Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Decent album
Works. I like the ballads more than the bluegrass. A sleepy listen, but not unpleasant. Have always liked her harmonies with David Rawlings (whom I assume is the voice we hear in the background on this one). Alex, you never heard the soundtrack for O' Brother Where Art Thou? That soundtrack, somehow, was a big deal in America the year it came out and Welch is on there a good bit.
A new one to me, except Everything Is Free which I’m sure I’ve heard someone I like cover. It’s just vocals and acoustic guitar but there’s definitely something that sets it apart. It’s country, but almost completely cheese-free. A subtle, unnerving chord here, a wistful lyric there... At its best it’s quite enchanting. Probably need to be in a specific frame of mind to get the most out of it though. 3.5.
aight
Hauntingly beautiful bluesgrass. I wish I could give it four stars, but there just really isn't enough there to justify me doing so. Lovely sounding, but lacks anything new or out there. 3/5
Masterful playing and production, plus honest and raw songs. This album is a masterpiece in storytelling. Elvis Presley Blues is the standout track. But there's so much choice and depth throughout. Anyone who has hang ups about Americana or alt Country should give this a listen.
Really intimate americana with a live feel that is pretty engaging. Not something I'll necessarily go back to often, but at least I'm glad I know who she is now.
Good modern country music. A bit long, but still enjoyable.
Interesting album, but a bit too long.
I love the Louvin Brothers - enjoyed them before I even started this project. I don't get why I like them so much, while something like this album, which should be in that same wheelhouse, leaves me somewhat cold. Is there some kind of perceived inauthenticity that sort of creeps through? When James Dolan, who owns the New York Knicks, plays shitty blues gigs with his band and sings over blues riffs about how hard he works in the mine, the bullshit posturing is obvious. Someone embracing a style that sounds so anachronistic has a similar hollow feeling somehow? I don't know - that's not really a fair comparison. Anyway, some tracks work better than others. Title track is good, as is Red Clay Halo, but if I want something like this, I'd rather go back to older artists like the Louvin Brothers or the Anthology of American Folk Music.
It's cool. The guitar playing is really good.
Rev Ya Later! I wasn't ready for this album on the first go. GW's voice is great, I feel like she's carrying the weight of everyone on her shoulders. This is the new generation of folk music, I can't think of another way to describe it. Revelator hits those feelies that you bury away. It's raw, slow, plain, reflective and heartfelt. It's like a doorway to and old-time-y musical dimension that I've never experienced. I can't think of a time that I'd pick this up to listen to, but I'm happy to have the pleasure of turning this on.
Gillian’s voice is top notch. The sec harmonies are wonderful. I liked Elvis Presley Blues quite a bit. I am not a banjo fan. The sound is thin. It can sound good at times, but I can only ever hear two versions: the fast finger picking or the slow plucky version here. There is only so much of it that I can take. Also some of her vocal voicings are off putting, like the sustained, chromatic second to last line in each verse of Ruination Day Part 2. I swayed from ugh I should turn this off (2) to wow this is beautiful (4). If all banjos were replaced with some equivalent guitar part, this would earn another ⭐️ and a place in my library.
Favourite track(s): Revelator; My First Lover; Elvis Presley Blues Missing the usual percussion, the genre to me just lacks variety. The album is actually okay in this regard, but some tracks are just not unique enough, thus blending together. Her vocals are comfortable but I just cannot identify with that Red Clay / Banjo mentality.
I enjoyed this off and on. But overall I found it kind of sleepy. I'll go 2.5 round up to 3 for now.
Really enjoyable. Very nearly a 4*
First heard Gillian playing on the Inside Llweyn Davis soundtrack, instantly drawn to her voice and style. This was a really nice listen, I didn't skip a single track and even went back to listen to a few a second time. Fav track: I Want to Sing Rock and Roll.
A pleasant, although sleepy listen. 5/10
That opening song is just beautiful. It made really excited for the rest of the album. While there were moments that maintained this level of beauty I found there were others bordering on folk cliche. Some of it just felt really awkward which is too bad because the highlights on this album are quite superb. I wish I could give it a 3.5.
I love Gillian Welch and can listen to David Rawlings' beautiful guitar playing all day. This album isn't as good as some of their others, though. Most of the songs are slow and all kind of end up blending together for me. By the end I was bored.
Melancholische folkmuziek. Leuk luisteralbum
Needs a lonesome fiddle or somber piano on the slower tracks.
A really nice album of Americana folk songs. 3.5 🌟
Cool country, but overall, not really my thing.
I had never heard of this album. My wife loves this album. I think I must have been under a rock for the early 2000s, music-wise.
On est excédés Robert, il va falloir agir et vite.
