Track Listing 1. Orphan Girl 2. Annabelle 3. Pass You By 4. Bar Room 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
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | T-Bone Burnett | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Pinnacle | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes Personnel: Gillian Welch (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); David Rawlings (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, Optigan, 6-string bass); Jay J. Joyce (electric guitar, E-bow); James Burton (electric guitar, National steel guitar); Greg Leisz (dobro, Weissenborn); John R. Hughey (pedal steel guitar); T-Bone Burnett (Optigan); Armando Campean (acoustic & electric basses); Roy Huskey, Jr. (acoustic bass); Buddy Harman, Jim Keltner (drums). Engineers include: David Knight, Rick Will, Rik Pekkonen.Recorded at Sunset Sound, Oceanway and Sound Factory, Hollywood, California; Woodland Digital, Nashville, Tennessee.REVIVAL was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Editorial Reviews Ranked #23 in the Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. Village Voice (02/25/1997)
...a ringer for a real Appalachian, if not the long-lost li'l sis to the Stanley Brothers. Twangy tales of forlorn farm laborers, grieving moms and lovers, and Jesus sound impossibly authentic....[REVIVAL] gets an early lead on debut-of-the-year honors. - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (05/03/1996)
3 (out of 5) - ...Welch has a thin, clear voice with a soft, melodic nature that gives her classically styled folk-country songs a timeless quality... Alternative Press (06/01/1996)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Brilliant... Q (10/01/2001)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Welch's Grammy-nominated debut heralded the dawn of a rare talent... Uncut (09/01/2003)
3 out of 5 stars - A Los Angeleno Pixies fan who sounds like some God-fearing 1920s Appalachain farmer's wife....graveyard voice...[and] skeletally-picked guitar... Q (01/01/2002)
...a ringer for a real Appalachian, if not the long-lost li'l sis to the Stanley Brothers. Twangy tales of forlorn farm laborers, grieving moms and lovers, and Jesus sound impossibly authentic....[REVIVAL] gets an early lead on debut-of-the-year honors. - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (05/03/1996)
Ranked #23 in the Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.Q (1/02, p.123) - 3 out of 5 stars - A Los Angeleno Pixies fan who sounds like some God-fearing 1920s Appalachain farmer's wife....graveyard voice...[and] skeletally-picked guitar...Entertainment Weekly (5/3/96, p.78) - ...a ringer for a real Appalachian, if not the long-lost li'l sis to the Stanley Brothers. Twangy tales of forlorn farm laborers, grieving moms and lovers, and Jesus sound impossibly authentic....[REVIVAL] gets an early lead on debut-of-the-year honors. - Rating: AUncut (9/03, p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 - ...Welch's Grammy-nominated debut heralded the dawn of a rare talent...Alternative Press (6/96, p.92) - 3 (out of 5) - ...Welch has a thin, clear voice with a soft, melodic nature that gives her classically styled folk-country songs a timeless quality...Uncut (11/01, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - ...Brilliant... Village Voice (02/25/1997)
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