Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)

Artist:

Welch, Gillian

UPC:

805147010321

Description:

Recorded at RCA Studio B and the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee.
TIME (tHE REVELATOR) was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Personnel: Gillian Welch (vocals, guitar, banjo); David Rawlings (vocals, acoustic guitar).
Recording information: RCA Studio B, Nashville, TN; Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Mark Seliger.
Displaying a remarkable consistency of vision, Gillian Welch sticks to her guns on her third album, by limiting the sonic palette to the twin acoustic guitars and vocals of herself and partner David Rawlings (and a touch of banjo). With all the hip cred she`s built up, especially with her work on the O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU soundtrack, this might have been her big pop move, but Welch plays it admirably straight on TIME (THE REVELATOR). While the melodies and lyrics here do occasionally stretch the boundaries of her willfully anachronistic folk/country style a little, this an even moodier, more intense recording than Welch`s previous two. There`s a hazy, dreamlike feel to "Revelator," "Dear Someone," and especially the 14-minute, Dylanesque closer "I Dream a Highway," somewhat akin to the plaints of Lucinda Williams`s contemporaneous ESSENCE album. Brief respites from all the serious brow-knitting are provided by the ironic, recorded-live "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll" and the straight-up homage "Elvis Presley Blues," but ultimately this is a dark, murky (and rewarding) trip.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Revelator
2. My First Lover
3. Dear Someone
4. Red Clay Halo
5. April the 14th, Pt. 1
6. I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll
7. Elvis Presley Blues
8. Ruination Day, Pt. 2
9. Everything Is Free
10. I Dream a Highway

Album Information

Release Date:

02/02/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alt Country

Label:

Acony Records

Producer:

David Rawlings; T-Bone Burnett

Catalog Number:

ACNY 0103

Original Release Year:

2001

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

51 : 34

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