Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited

Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited is a compilation album by American rock band Mercury Rev. The album, which is a re-imagining of Bobbie Gentry's 1968 album The Delta Sweete, was released on February 8, 2019 through Partisan Records.[7]

Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
Compilation album by Mercury Rev
Released	February 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)
Length	42:42
Label	Partisan
Mercury Rev chronology
The Light in You (2015) Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
Consequence of Sound	B-[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[5]
MusicOMH	[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bobbie Gentry, except where noted..

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Featured artist(s)	Length
1.	"Okolona River Bottom Band"		Norah Jones	4:36
2.	"Big Boss Man"	Luther Dixon Al Smith	Hope Sandoval	3:24
3.	"Reunion"		Rachel Goswell	2:21
4.	"Parchman Farm"	Mose Allison	Carice van Houten	3:47
5.	"Mornin' Glory"		Laetitia Sadier	3:22
6.	"Sermon"		Margo Price	4:31
7.	"Tobacco Road"	John D. Loudermilk	Susanne Sundfør	2:51
8.	"Penduli Pendulum"		Vashti Bunyan and Kaela Sinclair	3:10
9.	"Jesseye' Lisabeth"		Phoebe Bridgers	3:04
10.	"Refractions"		Marissa Nadler	2:28
11.	"Courtyard"		Beth Orton	3:31
12.	"Ode to Billie Joe"		Lucinda Williams	5:37

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	90
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	139
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	184
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12]	9
UK Albums (OCC)[13]	32
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14]	1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15]	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	13

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
2. Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
3. Horowitz, Hal (February 5, 2019). "Mercury Rev: Bobbie Gentry's 'The Delta Sweete' Revisited". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
4. Ham, Robert (February 11, 2019). "Mercury Rev Shine a Welcome Light on Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
5. Lukowski, Andrzej (February 12, 2019). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
6. Johnson, Stephen (February 8, 2019). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
7. Rosen, Craig (February 6, 2019). "Mercury Rev, Beth Orton & Marissa Nadler on Resurrecting Bobbie Gentry's Lost Classic". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
8. "Ultratop.be – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
9. "Ultratop.be – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
11. "Lescharts.com – Mercury Rev – Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
14. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
15. "Mercury Rev Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
16. "Mercury Rev Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2019.