Didn't It Rain (Songs: Ohia album) explained

Didn't It Rain
Type:studio
Cover:Songs Ohia - Didn't It Rain album cover.jpg
Genre:Indie rock, folk rock, alt-country, blues
Length:43:25
Label:Secretly Canadian
Producer:Edan Cohen
Prev Title:Mi Sei Apparso Come Un Fantasma
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:The Magnolia Electric Co.
Next Year:2003

Didn't It Rain is the sixth regular album by American musician .

The album is named after "Didn't It Rain", a traditional song popularized by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1948 and Mahalia Jackson in 1954. Written and published by Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949).

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.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Jason Molina.

  1. "Didn't It Rain" — 7:49
  2. "Steve Albini's Blues" — 5:51
  3. "Ring the Bell" — 6:11
  4. "Cross the Road, Molina" — 6:00
  5. "Blue Factory Flame" — 8:29
  6. "Two Blue Lights" — 2:14
  7. "Blue Chicago Moon" — 6:49

The 2014 Re-release included an extra disc of demos:

  1. "Didn't It Rain" — 6:57
  2. "Ring the Bell", Working Title: "Depression No. 42" — 6:48
  3. "Cross the Road, Molina", Working Title: "Chicago City Moon" — 5:03
  4. "Blue Factory Flame" — 8:20
  5. "Two Blue Lights" — 3:03
  6. "Blue Chicago Moon" — 6:32
  7. "The Gray Tour", Working Title: "Waiting It's Whole Life" (Later Re-Recorded for The Grey Tower 7") — 4:28
  8. "Spectral Alphabet" (Later Re-Recorded for Pyramid Electric Co.) — 5:05

Recording information

Didn't It Rain was recorded as a live studio album.[2]

The album title is a reference to the song of the same name by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/score/metascore/year?sort=desc&view=condensed&year_selected=2002 Metacritic: Best Albums of 2002
  2. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19805-songs-ohia-didnt-it-rain/ Pitchfork Media review
  3. Web site: Jason Molina Book Excerpt: The Making of Songs: Ohia's 'Didn't It Rain'. 2 December 2014.

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