Consistent, she's got a great voice - but it's country. Can country music EVER get 5 stars?
Never been my favourite genre but this is sparse and crisp and clean and is really easy on the ear. It's certainly worth listening to. Strangely enough this is the same reason some hate it- it's not upbeat enough. You can't please all the people.........
There is enough here to warrant further listening. It is certainly an album for a mood.
I liked it, particularly the opener Revelator. But it didn't quite pull on the heart strings or activate the brain in the same way as other stripped down albums (like the Boss' Nebraska or Willie Nelson's Stardust). Writing good music is hard and blending vocals and instruments to generate a captivating sound is no small feat. The greats somehow figure out that fit. This is good but not great. There's some nice guitar or banjo work at times, but Welch's voice doesn't pour out of it or quite harmonize with it. Rawlings' harmony attempts added very little. At times, it's like the vocals don't belong with the music or the music doesn't belong with the vocals. Dear Someone was an exception (vocals and music felt made for each other) as was I Dream a Highway. Again, I enjoyed the album but it didn't have that seamless connection to be any more than just good.
Pleasant. Nice. Nothing bad. Nothing great. That's the definition of a 3 for me.
Yeah cool
Time (att göra ett bra album) 😂😂
Slow, stripped down country songs. Pretty
uma vibe meio texana, western suave, musica de bar uhashu
6/10
Big bold ballsy bayou banjo blues n bluegrass. Bit boring.
Nice and relaxing. A winner
Country clàssic fet al nou mil.leni, obscur i intimista. Treball sobretot de guitarra i armonies vocals, banda sonora molt bona de certs moments i contextos
:)
A lovely bluegrass album, but not particularly gripping
3/5
Pretty guitar, pretty voice, pretty boring.
Al ver la portada del disco imaginé que no me iba a gustar nada, pues esperaba algo tipo Loretta Lynn (la que suena a Lurleen Lumpkin) o Joni Mitchell y sin embargo, me sorprendió que las primeras tres o cuatro canciones me gustaron mucho más de lo esperado. Aunque es un country/blues calmadito tiene en el lado positivo los muy buenos arreglos en las guitarras y las melodías que son muy melancólicas y con una voz muy bonita y limpia sin exagerar su Southern Drawl. Me gustaron en especial el Elvis Presley Blues y I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll, y se quedó solo contres estrellas porque la última rola, I Dream A Highway es exageradamente larga y creo que pierde sentido.
Mooi rustig maar die laatste 14 minuten waren niet nodig
Some good songs but some too cliche mid west songs
3/5 had potential but nothing much
Nice
Very nice, with some tremendous guitar playing.
Tranquilo, pausado, relajado. Buena voz. Un tanto monótono.
Like a precursor to the cool True Detective song meets folk vibe. Some country and Ronstadt creeping in there too. Bluegrass too with the banjo hammerin'. Very decent
Es un disco para ponerlo de fondo en una cafetería. No me gusta ni me desagrada. Si estas bajón te re tira para abajo. Es para dejarlo de fondo y trabajar sin interrupciones. No no lo escucharía en un viaje en auto porque me la pego dormida. .
Thought it was an average, haven’t been too impressed with the folk genre on this list
Was worried about the country vibe, but this was chill.
A folksy/country type of album. Not my bag, but she has a killer voice, and good lyrical content.
Lo excelente de este disco es que Gillian Welch nació en Los Angeles, e hizo un disco de country. Lo unico comparativo que se me ocurre es que Uki Deane quiera tocarse unos carnavalitos para celebrar las tradiciones norteñas. Esto nos deja como recordatorio que siempre que respetes las tradiciones y las formas, podes hacer un disco de lo que quieras aunque tus origenes no estén basados ahi. Feat aparte es que lo haya hecho con 33 años, ya criada y con valores formados. No se que tan cierto sea que ES mas dificil, pero uno no puede evitar pensar que debe serlo. Su voz, bien estereotipica del sur, lastimosa y toda rota, cuadra perfecto con la tematica del disco. Y si bien no conozco el ambiente donde lo grabó, me puedo llegar a imaginar algo alla Rick Rubin, en un trailercito bien intimo con 2 guitarras y el microfono bien cerca de la artista. Me gusta cuando se genera esa intimidad de Singer/Songwriter y oyente. Tiene unas pizcas de Damien Rice, y muchas de las canciones de este disco me hicieron acordar a las mas tristes de Natalia Lafourcade. No es ni por asomo mi disco favorito de musica Country (la cual me encanta) pero no es ni en pedo de los peores. Hay tropes ya super quemados en el country. Que la camioneta, que la cerveza fria, que el tractor, que los longhorns, el banjo y el honky tonky mood de la esposa. Está muy bien que alguien decida que el country tambien es amor, tristeza y miedo al paso del tiempo. Ahora me pegó el somit pero, de la galera, el ultimo que me ocurre que haya hecho un disco de country con "sabes que me parecen que estas tematicas están quemadisimas" fué Johnny fucking Cash. Alto endorsement ese, no? No tengo notas de las canciones porque no tenia el cuaderno a mano, pero dos cosas: 1. Es una picardia cuando el tema mas lindo es el primero del disco. 2. No podes terminar un disco con un tema de 16 minutos como si fueses una banda psicodelica a lo King Crimson en los 70. Cuando todo ya está destilado, me pregunto siempre lo mismo. Volveria a escuchar este disco? La verdad es que no, no concientemente. No lo sacaria si sale, pero no iria activamente a "che sabes que podriamos escuchar? Gillian Welch". Creo que en un genero que está bastante... Bastardeado, es un buen balance y Gillian deberia estar contentisima con las palabras que escribió un gordo zarpado en psicofarmacos sobre ella. Cobra en pesos. Random final thought: Le habrá puesto asi al disco en honor al mitico John The Revelator de Son House? ...Probablemente no. O si?
