Didn't It Rain (Songs: Ohia album)

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Didn't It Rain
Songs Ohia - Didn't It Rain album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Songs: Ohia
ReleasedMarch 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)
Genre Indie rock, folk rock, alt-country, blues
Length43:25
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer Edan Cohen
Songs: Ohia chronology
Mi Sei Apparso Come Un Fantasma
(2001)		Didn't It Rain
(2002)		 The Magnolia Electric Co.
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 85/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 10/10 [4]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 8/10 [6]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 (2002) [7]
8.8/10 (2014) [8]
Uncut 9/10 [6]

Didn't It Rain is the sixth regular album by American musician Songs: Ohia.

Contents

The album is named after "Didn't It Rain", a traditional song popularized by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1948 and Mahalia Jackson in 1954. [9] Written and published by Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949).

It was recorded by Edan Cohen at Soundgun Studios in Philadelphia and released by Secretly Canadian on March 5, 2002. The Metacritic website gave the album a composite rating of 85, ranking it thirteenth among the best albums of 2002. [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Jason Molina.

  1. "Didn't It Rain" — 7:49
  2. "Steve Albini's Blues" — 5:51
  3. "Ring the Bell" — 6:11
  4. "Cross the Road, Molina" — 6:00
  5. "Blue Factory Flame" — 8:29
  6. "Two Blue Lights" — 2:14
  7. "Blue Chicago Moon" — 6:49

The 2014 Re-release included an extra disc of demos:

  1. "Didn't It Rain" — 6:57
  2. "Ring the Bell", Working Title: "Depression No. 42" — 6:48
  3. "Cross the Road, Molina", Working Title: "Chicago City Moon" — 5:03
  4. "Blue Factory Flame" — 8:20
  5. "Two Blue Lights" — 3:03
  6. "Blue Chicago Moon" — 6:32
  7. "The Gray Tour", Working Title: "Waiting It's Whole Life" (Later Re-Recorded for The Grey Tower 7") — 4:28
  8. "Spectral Alphabet" (Later Re-Recorded for Pyramid Electric Co.) — 5:05

Recording information

Didn't It Rain was recorded as a live studio album. [11]

The album title is a reference to the song of the same name by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Didn't It Rain by Songs: Ohia". Metacritic . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Didn't It Rain may be simplistic compared to its more eclectic and haunting predecessor ['Ghost Tropic'], but it evokes the world-weary tones of Neil Young's 1970 masterpiece After The Gold Rush. [Jun 2002, p.86]
  4. ↑ Tudor, Alexander (March 18, 2013). "Where to Start with... Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ The results are mesmeric in their stately extrapolation of gloom. [May 2002, p.102]
  6. 1 2 "Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain". Album of the Year. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ Dare, Christopher (March 12, 2002). "Songs: Ohia: Didn't It Rain Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  8. ↑ Heller, Jason (December 1, 2014). "Songs: Ohia: Didn't It Rain Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Jason Molina Book Excerpt: The Making of Songs: Ohia's 'Didn't It Rain'". December 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ Metacritic: Best Albums of 2002
  11. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
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