Soul Journey

Soul Journey is the fourth studio album by Gillian Welch. As with all of her previous releases, it is a collaboration with David Rawlings.

Soul Journey
Studio album by
Gillian Welch
ReleasedJune 3, 2003 (US)
Recorded?
GenreAmericana, Country Folk
Length39:07
LabelAcony
ProducerDavid Rawlings
Gillian Welch chronology
Time (The Revelator)
(2001)		 Soul Journey
(2003)		 The Harrow & The Harvest
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
The Guardian[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[7]
Pitchfork7.1/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut[11]

In their preceding work, Time (The Revelator), Welch and Rawlings had experimented with using only acoustic guitar and banjo as accompaniment. With Soul Journey, they return to the more diverse and modern instrumentation of their early work, employing electric guitar, organ, and drums. As with Welch's other works, a strong American roots influence can be heard. This is perhaps most clear on the track, "No One Knows My Name", which borrows the melody from the Carter Family classic, "Motherless Children" and in Welch's reading of the traditional, "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor".

Track listing

All songs written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings unless otherwise noted.[12]

  1. "Look at Miss Ohio" – 4:16
  2. "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" (traditional with additional lyrics by Welch) – 2:45
  3. "Wayside/Back in Time" – 3:28
  4. "I Had a Real Good Mother and Father" (traditional with additional lyrics by Welch) – 3:14
  5. "One Monkey" – 5:36
  6. "No One Knows My Name" – 3:16
  7. "Lowlands" – 3:19
  8. "One Little Song" (Welch) – 3:12
  9. "I Made a Lovers Prayer" – 5:03
  10. "Wrecking Ball" – 4:56[13]

Credits

Charts
YearChartPeak position
2003Billboard Top Heatseekers [14]1
2003The Billboard 200 [14]107
2003Billboard Independent Albums [14]3
2003FolkDJ-L Folk Radio Airplay [15]5
2003UK Albums Chart [16]65

References
  1. "Reviews for Soul Journey by Gillian Welch". Metacritic. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  2. Johnson, Zac. "Soul Journey – Gillian Welch". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. Berger, Arion (June–July 2003). "Gillian Welch: Soul Journey". Blender (17): 147. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
  4. Hermes, Will (June 6, 2003). "Soul Journey". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  5. Clarke, Betty (May 30, 2003). "Gillian Welch: Soul Journey". The Guardian. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  6. Appleford, Steve (June 29, 2003). "Minimalist style, plentiful talent". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  7. "Gillian Welch: Soul Journey". Mojo (116): 100. July 2003.
  8. Bowers, William (October 7, 2003). "Gillian Welch: Soul Journey". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  9. "Gillian Welch: Soul Journey". Q (205): 116. August 2003.
  10. Caramanica, Jon (June 12, 2003). "Gillian Welch: Soul Journey". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 1, 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  11. "Gillian Welch: Soul Journey". Uncut (75): 96. August 2003.
  12. Johnson, Zac. Gillian Welch: Soul Journey at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  13. Todd Kennedy Hitting the American Highway: The Ontology of the Hobo-hero - 2007 "Welch's exposition of a feminine hobo-hero is perhaps most evident by Soul Journey's final song, "Wrecking Ball," in which she almost seems to be responding to Dylan's description of feminine loss when, like Dylan, she rambles and croons in ..."
  14. Gillian Welch entry at Allmusic
  15. FolkDJ-L Top albums of June Archived 2006-10-06 at the Wayback Machine and July 1998 Archived 2006-10-06 at the Wayback Machine; the album held the number 5 position for 2 months
  16. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 595. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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