Musically solid. The vocals gave me some ear fatigue. It was fairly monotone and the doubling effect on the vocal tracks became excessive.
Some good blues. I like her voice. Ends with 14 min song.
Sleepy and sad
3.5 nice and slow, love the Elvis song
Pretty, well sung but not my type of country though there's a lot of talent here
2.5
Good ole country album! It was a joy to listen to, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it again.
Vejamos, a primeira música entra com tudo e realmente não é nada má, o resto torna-se um tanto cansativo. A cachopa faz bem o seu trabalho só que o registo não altera e torna-se chato muito depressa. Não consigo dar uma nota muito baixa porque consigo perceber o trabalho o esforço e reconhecer a qualidade, mas o raio do álbum cansou-me. Nota: 5/10 Data:19/02/2026
A nice mellow acoustic album. 0RS
Kinda pretty but boring and draggy. Not my jam. 2.5 rounded up.
Pretty good but country isn't my jam. Pretty chill and she has a great voice.
I feel like I should have liked this album more than I did. Country music has never really done it for me, and that is evident in my reaction to this album. I love her voice, I think the musicianship is good throughout, and I really like the production of the album. Still, it leaves me a bit cold. A good album, but not my thing 3/5
Very nice lady!
eh waify country, not my style. I'm gonna give it a 3 because some of the guitarwork is good enough that giving it a 2 would feel like I'm dissing it, which I'm not. But I wouldn't willingly listen to this kind of thing.
Mysigt men har glömt det om 2 dagar.
Eintönig irgendwann
I really, really dislike folk music. However, I thought the April 14 song was very interesting.
Good if you were on a horse crossing America in the 1800s and she was on the back with a guitar, but I'm not.
Another album I wonder why it is here. There are 1,001 albums that sound like this. Nothing new here.
Some fine, some quite jarring. Nothing significant enough to bring me back.
Eka biisi lupaili vähän enemmän, että voisi olla jotain kivaa ja folkahtavampaa singer-songwriter -kamaa, mutta aika nopeasti se sitten lässähti ihan perus tylsäksi kantriksi. Ei nyt mitään kauheaa paskaa, mutta ei myöskään semmoista että koskaan enää tähän palaisin. Luultavasti huomenna olen jo unohtanut kaikki biisit.
Här finns ett par riktigt fina känsliga bitar men merparten rinner mest igen öronen
Det är ändå rätt okej folk- och bluegrasssånger. Men problemet är att Gillian har en så alldeles identitetslös sångröst. Det är lätt man somnar.
Ganska slätstruken Singer/songwriter country, även om de tar sig lite efter ett par lyssningar. Gillade bättre vad hon gjorde på soundtracket till Oh brother where art thou.
Капец, как грустно и уныло
This is kind of hard to rate, because I feel like this is a perfectly executed album in a style of music that I would be in the right mood for like 1% of the time. The singing and guitar playing is beautiful, and the overall vibe is really consistent and atmospheric, which I love. But this kind of sparsely arranged, slow tempo folk music mostly bores me, except for at rare times when it catches me in just the right introspective sort of mood. I think if I listened to this album at just the right moment it would hit me like a train and be a really emotional experience, but on this listen I just wasn't really into it - and I think that would be the case for me the vast majority of the time
01) Revelator - 6,0 02) My First Lover - 5,5 03) Dear Someone - 5,5 04) Red Clay Halo - 5,0 05) April the 14th Part 1 - 5,0 06) I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll - 6,0 07) Elvis Presley Blues - 5,0 08) Ruination Day Part 2 - 5,0 09) Everything Is Free - 5,0 10) I Dream a Highway - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,30 (53/100) Current ranking: 919/1024
that was a hard listen, amazing singer and if one song popped up in a cultivated playlist of relaxing songs, or used in a soundtrack of a film for a melancholy section, I would think its great. But this music at a full length album just isn't for me
Man I've had a lot of country lately. This one at least isn't super country-ish. More folky, with some bluegrass elements. She's also not a bad guitarist. Some of these songs are a little mopey for me, but others are pretty decent. The last song is a chore at 15 minutes of moping. 2/5.
