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In February 1968, Bobbie Gentry released her second album, entitled The Delta Sweete. Six months earlier, her hit Ode to Billie Joe had turned her into a world star at just 25 years old. Delta Sweete was a brilliant concept album that recounted the young Southern songwriter’s childhood in Mississippi through a mix of soul, country and blues. 41 years later, the group Mercury Rev have chosen to cover the record from start to finish. For this ambitious project, Jonathan Donahue's band treated themselves to an eclectic mix of incredible singers: Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star, Marissa Nadler, Beth Orton, Vashti Bunyan, Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab, Margo Price, Rachel Goswell from Slowdive, Susanne Sundfør, Phoebe Bridgers, Kaela Sinclair and Carice van Houten.
Building bridges between modern soul and the sound of Nashville, the album from ‘68 contained a wonderful array of impressive arrangements and the tangle of strings and brass slalomed between genres. Mercury Rev's rereading of the record is based on a rather different set of sounds. They’re still just as skilfully arranged, but the American group still very much carry their own sound. There’s a feeling of weightlessness as their slow and progressive pop alternates between sublime moods, melancholic atmospheres and grandiloquent soundscapes. Each song on Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited is performed by a guest voice. And some of them send sparks flying. Laetitia Sadier delivers an impeccable cover of the most beautiful and sensual song on the album, Mornin' Glory, and Hope Sandoval hypnotises listeners on Big Boss Man. In a punchier register, the rising country star Margo Price puts a new spin on Sermon. Finally, we find the delicate and touching voice of the veteran folk singer Vashti Bunyan on Penduli Pendulum.
Mercury Rev cheat a little (all for a good cause) by closing this beautiful record with a cover of Bobbie Gentry's most famous song, Ode to Billie Joe, even though it wasn’t from her Delta Sweete record. Lucinda Williams (the queen of Americana) performs this song with her usual rage, bringing a twist to the hushed and mysterious original. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Norah Jones, Artist - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - Universal/MCA Music Ltd/Spirit Music Group, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Norah Jones, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Bella Union
Luther Dixon, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Al Smith, Composer - Hope Sandoval, Artist - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - UMG, MusicPublisher
2018 Bella Union 2018 Partisan Records
Rachel Goswell, Artist - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - UMG, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Rachel Goswell, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Partisan Records
Mose Allison, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - Carice van Houten, Artist - UMG, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Carice van Houten, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Partisan Records
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - UMG, MusicPublisher - Lætitia Sadier, Artist - Mercury Rev feat. Lætitia Sadier, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Partisan Records
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist, MainArtist - UMG, MusicPublisher - Margo Price, Artist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Partisan Records
John D. Loudermilk, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - Universal/MCA Music Ltd/Spirit Music Group, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Susanne Sundfør, MainArtist - Suzanne Sundför, Artist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Bella Union
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Vashti Bunyan, Artist - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - UMG, MusicPublisher - Kaela Sinclair, Artist - Mercury Rev feat. Vashti Bunyan & Kaela Sinclair, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Partisan Records
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - Phoebe Bridgers, Artist - Universal/MCA Music Ltd/Spirit Music Group, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Phoebe Bridgers, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Bella Union
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - Marissa Nadler, Artist - UMG, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Marissa Nadler, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Partisan Records
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Beth Orton, Artist - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - Universal/MCA Music Ltd/Spirit Music Group, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Beth Orton, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Bella Union
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Katis, Mixer - Lucinda Williams, Artist - Mercury Rev, Producer, Artist - Universal/MCA Music Ltd/Spirit Music Group, MusicPublisher - Mercury Rev feat. Lucinda Williams, MainArtist
2018 Bella Union 2019 Bella Union
Album review
In February 1968, Bobbie Gentry released her second album, entitled The Delta Sweete. Six months earlier, her hit Ode to Billie Joe had turned her into a world star at just 25 years old. Delta Sweete was a brilliant concept album that recounted the young Southern songwriter’s childhood in Mississippi through a mix of soul, country and blues. 41 years later, the group Mercury Rev have chosen to cover the record from start to finish. For this ambitious project, Jonathan Donahue's band treated themselves to an eclectic mix of incredible singers: Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star, Marissa Nadler, Beth Orton, Vashti Bunyan, Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab, Margo Price, Rachel Goswell from Slowdive, Susanne Sundfør, Phoebe Bridgers, Kaela Sinclair and Carice van Houten.
Building bridges between modern soul and the sound of Nashville, the album from ‘68 contained a wonderful array of impressive arrangements and the tangle of strings and brass slalomed between genres. Mercury Rev's rereading of the record is based on a rather different set of sounds. They’re still just as skilfully arranged, but the American group still very much carry their own sound. There’s a feeling of weightlessness as their slow and progressive pop alternates between sublime moods, melancholic atmospheres and grandiloquent soundscapes. Each song on Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited is performed by a guest voice. And some of them send sparks flying. Laetitia Sadier delivers an impeccable cover of the most beautiful and sensual song on the album, Mornin' Glory, and Hope Sandoval hypnotises listeners on Big Boss Man. In a punchier register, the rising country star Margo Price puts a new spin on Sermon. Finally, we find the delicate and touching voice of the veteran folk singer Vashti Bunyan on Penduli Pendulum.
Mercury Rev cheat a little (all for a good cause) by closing this beautiful record with a cover of Bobbie Gentry's most famous song, Ode to Billie Joe, even though it wasn’t from her Delta Sweete record. Lucinda Williams (the queen of Americana) performs this song with her usual rage, bringing a twist to the hushed and mysterious original. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:41
- Main artists: Mercury Rev
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Bella Union
- Genre: Folk
2018 Bella Union 2018 Bella Union
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