Revelation Road
Shelby Lynne 2011
Everso Records
- Revelation Road
- I’ll Hold Your Head
- Even Angels
- Lead Me Love
- The Thief
- Woebegone
- I Want To Go Back
- I Don’t Need A Reason To Cry
- Toss It All Aside
- Heaven’s Only Days Down The Road
- I Won’t Leave You
Revelation Road Press Quotes
“ * * * * The entirely self-made Revelation Road…finds the Alabama-born singer-songwriter unflinchingly delving into her past.”
– Uncut
“Shelby Lynne: A ‘Revelation’ With An Exceptional Voice”
– NPR’s “Fresh Air”
“The threadbare tracks – all written, produced and played entirely by the singer – cast shadows of loss and regret, and offer glimmers of resilience, all made even more affecting by Lynne’s predictably earthy, elegant vocals.”
– USA Today
“a sumptuous, unabashedly Southern song cycle that ranks among the best records of her career”
– The Washington Post
“ * * * * one of the finest and most subtly soulful singers of her generation”
– AmericanSongwriter.com
“she hits the bull’s-eye on ‘Woebegone’ and ‘Toss It All Aside,’ cathartic laments reminiscent of John Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ solo debut mixed with a little Hank Williams.”
– Detroit Free Press
“courageous”
– The Observer (UK)
“she delivers the goods. Lynne brings you into the darkest recesses of her soul, with her pain palpable on songs like ‘I Want to Go Back’ and ‘Toss it All Aside.’ On ‘Heaven’s Only Days Down the Road,’ she imagines the mindset of someone who makes a tragic decision he can never back away from.”
– Associated Press
“Ms. Lynne wrote every tune, plays every instrument and overdubbed her own harmonies. After a career highlighted by 2000′s ‘I Am Shelby Lynne’… and a Memphis-steeped CD of Dusty Springfield songs in 2008—the rural-Alabama-bred singer-songwriter seems most at home when she’s the boss.”
– Wall Street Journal, “The Short List”
“the finest work she’s done at least since 2000′s game-changing I Am Shelby Lynne. The songs are intensely personal, her singing has never been more consistently on point, and the arrangements are sparse yet densely evocative. Not one single note on this record fails to contribute something to the overall mood.”
– Blurt-online.com
“Lynne has as rivetingly soulful a voice as any white woman working today, even if she’s smart and subtle enough to keep her agility largely under wraps…If the sound of stark honesty is even remotely your bag, you’ll want to follow Lynne’s ‘Road’ less taken.”
– thewrap.com
“She concludes with ‘I Won’t Leave You,’ a gorgeous ballad in which she sings of love transcending even the most difficult life circumstances. And that’s the revelation.”
– Los Angeles Times
“she plumbs memories with bittersweet Southern roots music”
– The Boston Globe
“Reaching beyond her guitars, she played all instruments, including mandolin, banjo, and percussion. The result is note-perfect enhancement of deeply private tracks, such as ‘I’ll Hold Your Head’…and the stunning ‘Heaven’s Only Days Down the Road.’”
– The Philadelphia Inquirer
“The album’s confessional style is as close as she’s come to the emotional rawness of John Lennon’s ”Plastic Ono Band” record, clearly a milestone to her.”
– San Francisco Chronicle
“Revelation Road finds Lynne facing her demons and coming out of the room with a collection of songs that are sadly beautiful, creatively performed and surprisingly catchy.”
– Guitar World
“The gorgeous I’ll Hold Your Head is a nostalgic depiction of an Alabama childhood…Elsewhere, Lynne’s extraordinary voice embraces the gothic gospel of the title-track, the distinctly Springfield-ish torch pop of Even Angels, and the Bobbie Gentry-like lament of The Thief.”
– bbc.co.uk
“Lynne has made her coziest album to date… she’s feeling and sharing the sultry Southern heat of her personal blues.”
– SOUND+VISION
“An iconoclast of the first degree, Shelby Lynne is far more of an outlaw than anyone in Nashville save for the MuzikMafia…the newly released Revelation Road is her most personal effort yet, thanks to songs like the yearning ballad ‘Even Angels,’ the jangly tale of murderous revenge that is ‘Heaven’s Only Days Down the Road,’ and ‘I’ll Hold Your Head,’ a semi-autobiographical slice of nostalgia about simpler times growing up in the South.”
– East Bay Express
“Lynne’s voice is the star – robust when it needs to be, fragile when the lyrics call for it.”
– NorthJersey.com
“She’s truly found her own path in the last eight years, with a voice that suggests a slumming angel.”
– Independent Weekly
“Lynne’s honeyed vocals possess a touch of world-wizened grit that belies her spunky self-assurance.”
– Sacramento News & Review