Not for me
I can barely tolerate folk, but extremely slow, poor vocal, bland folk? Hell no.
Normally like a good acoustic Americana vibe, but nah too boring sadly
Not sure I could get into it. I could hear a lot of the influences which are up my street but something about this wasn’t
So it’s fine. If it had a bit more bite to it, I could even imagine liking it. But my headphones broke halfway through and I was actually relieved so I decided not to finish. Sorry Ma’am.
I think I've heard of her, but I've definitely never heard this album (and for good reason). This was released at the pinnacle of my music exploratory phase, I was listening to everything from hip hop to electronica to metal to alt rock. She never hit my radar and I'm not surprised she was never a word-of-mouth or mixed cd find. "Dreary" was the first word my wife said when listening over my shoulder. "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?" vibe from the outset. The user counts impress me for such a darkhorse album. But man, tally up the title track, with "My First Lover", "Ruination Day", "Everything Is Free" (22M listens?!!?) & "Elvis Presley Blues" and you have a bland, sad-sad album. I wanted her to 'sing that rock and roll' too, but she didn't and I lost interest fast. Then she has the audacity to wrap it up with a 14:30 minute dirge of slowness. Wow, talk about not delivering anything. I'll never listen to Gillian again. Weak vocals, no hooks, no hits, nothing groundbreaking, no influence, no longevity beyond 2002 and no reason to talk about her or this album ever again. 2 stars and that's being super generous!
It's wild to consider that this type of music was considered a type of revival of folk back in 2001, only for Folk, Americana, and even Bluegrass to become far more mainstream in the 2020s, and far better than this album.
A boring record.
Not in my edition of the book! 2001. 2 stars. Average American yeehaw with a couple of decent songs, but nothing that you couldn't hear as well done in any Southern state bar on a Saturday night. No idea why this is on the list.
Only thing I knew about her was from the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. That was an excellent track so maybe I expected too much on this album. This was repetitive & boring. Shame
Wahrscheinlich tu ich dem Album unrecht aber…. Gähn.
Singer/songwriter style country. I can see why people would like the stripped back sound, with just a guitar or banjo and vocals, and the calm melodies. But I found it quite boring and I was having trouble paying attention.
2.5. Not for me, but pretty songs.
I could see this being a good album if I was in a different headspace, but found it boring in this one.
Dear someone is a banger. Either than that, I wasn't too engaged unfortunately
Just don't care for the boring country tracks in the middle of the album
Kinda boring. Her voices is good, but not super interesting. It's Americana before Americana became popular, but so many other musicians did it better.
2.4 I dont mind the material, but really dont care for her vocals, seemed distractingly flat.
Hmmmm. I don't know about this dull one. Too slow.
Bored right out of the gate. Gave up halfway through.
Nice voice. Nice guitar-play. But she is facing the same problem like many of Bob Dylan's work for me. Every single song is a pleasant listen. But a whole album of this stripped down country is way too much/too lame for me. 2,5
mid
Singer/Songwriter folk is tricky because you need to be REALLY good to hit sound like everyone else. In the end, this sounds like everyone else. This is the easiest music to make, just a guitar and singing. This is a poet trying to make music, and I feel that is one third the talent of all other music. Yeah they wrote great lyrics. But the singing isn't great, and the instruments aren't there and the guitar is run of the mill.
Good night, Irene. I wanted to have some respect for the acoustic guitar in the opener, but this album is just one, long, boring song. She's got nothing to say, no real songwriting skill, and no discernible talent. So boring.
Beautiful music, just not my usual cup of tea.
Quiet folk singer-songwriter had the potential to be pretty boring... and it was.
I fell asleep :(
I try and give country a fair go now and then, and I don’t seem to be as down on it as many around here, but even I struggled with this one. The first track wasn’t too bad but then every track after that followed the same template, without ever really going anywhere.
It’s okay
Man... I just can't to country. I thought the first song was good, because it was more indie folk, but as the album goes on it gets more and more country, and I get less and less interested. Songs like Red Clay Hero just become annoying background noise to me. Not a bad album, I just can't do this right now (I have a minor hangover) High 2.
