Revelation Road

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Revelation Road
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2011
Genre Country, folk
Length38:40
Label Everso, Fontana
Producer Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne chronology
Merry Christmas
(2010)
Revelation Road
(2011)
I Can't Imagine
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10 [1]
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Revelation Road is the twelfth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on October 18, 2011. On November 18, 2012, Lynne released a deluxe edition that included bonus tracks and a live DVD.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Shelby Lynne, all vocals by Shelby Lynne, all instruments played by Shelby Lynne.

No.TitleLength
1."Revelation Road"3:44
2."I'll Hold Your Head"4:30
3."Even Angels"2:45
4."Lead Me Love"3:13
5."The Thief"3:02
6."Woebegone"4:21
7."I Want to Go Back"3:16
8."I Don't Need a Reason to Cry"3:43
9."Toss It All Aside"3:48
10."Heaven's Only Days Down the Road"3:44
11."I Won't Leave You"2:41

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 [5] 169
U.S. Billboard Top Folk Albums [6] 6
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums [5] 28
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums [5] 42

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