| The Gospel According to Water | ||||
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| Released | November 15, 2019 | |||
| Length | 53:47 | |||
| Label | EarMusic | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Under the Radar | 8.5/10 [3] |
The Gospel According to Water is the fifteenth studio album by American musician and producer Joe Henry. It was released in November 15, 2019 under EarMusic Records. [4] [5]
The Gospel According to Water was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 85, based on 6 reviews [1]
In a year-end essay for Slate , Ann Powers cited The Gospel According to Water as one of her favorite albums from 2019 and proof that the format is not dead but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis". She added that concept albums had reemerged through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives of artists such as Henry, who, "faced with a daunting cancer diagnosis ... wrote a whole new hymnal, in the form of a song journal written at 4 a.m." [6]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Famine Walk" | 4:58 |
| 2. | "The Gospel According to Water" | 6:10 |
| 3. | "Mule" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Orson Welles" | 5:43 |
| 5. | "Green of the Afternoon" | 4:17 |
| 6. | "In Time for Tomorrow" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "The Fact of Love" | 4:30 |
| 8. | "Book of Common Prayer" | 3:30 |
| 9. | "Bloom" | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Gates of Prayer Cemetery, No. 2" | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Salt and Sugar" | 4:47 |
| 12. | "General Tzu Names the Planets for His Children" | 3:12 |
| 13. | "Choir Boy" | 2:48 |
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Americana Albums (OCC) [7] | 17 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [8] | 17 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] | 11 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] | 39 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | November 15, 2019 | EarMusic | CD, Digital Download [11] |
| Worldwide | December 6, 2019 | EarMusic | Vinyl [12] |
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