This is probably a 2
meh 2
Another album to keep in mind if you're suffering from insomnia.
2/5.
😴
2,3/5
Not my vibe.
Nu country effort from ms Welch
Crap country
Bland and inoffensive. Kind of folksy coffee shop vibes. The songs are all nice, but I don't think the album is really going to stick with me.
Light as a feather. So much space in every song. Not sure how to rate. If this was an Angel Olsen or Sharon Van Etten or Cat Power album (people of a similar era and style) it would be an immediate 7-10/10. Gillian has never captured me the same way. This album was fine, verging on boring. Unlikely to listen to ever again or explore more of her work. 2/5
gueti stimm, schlechte country. no no no
I don't doubt this is quality, but not my type of music
This started well, it’s very earnest and well written and I hoped for something that could maintain the promising start. I even quite enjoyed Red Clay Halo that leaned very much into Bluegrass territory, it wouldn’t have been out of place on the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Ultimately though this isn’t my wheelhouse and was unlikely to hold my interest for all of its 52 minute runtime.
no country pls
2.5
2.0
Checks the boxes of proficient playing and I guess the singing might appeal to a certain kind of person, but the songs feel samey, soulless, and never sum to anything greater than the mere parts. It goes to show just how the weak the naughties were that this album got as much attention as it did, but honestly I am not hearing anything here that I hadn't heard a thousands times before this album came out. Rehashing a tired worn out sound doesn't seem all that essential to me. This barely sounds like a demo to me. To interest me it would need to be given some creative production and layering to turn it into something that is unique and not just another tedious roots album. Its the sort stuff I wanted to like from an NPR Prairie Home Companion episode broadcast on AM station whose signal inexplicably drops in and out, but ultimately would never hold my attention. Most bearable: "Elvis Presley Blues"
zašto to?
Good
Quite nice singing and lyrics, and guitar playing in places. It's a kind of dreary and slow album though, not much to really get excited about so no better than "pleasant" for me I was gonna go 3* but the last song is 14 minutes long and I was extremely bored long before the end, so 2 it is
Nice guitar playing, except this album i dont see much pros of it. 5/10
muy tranquilo pero excesivamente tranquilo
Not for me
un poco me dormi en vivo pero es agradable de fondo
Folky singer song writer vibes throughout. Desolate feel throughout the album IMO.
Very bleh for me personally
This is not bad. But it is also not very interesting. 2.5
Nothing to suggest I wouldn't like this, until she started singing and my god, I was bored stiff. A little bit too twee for me
Pleasant enough country pop but far too easy listening for my tastes I'm afraid
Cardinal Sin. Did not finish.
smetne az mi sie spac zachcialo ale zle nie jest
Not mine but maybe something for you
Maso
Musically proficient but slow and soulless
This was the most bland country folk album I've had yet. Not offensive to the ears (for the most part) but I got nothing out of this. At least it went by quickly, apart from the last song being like 14 minutes long.
Aburrido. No me interesa
Nah, I did't like this one. Sorry Gillian.
Too sombre and one paced for me
A fine alt country/bluegrass early 2000s album with decent lyrics. Nonetheless, it didn't move me that much compared to the many other genres the generator gives you. The 14 minute extended bluegrass song at the end was also cool to listen to.
Just found it a bit dull, this type of slow country music isn't my thing at all, nothing on the music, just not my thing.
This was not much to write home about, but it did lead me down a wormhole which ended with ‘Mermaid Avenue’ by Billy Bragg and Wilco which I don’t think will be on this list, but really ought to be.
- A bit too slow and acoustic for my taste - Revelator gives Crosby, Stills, Nash vibes, I like the minor key - Would fit well in Fallout
Some good vocal harmonies, but a whole album of just singing and acoustic guitar gets boring fast
the references to folk song canon are annoying. there are too many songs about being a musician. Berklee college straight to Nashville is a very boring way to make folk music. it's not very nice to call my birthday ""'ruination day'"". music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Wanted to like it, but I didn’t really.
