God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise

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God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise.jpg
Studio album by
Ray LaMontagne
ReleasedAugust 17, 2010 (US)
RecordedMarch 15–28, 2010
StudioThe Big Room, Apple Hill, (Massachusetts)
Genre Folk, folk rock
Length44:27
Label RCA/Stone Dwarf/RED (US)
Producer Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne chronology
Gossip in the Grain
(2008)		God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise
(2010)		 Supernova
(2014)
Professional ratings
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God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise [5] is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's fourth full-length release, which was released on August 17, 2010.

Contents

The record is credited to "Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs". This is the first time that LaMontagne has released music in collaboration with other artists, within the context of a band. [6]

It is the first album that was completely produced by LaMontagne. The music was recorded in a period of two weeks at LaMontagne's home in Massachusetts. [7]

On December 1, 2010, the album was nominated for two Grammy awards, including Best Contemporary Folk Album, which it won. [8] The song "Beg Steal or Borrow" was nominated for Song of the Year. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray LaMontagne

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
No.TitleLength
1."Repo Man"6:08
2."New York City's Killing Me"4:13
3."God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise"3:10
4."Beg Steal or Borrow"4:32
5."Are We Really Through"4:59
6."This Love is Over"3:30
7."Old Before Your Time"4:04
8."For the Summer"3:52
9."Like Rock & Roll and Radio"6:05
10."Devil's in the Jukebox"3:54

Personnel

Ray LaMontagne collaborated with the following musicians on this album: [10]

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [27] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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