Millionaire (Kevin Welch album)

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Millionaire
Kevin Welch - Millionaire Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Kevin Welch
ReleasedJuly 9, 2002
RecordedSeptember, 1999 – January, 2001
StudioMoraine, Creative Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee
Feedback Studio, Arhus, Denmark
Genre Country
Length49:32
Label Dead Reckoning
Producer Kevin Welch, Frank Marstokk & Frank Birch Pontoppidan
Kevin Welch chronology
11/12/13: Live in Melbourne (with Kieran Kane)
(2000)
Millionaire
(2002)
You Can't Save Everybody (with Kieran Kane and Fats Kaplin)
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Millionaire is the fifth studio album by Kevin Welch. Welch was backed by The Danes, a Copenhagen-based band, on this album. The album was Welch's fourth album for Dead Reckoning Records, the label founded by Welch in 1994 along with fellow musicians Kieran Kane, Mike Henderson, Tammy Rogers and Harry Stinson.

Contents

Critical reception

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic concludes his review with, "On earlier records, you yearned to hear what a real singer could do with his compositions, but on Millionaire he has come into his own as a performer." [1]

John Kenyon of Pop Matters writes, "Welch's songwriting is as sharp as ever, and he continues to grow into his craggy voice. Few people hear his music, but for those of us who seek it out, Millionaire is another gem of a record." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kevin Welch, unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Millionaire" 3:59
2."Blanket Of Snow"Kevin Welch; Gary Scruggs2:53
3."Long Cold Train"John Hadley6:24
4."Witness" 5:15
5."Choose To Believe"Kevin Welch; Charlie White3:33
6."Glorious Bounties"Kevin Welch; Dustin Welch3:29
7."Killing Myself"Kevin Welch; Harry Stinson 4:28
8."The Sun King And The Winter Moon" 3:54
9."I Can Sure Love You" 2:57
10."Queen Of The Slipstream" Van Morrison 4:19
11."When The Sun Shines Down On Me"Kevin Welch; Mark Germino 4:00
12."Stray Dog" 4:21
Total length:49:32

Musicians

Production

All track information and credits were taken from the album's liner notes. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. Millionaire at AllMusic
  2. Kenyon, John (3 December 2002). "Kevin Welch: Millionaire". popmatters.com. Pop Matters. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. Millionaire (liner notes). Kevin Welch. Dead Reckoning. 2002.CS1 maint: others (link)