Day 13/14 — Gillian Welch — Time (The Revelator) (2001) Listened: Mar 8–9, 2026 Genre: Americana / Folk / Alternative Country Vibe: Stark, sparse, literary — two guitars and two voices painting dark American portraits Highlights: • Revelator • I Dream a Highway Impression: Lyric driven folk that grows each listen. Not my favorite. Rating: 2.2/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Maybe
The Good: We are getting things revealed! The Bad: It’s not what I was hoping for… The Ugly: The fucking seat… horrid… Right, modern country, sung by a NYC/LA raised “hillbilly”… not that there’s anything wrong with that, kinda… However, for me, it’s like listening to Billy Joe Armstrong pretend like he’s a pissed-off lad in 1970s UK punk scene… sk8tr boi… Anyway, not my thing, this musicality. If I have to listen to something like this, then give me the true Apalaccian queen of Dolly P, so that I can at least be a filthy bastard and admire how she would fill out that flowery dress… Sue me… not happy with my string of bad luck albums as we currently have had 12 in a row that I’ve scored 2* or lower… except for that album 2 days ago, by Siouxsie, which I am going to play again now and hopefully rate with a 4* to get out of this rut… 2*
I struggled to get through this. Rating: Yeehaw/5
I loved Gillian's voice here. Dear Someone is an adorable song! I'm happy that the Country enjoyers get an album like this, which to be fair is some of the most beautiful stuff I've heard in the genre. Unfortunately the yeehaw tinges are still too much for me, and as beautiful as the singing may be, I don't get anything out of these 4, 6, even *14* minute-long slow folk songs. Sorry! Standout: Dear Someone
This is so boring. So. Boring. 2/5
Country mixed with folk = if you listen carefully you can hear both the cowboy hats and hairy armpits
the bad part of folk music.
Boring and derivative. For a songwriter's album I would expect more than clichés, here they are all in attendance. The only honest song to me is the Elvis one, and it's not even interesting. Horrible, no, worth listening to, no
A beautiful album, just not sure it develops music in any way 2 - a good album just not my thing
Eli tuollaista hidasta mandoliini ja nainen, tyyppistä kantria. Ihan mukava
I enjoy acoustic guitar and folk music, but I really didn't care for this album. Welch's voice is relatively pleasant, but she doesn't really ever stretch it and the album generally slogs along as a result. This is also true of the songs as well which aren't very challenging. They generally stay centered and that leads to an overall boring feel throughout this record. Just nothing terribly interesting in any of the tracks.
Kinda boring
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Didnt do mutch for me. Its okay to listen to but kind of too repetitive for me
One song of this americana singer songwriter country adjecent music is fine. I dont wanna listen to an hour of this though. 3/10
I guess, it was not the worst country album on here, but absolutely nothing remarkable about it. Don't get why this is on the list. It's just another random country album. 5/10
Not a huge fan, a bit too twangy and annoying at times.
started off ok with the first couple of songs but then just became a drag of standard country dirge.
Not for me.
Alr
un poco aburrido la neta
Unfortunately quite boring. The only song that stood out to me was the Elvis one.
2 weird country, not my kind of music
Not terrible, just not really my thing.
slow c&w, yawn
After the first track I thought I was settling into a decent modern country record, but as this went on each track decided it wanted to sound like a different era of country, which felt disjointed.
Whenever I rate lyrics, I think about one thing - could I write this? I'm not good with words, so if the answer is "yes", then the lyric is probably trash. Now, could I write "time's the revelator"? Easily. If I knew the word, but yeah, easily. But could I write "Every time it rains, it rains"? No fucking chance I guess that settles it Well, the songs that weren't country were alright
Dull.
Another album that’s no where near my usual tastes. The more I listened the less I was interested in it, 2 stars.
Eh, it’s fine. I like her voice but I’m just not a slow country/slow bluegrass person.
Slow country is boring.
This is exactly what I don’t like
No, Gillian.
Pænt pisse kedelig syng, og skriv artist.
Egentlig en interessant lyd når den er mest folket. Desværre står jeg helt af på den når der går country i den.
I was kind of looking forward to listening to this one and the first song was pretty nice. This album got boring real quick though, I really had to fight falling asleep. 50 minutes isn't long but there's almost no variety and every song is about 1 or 2 minutes longer than it needs to be. There was an applause somewhere in the middle, the rest of the album is really forgettable. Perhaps I would've liked it more another time, but this wasn't it. I guess it's nice that it's an old school country album.
Wasn’t minding it too much as a folky album but it just felt so repetitive after a while. 2 star rating got locked in with the final 14 minute song
Not for me
Well this isn't for me, but I'm sure there's some pretentious music journo that will inform me I lack the necessary to appreciate the banjo. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ Nope ★★☆☆☆ (4/10)
Kind of meh. All songs similar
Dreary
Welcome to background coffee shop music vol 19
Meh. 1.9
Yeah this got old about two songs in. Not my thing 2/5
Bof bof
on ronfle
Vraiment pas d'intérêt, j'ai pas détesté non plus c'était pas inécoutable mais juste y'a pas grand chose
A bit too country for me. Some pretty songs on here though.
*2001. Country. *I wanted to like this, but I just don’t. *This is a throw back to old country ala patsy cline and Loretta Lynn, which is pretty cool, but it just didn’t do anything for me. RATING - 6/10
I appreciate it...but like it?
