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The Pilgrim (Owen Campbell album)

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The Pilgrim
Studio album by
Released7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)
Studio30 Mill Studios, Brunswick
GenreBlues
Length40:18
Label
  • MGM
  • Reckless Grace
ProducerMark Opitz
Owen Campbell chronology
Sunshine Road
(2011)
The Pilgrim
(2013)
Breathing Blues
(2016)

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.

Background

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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]

Reception

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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]

Track listing

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MGM Distribution (ROCCD0002) Reckless Grace Music (RGM1-120)

All tracks are written by Owen Campbell (as Robert Owen Campbell)[7]

The Pilgrim
No.TitleLength
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

References

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  1. ^ staff reporter (8 May 2013). "Owen Campbell – The Pilgrim". Undercover. Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ^ Collar, Matt. "Owen Campbell | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Dickens, Rob (2 July 2013). "TRead about Owen Campbell's new release The Pilgrim". Listening Through the Lens. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ^ Wallace, Ian (17 June 2013). "Week Commencing ~ 17th June 2013 ~ Issue #1238" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1216). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. ^ MacDougall, Richard (20 May 2014). "Owen Campbell: The Pilgrim Review". Blues Rock Review. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. ^ Carlson, Ross. "Album Review | Owen Campbell – The Pilgrim". Workin' Man's Blues. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ^ "'Wrecking Ball' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 14 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
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