Sojourner (album)

Sojourner
Box set by Magnolia Electric Co.
Released	2007
Recorded	2005–2007
Genre	Alt-country
Length	119:15
Label	Secretly Canadian
Producer	Steve Albini David Lowery Jason Molina
Magnolia Electric Co. chronology
Fading Trails (2005) Sojourner (2007) Josephine (2009)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Cokemachineglow	68% [3]
Mojo	[4]
Pitchfork	7.7/10 [5]
PopMatters	8/10 [6]
Spin	6/10 [7]
Stylus	B [8]
Uncut	[9]
Under the Radar	7/10 [10]

Sojourner is Magnolia Electric Co.'s 2007 box-set release, comprising: three full-length albums, one four-song EP, one documentary movie on DVD called The Road Becomes What You Leave; a celestial map and a medallion; all within a wooden box. The band's 2006 album, Fading Trails , was compiled from the four recording sessions included in their entirety on Sojourner.

Track listings

Nashville Moon

(Produced by Steve Albini ^[11] )

1. "Lonesome Valley"
2. "Montgomery"
3. "Don't Fade on Me"
4. "Hammer Down"
5. "No Moon on the Water"
6. "Nashville Moon"
7. "What Comes After the Blues"
8. "Don't This Look Like the Dark"
9. "North Star"
10. "Bowery"
11. "Texas 71"
12. "Down the Wrong Road Both Ways"

Black Ram

(Produced by David Lowery ^[11] )

1. "In the Human World"
2. "The Black Ram"
3. "What's Broken Becomes Better"
4. "Will-O-the-Wisp"
5. "Kanawha"
6. "A Little at a Time"
7. "Blackbird"
8. "And the Moon Hits the Water"
9. "The Old Horizon"

Sun Session

(Engineered by James Lott ^[12] )

1. "Talk to Me Devil, Again"
2. "Memphis Moon"
3. "Hold on Magnolia"
4. "Trouble in Mind"

Shohola

(Recorded by Jason Molina ^[13] )

1. "Steady Now"
2. "Spanish Moon Fall and Rise"
3. "Night Country"
4. "Shiloh Temple Bell"
5. "The Spell"
6. "Take One Thing Along"
7. "The Lamb's Song"
8. "Roll the Wheel"

1. One Thin Dime (iTunes bonus track)
2. Lonesome Valley (Alternate) (iTunes bonus track)

References

1. "Reviews for Sojourner by Magnolia Electric Co". Metacritic . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
2. Jurek, Thom (August 7, 2007). "Sojourner - Magnolia Electric Co". AllMusic . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
3. Hepburn, Peter (August 10, 2007). "Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner". Cokemachineglow . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
4. Molina devotes will yearn to bask in this full bloom of Magnolia. [Oct 2007, p.91]
5. Deusner, Stephen M. (August 8, 2007). "Sojourner - Magnolia Electric Co". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
6. Metivier, Michael (November 1, 2007). "Magnolia Electric Co.: Sojourner". PopMatters . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
7. Marchese, David (September 24, 2007). "Magnolia Electric Co., 'Sojourner'". Spin . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
8. Gaerig, Andrew (August 8, 2007). "Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
9. Even by his prolific standards, Sojourner is impressive. [Oct 2007, p.99]
10. There is a lot here to digest, but perhaps the most striking thing about Sojourner is how little of this imposing set could be called inessential. [Summer 2007, p.74]
11. "Magnolia Electric Co.: Sojourner". Pitchfork .
12. "R.I.P. Jason Molina – Underground Bee". Undergroundbee.com. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
13. "Jason Molina". Content.jasonmolina.org.

External links

• Secretly Canadian press release