Boring AF 2/5
Gillian Welch has a charming voice. I especially enjoyed 'Revelator' and 'I Dream a Highway'. The lyricism on the latter specifically was beautiful. That being said, most of the album was just okay for me. I wouldn't mind hearing it somewhere, but I probably would not think to listen to it myself.
More country
A little too soft and quiet to grab me.
Nice album really but a bit too country to match my vibe right now
One banger, lots of snoozers
Its a nice album very similar all songs good songwriting but too country for my taste
This was fine. Good singer and some interesting songs but I don't think I'd return to it.
Loved revelator thought this was going to really surprise me then it was just bland from then on
Mehhhh, a little too slow in country for my liking. Good music, but not my cup of tea. Two star stars.
Didn’t like this very much. A bit too slow and repetitive.
I did not find this to be the most enjoyable, it felt samey and a bit boring nearer the end. High 2/5
2 stars.
Not something I would choose to listen to on a normal day but it neither terrible nor memorable. Added to Library: Everything is Free
This is not bad music at all, but the 'slow guitar music to fall asleep to' genre is really not for me.
Boring country music 1,5/5
Nice voice, but a strange selection of songs that she for some reason has decided to sing at a dirge-like tempo. I guess that a really depressed Americana music fan might get something out of this.
Another 2 star I'm just not a fan of the vibe personally but ig the lyrics are nice
Deserves to be on the list but it isn't for me
Nothing special, I don’t get the hype
A pesar de gustarme este tipo de música más o menos Country y Americana, no ha terminado de entusiasmarme. Suena muy bien y está muy bien tocado, pero no me ha llegado. Intentaré oír otros trabajos de ella.
Why is she whining for so long??? Disappointing from her.
This album tried to put me to sleep. It wasn't terrible, but it was not for me.
Hated this
who cares
Time (the waster) Gillian Squelch (sound of me standing on a BUG)
Im not sure if i liked it, kinda hard to get through
Everything Is Free // I Dream a Highway
Ok sound
I really didn't understand this one. Nice voice but such dull, plodding music.
not my cup of tea
Slow music, not my thing.
Just a gal and her guitar, singing about first loves, and Elvis Presley. Very slow, very boring.
I liked the couple of songs that had some stomp to them, but besides that, it kind of felt like regular folk music. Not too sure what might differentiate it from another folk artist, to be honest. I suppose it’s personal connection to the lyrics. Not for me, but I’m sure fans of folk will enjoy it.
I don't know how to call this album, but most of the songs sound the same (if not every single one of them). If it had more personality of its own I would have liked it more, but that folk-county based on long, boring and repetitive songs is not something I'm into. What I liked the most are some instrumentals, which are delicious. I understand it's more of a lyrical album, but if the songs are bland, I just can't focus on anything else than... when is "I Dream a Highway" going to end? Really, its length is unjustified, it's the same melody on repeat for over a quarter of hour.
Meh
i really wish i liked this more but its so dull imo it’s putting me to sleep and not in a good way
Not for me
I'd give it a 2.5
I do not understand why this album is so critically acclaimed. It's very dull. Most of the songs are the same downtrodden music and lyrics, and once you think you've finally made it to the end there's a 16 minute song that seems to go on forever. There's much better early 2000s country than this, and I'm sure there's much better alternative country folk than this too. I was listening to this while on a long drive and kept thinking, "I would hate for this to be the last album I was listening to if I got into a car wreck." So basically the antithesis of the point of this list.
Fine, but I also almost fell asleep listening to it.
Not my genre. The first song and April 14th were my favorites and I wish the rest of the album had more of those types of songs. The rest sounded like they came out of the brown hymnal.
Started strong, but got a little bland and ran out of steam by the end. More folk-rock than country in my opinion, which is a good thing I feel. I quite enjoyed some parts, but ultimately I feel it didn't do quite enough to rise above 2 stars.
This is one of those albums which reminds me just how US- and UK-biased this list is. It's really hard to imagine a non-American caring about this album and its tedious country stylings at all. If this album had not been part of this project, I would have instantly skipped it, and lyrics like "when the Great Emanicpator took a bullet in the back" and "I want to shake my Saviour's hand" are just so ultra-American. I might have heard My First Lover before, it sounds familiar, and I can also recognise / appreciate the folk influence on the lyrics and the country influence on the banjo. On the other hand, what business does the final track I Dream A Highway have being nearly FIFTEEN minutes long?!
