Gillian Welch discography

Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967) is a singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Welch plays with her music partner David Rawlings, whom she met while they were both students at The Berklee College of Music. The first two Gillian Welch albums were released through the label Almo Sounds. After Universal Music Group purchased Almo, Welch started her own label, Acony Records.

Gillian Welch discography
Studio albums6
Soundtrack albums4
Tribute albums5
Music videos4
Archival releases4
Other appearances29

In her career, Welch has collaborated with several artists, appearing as a musician, songwriter, and vocalist.

The artist in all recordings is listed as "Gillian Welch" except where noted.

Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
Folk

[2]
US Indie
[3]
US Rock
[4]
AUS
[5]
IRE
[6]
NOR
[7]
NZ
[8]
UK
[9]
Revival
Hell Among the Yearlings
  • Release date: July 28, 1998
  • Label: Almo Sounds
  • Formats: CD, cassette
181
Time (The Revelator)
  • Release date: July 31, 2001
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: CD
157 7
Soul Journey
  • Release date: June 3, 2003
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: CD
107 3 69 65
The Harrow & the Harvest
  • Release date: June 28, 2011
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
20 1 3 5 11 22 7 14 25
All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone)
(with David Rawlings)
  • Release date: July 10, 2020
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: Digital download
Woodland
(with David Rawlings)
  • Release date: August 23, 2024
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: CD, Digital download, Vinyl
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[10]
US
Folk

[11]
US Indie
[12]
US Rock
[13]
AUS
[14]
IRE
[15]
NOR
[16]
NZ
[17]
UK
[18]
Music from the Revelator Collection
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Archival releases

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[19]
US
Folk

[20]
US Indie
[21]
US Rock
[22]
AUS
[23]
IRE
[24]
NOR
[25]
NZ
[26]
UK
[27]
Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1
  • Release date: July 31, 2020
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2
  • Release date: September 18, 2020
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3
  • Release date: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Acony Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtracks

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Date Song(s) Album Comments
June 2, 1998 "Leaving Train" The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
December 5, 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)
  • "I'll Fly Away" Listed as "Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch"
  • "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" Listed as "Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris & Gillian Welch"
  • Also credited as associate producer for album
January 23, 2001 "Wind and Rain" Songcatcher: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
  • Performed with David Rawlings and David Steele a cappella
November 20, 2007 "Pocahontas" Man from Plains (soundtrack)

Tribute albums

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Date Song Album Comments
June 2, 1998 "Miner's Prayer" Will Sing For Food: The Songs of Dwight Yoakam
  • Tribute album for Dwight Yoakam
  • Listed as "Gillian Welch & David Rawlings"
July 13, 1999 "Hickory Wind" Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
June 12, 2001 "Beulah Land" Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
July 10, 2001 "In Tall Buildings" A Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage
September 17, 2002 "Summer Evening" Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown
August, 2014 "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow", "Apache Tears (Reprise)", "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (Reprise)" Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
  • Tribute album for Johnny Cash
  • Listed as "Gillian Welch & David Rawlings"
August 5, 2022 "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson
  • Tribute album for John Anderson
  • Listed as "Gillian Welch & David Rawlings"

Other appearances

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Date Song(s) Album Artist
July 26, 1994
  • "Lynnville Train"
  • "The Raven and Coyote"
Gringo Honeymoon Robert Earl Keen
July 21, 1998 "Love Still Remains" Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf Emmylou Harris
August 18, 1998 "If I Had a Hammer" Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Nanci Griffith
July 25, 2000 "Do Re Mi" Swing Set Ani DiFranco
September 26, 2000
  • "Prairie Wedding"
  • "Speedway At Nazareth"
Sailing to Philadelphia Mark Knopfler
July 10, 2001 "Oh Death" Clinch Mountain Sweethearts Ralph Stanley
July 12, 2001 Several Heartbreaker Ryan Adams
July 31, 2001
  • "Five Colors"
  • "Love is Everywhere I Go"
Fan Dance Sam Phillips
July 30, 2002 "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room" Songs for Greta James Alan Shelton
September 25, 2001 "Barstow" Sebastopol Jay Farrar
September 17, 2002 "Katie Dear" Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions The Chieftains
September 17, 2002
  • "Arizona Star"
  • "Homeless"
The Dark Guy Clark
September 24, 2002 "Tomorrow" Demolition Ryan Adams
December 3, 2002 "Hickory Wind" Georgia Peach Burrito Deluxe
2003 "100 Years From Now" Revisited Lloyd Green
February 24, 2004 Several O.C.M.S. Old Crow Medicine Show
October 5, 2004 Several Spooked Robyn Hitchcock
August 29, 2006 Several Big Iron World Old Crow Medicine Show
March 13, 2007 "The Last Goodbye" Waterloo, Tennessee Uncle Earl
April 10, 2007 "Classic Cars" Cassadaga Bright Eyes
September 18, 2007
  • "Love Still Remains"
  • "Snake Song"
Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems Emmylou Harris
July 8, 2008 "Breadline Blues 2008" Moneyland Del McCoury
October 21, 2008 "Tennessee Rose" Veracruz The Deep Vibration
February 17, 2009 "Lua" Dark Was the Night Listed as "Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch"
November 17, 2009 Several A Friend of a Friend Dave Rawlings Machine
July 26, 2010
  • "Did Trouble Me"
  • "Strange Things"
Praise & Blame Tom Jones
September 7, 2010
  • "Please Release Me"
  • "I Really Don't Want To Know"
Mean Old Man Jerry Lee Lewis
January 18, 2011 Several The King is Dead The Decemberists
November 27, 2015 "Silver Liner" and "Juanita" Silver Liner Ethan Johns
January 8, 2021 "Butterfly" Greenfields Barry Gibb
April 1, 2022 "Side Saddle" Crooked Tree Molly Tuttle

Live compilations

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Date Song Album Comments
March 13, 2001 "My Morphine" Concerts For A Landmine Free World
April 5, 2005 "Caleb Mayer" Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004
Year Video
2002 The Revelator Collection
  • Released: November 12, 2002
  • Label: Acony
  • Format: DVD

Music videos

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Year Song Director
2001 "I'll Fly Away" (w/ Alison Krauss) Joel Coen
2002 "Elvis Presley Blues" Mark Seliger
"My First Lover"
"Revelator"
2015 "The Weekend" (w/ David Rawlings) Reid Long
2017 "Dark Turn of Mind" Reid Long
"Cumberland Gap" (w/ David Rawlings) James Lees

References

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  1. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  2. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Folk Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  5. ^ Peaks in Australia:
    • Soul Journey: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 298.
    • The Harrow and the Harvest: "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "irishcharts.com - Discography Gillian Welch". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  7. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  8. ^ "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  9. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Gillian Welch". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  10. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  11. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Folk Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  12. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  13. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  14. ^ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  15. ^ "irishcharts.com - Discography Gillian Welch". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  16. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  17. ^ "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  18. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Gillian Welch". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  19. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  20. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Folk Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  21. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  22. ^ "Gillian Welch Album & Song Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  23. ^ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  24. ^ "irishcharts.com - Discography Gillian Welch". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  25. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  26. ^ "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  27. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Gillian Welch". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
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