Revelator (Tedeschi Trucks Band album)

Revelator
Studio album by Tedeschi Trucks Band
Released	June 7, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Rock, blues rock, blues, soul
Length	61:06
Label	Sony Masterworks, Sony Music Entertainment
Producer	Jim Scott, Derek Trucks
Tedeschi Trucks Band chronology
Revelator (2011) Everybody's Talkin' (2012)

Revelator is the debut album by the 11-piece blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band released in 2011 by Sony Masterworks. Recorded in Derek and Susan's Swamp Raga Studios in Jacksonville, co-produced by Derek with producer/engineer Jim Scott. The album won Grammy Award for Best Blues Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Allmusic music critic Thom Jurek praised the album and wrote the recording "proves something beyond their well-founded reputation as a live unit: that they can write, perform, and produce great songs that capture the authentic, emotional fire and original arrangements that so many modern blues and roots recordings lack... Revelator is a roots record that sets a modern standard even as it draws its inspiration from the past. It's got everything a listener could want: grit, groove, raw, spiritual emotion, and expert-level musical truth."^[2] David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote "[Trucks] and Tedeschi, a perfect vocal foil, now front the best Dixie-funk family band since Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come See About Me"	Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Tyler Greenwell, Mike Mattison, Theodore Pecchio	3:48
2.	"Don't Let Me Slide"	Gary Michael Louris, Tedeschi, Trucks	5:04
3.	"Midnight in Harlem"	Mattison, Trucks	5:52
4.	"Bound for Glory"	Mattison, Tedeschi, Trucks	5:28
5.	"Simple Things"	Louris,Trucks,Tedeschi	4:43
6.	"Until You Remember"	John Leventhal, Tedeschi, Trucks	6:11
7.	"Ball and Chain"	Tedeschi, Trucks, Oliver Wood	3:58
8.	"These Walls"	Eric Krasno, Sonya Kitchell, Trucks	6:01
9.	"Learn How to Love"	Trucks, Tedeschi, Krasno, Adam Deitch, Adam Smirnoff	4:23
10.	"Shrimp and Grits (Interlude)" (instrumental)	Trucks, Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Tyler Greenwell, J. J. Johnson	1:45
11.	"Love Has Something Else to Say"	Oteil Burbridge, Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, Mattison	5:55
12.	"Shelter"	David Ryan Harris, Tedeschi, Trucks	4:20
13.	"Ghost Light" (hidden track, instrumental)	Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Greenwell, Johnson	3:38
Total length:			61:06

Personnel

• Derek Trucks – lead guitar
• Susan Tedeschi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar
• Kofi Burbridge – keyboards, flute
• Tyler Greenwell – drums, percussion
• J. J. Johnson – drums, percussion
• Mike Mattison – harmony vocals
• Mark Rivers – harmony vocals
• Kebbi Williams – saxophone
• Maurice "Mobetta" Brown – trumpet
• Saunders Sermons – trombone

Additional musicians

• Oliver Wood – guitar and vocals
• David Ryan Harris – guitar and vocals
• Ryan Shaw – harmony vocals
• Eric Krasno – acoustic guitar
• Alam Khan – sarod
• Salar Nader – tabla

Credits

• Producers – Jim Scott and Derek Trucks
• Engineers – Jim Scott and Bobby Tis
• Additional Engineer – Kevin Dean
• Mixing – Jim Scott
• Mastering – Bob Ludwig
• Art Direction – Josh Cheuse
• Photography – James Minchin

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2011	The Billboard 200	12
2011	Top Blues Albums	1
2011	Top Rock Albums	4

References

1. "Nominees And Winners". Grammy.com. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
2. Jurek, Thom. "Revelator > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
3. Fricke, David. "Revelator > Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 10, 2015.