Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited

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Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)
Genre Gothic country [1]
Length42:42
Label Partisan
Producer Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev chronology
The Light in You
(2015)
Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
(2019)
Born Horses
(2024)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound B- [5]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited is the ninth album by American rock band Mercury Rev. The album, which is a re-imagining of Bobbie Gentry's 1968 album The Delta Sweete , was released on February 8, 2019 through Partisan Records. [8] Song-by-song cover version of the album with "Louisiana Man" replaced by "Ode to Billie Joe".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bobbie Gentry, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Featured artist(s)Length
1."Okolona River Bottom Band"  Norah Jones 4:36
2."Big Boss Man"
Hope Sandoval 3:24
3."Reunion"  Rachel Goswell 2:21
4."Parchman Farm" Mose Allison Carice van Houten 3:47
5."Mornin' Glory"  Laetitia Sadier 3:22
6."Sermon"  Margo Price 4:31
7."Tobacco Road" John D. Loudermilk Susanne Sundfør 2:51
8."Penduli Pendulum"  Vashti Bunyan and Kaela Sinclair 3:10
9."Jesseye' Lisabeth"  Phoebe Bridgers 3:04
10."Refractions"  Marissa Nadler 2:28
11."Courtyard"  Beth Orton 3:31
12."Ode to Billie Joe"  Lucinda Williams 5:37

Personnel

Mercury Rev

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 90
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 139
French Albums (SNEP) [12] 184
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 9
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 32
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [15] 1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [16] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 13

References

  1. Tyler, Kieron (February 6, 2019). "CD: Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited". The Arts Desk. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  3. Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  4. Horowitz, Hal (February 5, 2019). "Mercury Rev: Bobbie Gentry's 'The Delta Sweete' Revisited". American Songwriter . Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  5. Ham, Robert (February 11, 2019). "Mercury Rev Shine a Welcome Light on Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  6. Lukowski, Andrzej (February 12, 2019). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  7. Johnson, Stephen (February 8, 2019). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  8. Rosen, Craig (February 6, 2019). "Mercury Rev, Beth Orton & Marissa Nadler on Resurrecting Bobbie Gentry's Lost Classic". Billboard . Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  12. "Lescharts.com – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  15. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  16. "Mercury Rev Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  17. "Mercury Rev Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2019.