379/1001 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
Not great for me. It started out ok in the sense I thought the songwriting was decent, but just not for me, but by the end it got repetitive and felt very long. 2/5
In general it was cool with the classic country bluegrass sound and some nice, rich elements to it...however. That last song was like a horse tranquilizer and there is NO REASON it needed to be 15 minutes long, taking a full point off for that nonsense. Disappointed that I didn't like this as much as I hoped I would because this genre is sort of in my wheelhouse
No, sorry. I don't like this. Her voice is nice, the guitar is simple, but effective. My problem is the harmonies. I can't stand country harmonies, they irritate my ears. Something about the harmonics. Anyway, I also find it slow and dull. But pretty. To each his own though.
# Album Name: Time (The Revelator) # Artist: Gillian Welch # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Alright for 1-2 songs. But it gets boring quite quickly imo. Definitely couldnt sit through it for nearly an hour. Theres some good guitar picking and vocals on the album though. # Top Tunes: Everything is free / revelator # Would I listen to it again? No
I'm sure this appeals to some, and I am open to it being on the list, even if I don't get it. This was painful. Had some country (strike 1) was slow paced (strike 2) and after a while, became an irritant (strike 3). I'd go with a 1, but can't because there's talent, just not talent that I appreciate.
2 - somber country. Got a bit boring
Revelator 2.8 My First Lover 2.4 Dear Someone 2.3 Red Clay Halo 2.4 April the 14th Part 1 2.1 I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll 2.7 Elvis Presley Blues 2.6 Ruination Day Part 2 2.2 Everything Is Free 2 I Dream a Highway 1.8 Score: 2.33
Listened Before? N Pretty decent alt-country. Didn't really stand out much and a lot of the songs felt same-y to me. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Everything Is Free
Not for me, but nice background music if you’re 50-50 on country
Arguable good music but not to my taste unfortunately.
Each song is actually slightly unbearable. I found myself wondering when the songs would end. If this is country music I don't want it!
BORING
Did nothing for me 2
It’s pleasant enough, and she is certainly talented. But it’s kind of a snooze fest. Not a lot of dynamism or energy.
She mumbles, sings like a slide guitar, has so many dissonant tones, all the sings sound the same, and her lyrics are boring. There's a song that could be about the Titanic but it’s just about some stoners she sees in Idaho or some shit.
I wasnt a fan of this one. Not my style of music- hokey, quiet, and a lot of the songs sounded similar. Welch's voice was nice. Overall- fine, but not for me
What can I say? I understand this is supposed to be a landmark album but there wasn’t a moment that caught my attention.
promising but never lifts off and dunks into the abyss of country cheese
country music sucks. 2/5.
Not particularly great... two stars
It was okay, but after half of the album I thought it would end soon but no. It was okay at best.
Meh, not my genre
This was nice, but not a ton of variety in tone or “vibe” on each song
Really disappointed in this one. Had much higher hopes because I like her. But this is the slowest played collection of songs I’ve ever heard. I could fall asleep during any one of them. And I thought she might during a couple of them.
really note my vibe but there was some beauty in some of this
Lame country, can't get used to it.
Whatever Gillian is awkwardly glancing at off-screen on the album cover is probably infinitely more interesting than a single note of music on this dreary, booooring album.
If you're feeling a certain kind of way and need almost an hour of plaintive, downtempo two-piece folk music, here ya go. Otherwise, move along. A little variation from song to song would have gone a long way towards keeping my attention.
Just not my thing
She has a great voice but it’s a bit sparse production and lacks a hook to keep me engaged
Good voice, seems heartfelt, I can see why some people would like it a lot. Didn't hear a lot that felt unique or new. Doubt I'd relisten.
Right away, great voice. Nothing popped for me. It was all fine enough. I hoped something would hit the bluegrass sweet spot. Never did. It didn't really do anything to make it required listening. Also quite a few tracks that are a bit too long.
Gillian has a good voice, but this is not really my kind of thing. The album feels a bit generic and I am not sure why it made the list
Enjoyed the first two tracks but by track 4 I’d had enough.
Ugh, more country music.
It's a pleasant Friday evening, you're settled on the sofa with a glass of wine watching Later with Jools Holland. Gillian Welch comes on, does a few songs, it's lovely. You decide to buy her album. You play it once, then forget about it. Until one day it surprisingly pops up in this 1001 list, and it makes you think... is Later with Jools Holland still on the telly?
2/25/25. Pretty soothing country/americana. Decent.
Acoustic guitars With a slight twang, steady voice With time on its mind
Not my taste
13/02/25 I can appreciate the talent, it was just too boring.
Boring, dreary, dull, dull, dull, depressingly dull
i get the appeal and appreciate the artistry but i just don’t love this kinda stuff. just a little bit too slow and boring for me
Just really not my genre, seems good for what it is Will I listen to again: 0%
Beige as fuck, no more of this you stupid fucking book