Revelator (Tedeschi Trucks Band album)
Revelator is the debut album by the 11-piece blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band released in 2011 by Sony Masterworks. Recorded in Derek and Susan's Swamp Raga Studios in Jacksonville, co-produced by Derek with producer/engineer Jim Scott. The album won Grammy Award for Best Blues Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.[1]
Reception
Allmusic music critic Thom Jurek praised the album and wrote the recording "proves something beyond their well-founded reputation as a live unit: that they can write, perform, and produce great songs that capture the authentic, emotional fire and original arrangements that so many modern blues and roots recordings lack... Revelator is a roots record that sets a modern standard even as it draws its inspiration from the past. It's got everything a listener could want: grit, groove, raw, spiritual emotion, and expert-level musical truth."[2] David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote "[Trucks] and Tedeschi, a perfect vocal foil, now front the best Dixie-funk family band since Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett."[3]
Track listing
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| 1. | "Come See About Me" | Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Tyler Greenwell, Mike Mattison, Theodore Pecchio | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Don't Let Me Slide" | Gary Michael Louris, Tedeschi, Trucks | 5:04 |
| 3. | "Midnight in Harlem" | Mattison, Trucks | 5:52 |
| 4. | "Bound for Glory" | Mattison, Tedeschi, Trucks | 5:28 |
| 5. | "Simple Things" | Louris,Trucks,Tedeschi | 4:43 |
| 6. | "Until You Remember" | John Leventhal, Tedeschi, Trucks | 6:11 |
| 7. | "Ball and Chain" | Tedeschi, Trucks, Oliver Wood | 3:58 |
| 8. | "These Walls" | Eric Krasno, Sonya Kitchell, Trucks | 6:01 |
| 9. | "Learn How to Love" | Trucks, Tedeschi, Krasno, Adam Deitch, Adam Smirnoff | 4:23 |
| 10. | "Shrimp and Grits (Interlude)" (instrumental) | Trucks, Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Tyler Greenwell, J. J. Johnson | 1:45 |
| 11. | "Love Has Something Else to Say" | Oteil Burbridge, Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, Mattison | 5:55 |
| 12. | "Shelter" | David Ryan Harris, Tedeschi, Trucks | 4:20 |
| 13. | "Ghost Light" (hidden track, instrumental) | Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Greenwell, Johnson | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 61:06 |
Personnel
Additional musicians
- Oliver Wood – guitar and vocals
- David Ryan Harris – guitar and vocals
- Ryan Shaw – harmony vocals
- Eric Krasno – acoustic guitar
- Alam Khan – sarod
- Salar Nader – tabla
Credits
- Producers – Jim Scott and Derek Trucks
- Engineers – Jim Scott and Bobby Tis
- Additional Engineer – Kevin Dean
- Mixing – Jim Scott
- Mastering – Bob Ludwig
- Art Direction – Josh Cheuse
- Photography – James Minchin
Chart positions
References
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