Soul Journey

The album was something of a departure from previous albums by Welch and Rawlings in terms of instrumentation, including a larger band and instruments like drums and an electric bass. == Reception ==

Soul Journey received generally favorable reviews. Several outlets, including Mojo called it "perfect", with reviewers praising the wistful tone and instrumentation of the album. The Guardian said of her work "[Welch] strips country back to its spiritual and storytelling roots... Welch has refined her bare and beautiful songs and on Soul Journey embraces the blues. Loss and loneliness are her closest friends" Upon the vinyl re-release in 2018 Relix said the album contained "some of their most indelible songs... Soul Journey makes it equally hard to tell where the past ended and the present began, or remember why anybody ever thought there was a difference." However, some have expressed disappointment in the album. Pitchfork described it as "a tad raptureless" and others were displeased with the fuller, multi-instrument sound. ==Track listing==

• Mark Ambrose – acoustic guitar • Matt Andrews – bass guitar (on "Lowlands") • Jim Boquist – bass guitar • Greg Leisz – Dobro • Ketcham Secor – fiddle • Gillian Welch – "everything else" • David Rawlings – "everything else" ==Charts==