• Record Label: Acony
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2001
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Negative: 2 out of 24

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  1. Mr.Promise
    Sep 27, 2004
    10
    Sublime!
  2. FedericoV
    May 17, 2006
    10
    What a beautiful tune, I love the harmonies and after watching the video with Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings by sheer luck one night on rave, I just would not be able to forget the atmosphere and overall feel. One of these rare songs that capture a certain moment.
  3. NatM
    Aug 17, 2006
    10
    This album floors me every time i hear it.
  4. BMK
    Jun 28, 2006
    10
    One of my top ten favourite albums of all time. Simply amazing.
  5. lombilombi
    Nov 17, 2004
    9
    i like it
  6. Jun 26, 2011
    10
    Breathtaking. Not sure there's another word that appropriately captures the beauty here. Welch and Rawlings sprinkle sparsely compelling instrumentation around simple yet lush melodies that communicate a depth of pain and feeling in specific (yet abstract) time and space that few artists ever approach and far fewer still ever reach.
  7. Feb 1, 2018
    10
    This album hit me hard from the first time I heard it.
    I was late to the Gillian Welch game and purchased this off of emusic just based on some reviews I read.
    I have never had such an experience with an album. When I laid in bed and heard that first weird chord and then those vocals, it was stunning. This album will always be one of my favorites and it led me to loving everything
    This album hit me hard from the first time I heard it.
    I was late to the Gillian Welch game and purchased this off of emusic just based on some reviews I read.
    I have never had such an experience with an album. When I laid in bed and heard that first weird chord and then those vocals, it was stunning. This album will always be one of my favorites and it led me to loving everything Gillian and Dave have done. Best songwriters out there. They are so under appreciated. This album will stand the test of time and be remembered as one of the truest forms of songwriting ever. No album hit me harder than this one but Harrow and Harvest came close.
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86

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. A winsome, beautiful collection of songs... Welch has never seemed more assured, building a creatively expansive work out of modest ingredients.
  2. Ironically, while this is Welch's quietest album, with nary a drum or electric instrument in earshot, it's even closer to the spiritual vicinity of rock.
  3. Mojo
    100
    This is a profoundly good record. [Nov 2001, p.102]