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 , 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" – 2:45
  3. "Wayside/Back in Time" – 3:28
  4. "I Had a Real Good Mother and Father" – 3:14
  5. "One Monkey" – 5:36
  6. "No One Knows My Name" – 3:16
  7. "Lowlands" – 3:19
  8. "One Little Song" – 3:12
  9. "I Made a Lovers Prayer" – 5:03
  10. "Wrecking Ball" – 4:56

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