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Time (The Revelator)
The 382nd greatest album of all time
Time (The Revelator) is Gillian Welch’s 2001 album, produced and performed with longtime collaborator David Rawlings. The record uses spare, acoustic arrangements centered on Welch’s songwriting and Rawlings’s guitar and harmony vocals, blending folk, Appalachian and country-rooted elements with a contemporary alternative country sensibility. The songs are often stark and narrative-driven, exploring themes of loss and memory, and the intimate, uncluttered production keeps focus on voice, guitar, and traditional instrumentation.
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