The Pilgrim | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 7 June 2013 | |||
Studio | 30 Mill Studios, Brunswick | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 40:18 | |||
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Producer | Mark Opitz | |||
Owen Campbell chronology | ||||
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The Pilgrim is the second studio album by Australian blues singer-guitarist, Owen Campbell. It was released locally on 7 June 2013 via MGM Distribution and in the United States on Reckless Grace Music on 18 June 2013. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.
Owen Campbell was a finalist in the sixth season of the reality TV quest, Australia's Got Talent, broadcast from April to July 2012. [1] [2] He followed with his second studio album, The Pilgrim (7 June 2013), which was recorded in Brunswick with Mark Opitz producing. [3] Campbell, on electric, slide and acoustic guitars, banjo and lead vocals, was joined in the studio by Jeff Lang on guitar and mandolin, and the Wolfgramm Sisters on vocals. [3] The Pilgrim peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart. [4]
Richard MacDougall of Blues Rock Review rated it at seven-out-of-ten and explained, "If you're familiar with Campbell's brand of folk-infused blues played with a shot-glass slide on an old acoustic guitar, don't attach yourself too much to the image – on Sunshine Road's follow-up and Campbell's stateside debut [album], things are a little bit grittier, dirtier, and less acoustic." [5] Workin' Man's Blues' Ross Carlson felt, "[its] downright nasty electric tones that sound like a sputtering dimed out 50's fender combo. Sure it's a little muddy, but after all this is the blues, and it fits the genera well. While the album touches on a variety of genres, tunes like 'Remember to Breathe', 'Wreckin' Ball', 'Leave It Alone' are big full band mid-tempo blues rockers with huge drums, and screaming organ, and Campbell's nearly shouted vocals." [6] Rob Dickens of Listening Through the Lens observed, "[He] combines a moving, gutsy, old-time sound that combines a bluesy drawl with a stomping, soulful slide guitar. His no-frills music reveals influences from The Band, Van Morrison, Townes Van Zandt and the raspy emotion of Ray Lamontagne." [3]
MGM Distribution (ROCCD0002) Reckless Grace Music (RGM1-120)
All tracks are written by Owen Campbell (as Robert Owen Campbell) [7]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Wrecking Ball" | 3:24 |
2. | "Leave It Alone" | 4:46 |
3. | "You Know I'm Gone" | 2:31 |
4. | "Cried for Yesterday" | 5:00 |
5. | "It Don't Mean a Thing" | 3:59 |
6. | "Dev'lish Woman" | 4:04 |
7. | "Remember to Breathe" | 4:09 |
8. | "Bukhu's Blues" (Mongolian instrumental) | 2:32 |
9. | "New Year's Eve" | 3:14 |
10. | "Highway Bound" | 2:45 |
11. | "A Better Place" | 3:54 |
The Pilgrim | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 7 June 2013 | |||
Studio | 30 Mill Studios, Brunswick | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 40:18 | |||
Label |
| |||
Producer | Mark Opitz | |||
Owen Campbell chronology | ||||
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The Pilgrim is the second studio album by Australian blues singer-guitarist, Owen Campbell. It was released locally on 7 June 2013 via MGM Distribution and in the United States on Reckless Grace Music on 18 June 2013. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.
Owen Campbell was a finalist in the sixth season of the reality TV quest, Australia's Got Talent, broadcast from April to July 2012. [1] [2] He followed with his second studio album, The Pilgrim (7 June 2013), which was recorded in Brunswick with Mark Opitz producing. [3] Campbell, on electric, slide and acoustic guitars, banjo and lead vocals, was joined in the studio by Jeff Lang on guitar and mandolin, and the Wolfgramm Sisters on vocals. [3] The Pilgrim peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart. [4]
Richard MacDougall of Blues Rock Review rated it at seven-out-of-ten and explained, "If you're familiar with Campbell's brand of folk-infused blues played with a shot-glass slide on an old acoustic guitar, don't attach yourself too much to the image – on Sunshine Road's follow-up and Campbell's stateside debut [album], things are a little bit grittier, dirtier, and less acoustic." [5] Workin' Man's Blues' Ross Carlson felt, "[its] downright nasty electric tones that sound like a sputtering dimed out 50's fender combo. Sure it's a little muddy, but after all this is the blues, and it fits the genera well. While the album touches on a variety of genres, tunes like 'Remember to Breathe', 'Wreckin' Ball', 'Leave It Alone' are big full band mid-tempo blues rockers with huge drums, and screaming organ, and Campbell's nearly shouted vocals." [6] Rob Dickens of Listening Through the Lens observed, "[He] combines a moving, gutsy, old-time sound that combines a bluesy drawl with a stomping, soulful slide guitar. His no-frills music reveals influences from The Band, Van Morrison, Townes Van Zandt and the raspy emotion of Ray Lamontagne." [3]
MGM Distribution (ROCCD0002) Reckless Grace Music (RGM1-120)
All tracks are written by Owen Campbell (as Robert Owen Campbell) [7]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Wrecking Ball" | 3:24 |
2. | "Leave It Alone" | 4:46 |
3. | "You Know I'm Gone" | 2:31 |
4. | "Cried for Yesterday" | 5:00 |
5. | "It Don't Mean a Thing" | 3:59 |
6. | "Dev'lish Woman" | 4:04 |
7. | "Remember to Breathe" | 4:09 |
8. | "Bukhu's Blues" (Mongolian instrumental) | 2:32 |
9. | "New Year's Eve" | 3:14 |
10. | "Highway Bound" | 2:45 |
11. | "A Better Place" | 3:54 |