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- Record Label: Acony Records
- Release Date: Nov 25, 2016
- Summary: The two-disc collection produced by the singer-songwriter with David Rawlings features eight previously unreleased songs plus alternative versions, outtakes, and demos of tracks from her 1996 debut, Revival.
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- Record Label: Acony Records
- Genre(s): Folk
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| A long time ago I left my home For a job in the fruit trees But I missed those hills with the windy pines For their song seemed to suit me So I sent... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Dec 2, 2016Boots' more rough and intimate look behind the duo's evolution and process is in its way no less compulsively listenable than the cohesive Revival itself, which would introduce Welch and Rawlings to the world sounding basically fully formed.
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Nov 23, 2016It’s a stark but stunning collection, with Rawlings’ exquisite acoustic lead lines dancing around the melodies, and the duo’s harmonies imbuing their songs with poignant shades of emotion.
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Nov 23, 2016Boots No. 1 plays less like an expansion of Revival than a document of a fertile period of creativity in the life of Gillian Welch, and while fans of the original album will revel in it, you don't have to be familiar with it to be dazzled by the subtle passion, intelligence, and eloquence of this music.
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UncutNov 30, 2016This double-CD set offers clues as to how Welch and Rawlings got there [on Revival], and glimpses down roads not taken. [Jan 2017, p.49]
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Nov 23, 2016Part of the revelation of Boots No. 1, then, is witnessing Welch’s music made mortal, to hear her navigating her many influences with a young artist’s enlightened uncertainty, and to hear imperfect recordings that may not necessarily conjure universes on their own accord so much as they recall old-fashioned country music that’d sound at home on the radio.
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MagnetDec 15, 2016It doesn't add a lot to our understanding of Revival. ... Still, it's cool to discover the unreleased songs, including Johnny Cash "One Piece At A Time" homage "Dry Town" and to be reminded of how great Revival is. [No. 138, p.61]
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Dec 12, 2016This record is where it all began before they [Welch and Dave Rawlings] (with the help of producer T Bone Burnett) put out their first disc. In other words, Gillian Welch fans will appreciate hearing the original sounds of the band.
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