| Woodland | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
| Cover: | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Woodland.png |
| Released: | August 23, 2024 |
| Studio: | Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)[1] |
| Label: | Acony Records |
| Producer: | David Rawlings |
| Chronology: | Gillian Welch |
| Prev Title: | All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone) |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
Woodland is the seventh studio album by Gillian Welch and the third solo album by David Rawlings, and the second studio album to be credited to them as a duo. It was released on August 23, 2024, by Acony Records. It is the first album of original material from Welch since The Harrow & the Harvest (2011) and from Rawlings since Poor David's Almanack (2017), having previously released the covers album All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone) in 2020.[2]
The album is named after their Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, which was destroyed by a tornado in 2020, with the artists further stating in a press release that the songs are "a swirl of contradictions, emptiness, fullness, joy, grief, destruction, [and] permanence."[3]
The first single from the album, "Empty Trainload of Sky", was released on July 19, 2024.[4] It was followed by "Hashtag" on August 9, 2024.[5]
Numerous critics and publications listed Woodland in their year-end ranking of the best albums of 2024, often inside the top ten.
| Accolade | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOJO | 75 Best Albums of 2024 | 4 | [6] | |
| Uncut | 80 Best Albums of 2024 | 2 | [7] |
All tracks are written by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings.
Woodland entered the following charts, peaking at the number specified for each: UK Album Sales Chart (#62), UK Album Downloads Chart (#10), UK Americana Chart (#8), and UK Independent Albums Chart (#23).[8]