Volunteer | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Old Crow Medicine Show |
Cover: | Volunteer_album.jpg |
Genre: | Folk |
Label: | Columbia Nashville |
Producer: | Dave Cobb |
Prev Title: | 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde |
Prev Year: | 2017 |
Next Title: | Paint This Town |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Volunteer is the sixth studio album by folk band Old Crow Medicine Show. It was released in April 2018 by Columbia Nashville. The album is the band's only one to feature Joe Andrews, who plays on every track and subsequently became a full band member.[1] It is the last album to feature founding members Kevin Hayes and Critter Fuqua as well as Chance McCoy, all of whom departed the group prior to the release of their next album Paint This Town.
The album received a Metacritic score of 85 based on 6 critics, indicating universal acclaim.
The album debuted at No. 14 on Top Country Albums, No. 1 on Bluegrass Albums, and No. 7 on Americana/Folk Albums, with 7,000 equivalent album units (6,500 in traditional album sales) in its first week.[2] It is Old Crow Medicine Show's seventh No. 1 on the Bluegrass Albums chart, tying with Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent for the most No. 1s in the history of chart.[3] It has sold 11,500 copies in the United States as of June 2018.[4]