Great Western Valkyrie

Great Western Valkyrie
Studio album by Rival Sons
Released	June 6, 2014 June 9, 2014 June 10, 2014
Recorded	LCS Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Blues rock, hard rock
Length	47:43
Label	Earache
Producer	Dave Cobb
Rival Sons chronology
Head Down (2012) Great Western Valkyrie (2014)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

Great Western Valkyrie is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Rival Sons. The album, which is the first to feature new bass player Dave Beste (in place of founding member Robin Everhart), was released in June 2014.^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics by Jay Buchanan, except "Destination on Course", by Scott Holiday.^[4] In parentheses are the songs' subtitles which feature on the back cover of the album sleeve.^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Electric Man" (Take You to the Sugar Shack)	Holiday, Buchanan, Dave Cobb	3:20
2.	"Good Luck" (It's Going to Hurt Right Now)	Buchanan, Holiday, Michael Miley, Dave Beste	3:18
3.	"Secret" (Just Bring Me a Jar Full of Shine)	Holiday, Buchanan, Miley, Beste, Cobb	4:41
4.	"Play the Fool" (The Way That Girls Talk)	Holiday, Buchanan	3:18
5.	"Good Things" (Boy with a Bomb in His Jacket)	Buchanan	5:56
6.	"Open My Eyes" (Folding Like a Jack Knife)	Holiday, Buchanan, Miley, Beste, Cobb	3:56
7.	"Rich and the Poor" (Her Teeth Bound by Braces)	Buchanan, Cobb	5:15
8.	"Belle Starr" (The Gem Inside Sparkles Yet)	Holiday, Buchanan, Beste, Miley	4:35
9.	"Where I've Been" (The Habit Wasn't Cheap)	Buchanan, Holiday	6:18
10.	"Destination on Course" (Slipped from the Rail)	Holiday, Cobb	7:06
Total length:			47:43

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Too Much Love"		3:45
12.	"My Nature"		4:32
13.	"Torture" (Live in Gothenburg)		6:30
14.	"Wild Animal" (Live in Gothenburg)	Buchanan, Holiday, Robin Everhart, Miley	3:46
15.	"Manifest Destiny, Part 2" (Live in Gothenburg)	Buchanan, Holiday, Everhart, Miley	5:20

Personnel

Rival Sons

• Jay Buchanan — vocals
• Scott Holiday — guitar
• Dave Beste — bass guitar
• Michael Miley — drums

Additional musicians

• Ikey Owens — keyboards
• Mike Webb — keyboards on "Where I've Been"
• Kristen Rogers — backing vocals

Production

• Dave Cobb — production
• John Netti — engineering, mixing
• Pete Lyman — mastering

Source:^[4]

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]	41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	84
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	46
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9]	30
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10]	55
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11]	3
French Albums (SNEP)[12]	60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14]	5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	12
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	14

References

1. "Great Western Valkyrie - Rival Sons". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
2. Bell, Max (June 5, 2014). "Rival Sons: Great Western Valkyrie". Classic Rock. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
3. "Rival Sons Announce "Great Western Valkyrie"". BluesRockReview.com. March 17, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
4. Great Western Valkyrie liner notes.
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16. "Swisscharts.com – Rival Sons – Great Western Valkyrie". Hung Medien.
17. "Rival Sons | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart