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.

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.

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" (Welch, Rawlings, traditional melody) – 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

Charts

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Blender review
3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
4. ^ Mojo review
5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
6. ^ Q review
7. ^ Rolling Stone review
8. ^ Stylus review
9. ^ Uncut review
10. ^ ^{a b c} Gillian Welch entry at Allmusic
11. ^ FolkDJ-L Top albums of June and July 1998; the album held the number 5 position for 2 months
12. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 595. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

External links

• Review of "Look at Miss Ohio" by David Dye for NPR's Day to Day.
• Gillian Welch Interview for Austin City Limits