songwriting style is already perfected on her debut, suggesting a devotion to her craft belying her young age. Yet “Revival” ... read more

NonkelHans
NR

Ok, ok so the Coen Brothers introduced me to her. So why should that be such a bad thing?

davecoop18
80

I wouldn't have enjoyed this as much if I hadn't moved to Kansas.

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Track List

  1. Orphan Girl
  2. Annabelle
  3. Pass You By
  4. Barroom Girls
  5. One More Dollar
  6. By the Mark
  7. Paper Wings
  8. Tear My Stillhouse Down
  9. Acony Bell
  10. Only One and Only
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Added on: June 2, 2013