Length 43:25 Artists Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia Label Secretly Canadian | Producer Edan Cohen Release date 5 March 2002 | |
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Released March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05) Didn't It Rain
(2002) Magnolia Electric Co.
(2003) Genres Indie rock, Blues, Alternative country | ||
Didn't It Rain is the sixth regular album by Songs: Ohia, named after Didn't It Rain, a traditional song popularized by Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1948, and Mahalia Jackson 1954. It was recorded by Edan Cohen at Soundgun Studios in Philadelphia and released by Secretly Canadian on March 5, 2002. The Metacritic website gave the album a composite rating of 85, ranking it thirteenth among the best albums of 2002.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Jason Molina.
- "Didn't It Rain" — 7:49
- "Steve Albini's Blues" — 5:51
- "Ring the Bell" — 6:11
- "Cross the Road, Molina" — 6:00
- "Blue Factory Flame" — 8:29
- "Two Blue Lights" — 2:14
- "Blue Chicago Moon" — 6:49
The 2014 Re-release included an extra disc of demos:
- "Didn't It Rain" — 6:57
- "Ring the Bell", Working Title: "Depression No. 42" — 6:48
- "Cross the Road, Molina", Working Title: "Chicago City Moon" — 5:03
- "Blue Factory Flame" — 8:20
- "Two Blue Lights" — 3:03
- "Blue Chicago Moon" — 6:32
- "The Gray Tour", Working Title: "Waiting It's Whole Life" (Later Re-Recorded for The Grey Tower 7") — 4:28
- "Spectral Alphabet" (Later Re-Recorded for Pyramid Electric Co.) — 5:05
Recording information
Didn't It Rain was recorded as a live studio album.
The album title is a reference to the song of the same name by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Songs
1Didn't It Rain7:52
2Steve Albini's Blues5:51
3Ring the Bell6:11
References
Didn't It Rain (Songs: Ohia album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA