The Gospel According to Water

The Gospel According to Water is the fifteenth studio album by American musician and producer Joe Henry. It was released in November 15, 2019 under EarMusic Records.[4][5]

The Gospel According to Water
Studio album by
Joe Henry
ReleasedNovember 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)
Length53:47
LabelEarMusic
Joe Henry chronology
Thrum
(2017)		 The Gospel According to Water
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Under the Radar8.5/10[3]

Critical reception

The Gospel According to Water was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 85, based on 6 reviews[1]

In a year-end essay for Slate, Ann Powers cited The Gospel According to Water as one of her favorite albums from 2019 and proof that the format is not dead but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis". She added that concept albums had reemerged through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives of artists such as Henry, who, "faced with a daunting cancer diagnosis ... wrote a whole new hymnal, in the form of a song journal written at 4 a.m."[6]

Track listing
The Gospel According to Water track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Famine Walk"4:58
2."The Gospel According to Water"6:10
3."Mule"3:43
4."Orson Welles"5:43
5."Green of the Afternoon"4:17
6."In Time for Tomorrow"3:41
7."The Fact of Love"4:30
8."Book of Common Prayer"3:30
9."Bloom"3:38
10."Gates of Prayer Cemetery, No. 2"2:50
11."Salt and Sugar"4:47
12."General Tzu Names the Planets for His Children"3:12
13."Choir Boy"2:48

Charts
Chart performance for
The Gospel According to Water
Chart Peak
position
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[7] 17
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] 17
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 11
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] 39

Release history
Region Date Label Format
Worldwide November 15, 2019 EarMusic CD, Digital Download[11]
Worldwide December 6, 2019 EarMusic Vinyl[12]

References
  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. Moody, Mark (December 6, 2019). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. Pareles, Jon (November 18, 2019). "Joe Henry and the Art of Disappearing Into a Song". The New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  5. Ouellette, Dan (November 6, 2019). "Joe Henry Shares a Romantic 'Gospel' In the Wake of Cancer Diagnosis". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  6. Powers, Ann (December 17, 2019). "The album is evolving". Slate. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  7. "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  8. "Joe Henry Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  9. "Joe Henry Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  10. "Joe Henry Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  11. "The Gospel According to Water - Joe Henry on Amazon Music". Amazon Music. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  12. "Joe Henry - The Gospel According to Water". Amazon Music. Retrieved May 3, 2020.


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