''The Pilgrim'' is the second studio album by Australian blues singer-guitarist, Owen Campbell. It was released locally on 7 June 2013 via

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and in the United States on Reckless Grace Music on 18 June 2013. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.

Background

Owen Campbell was a finalist in the sixth season of the reality TV quest, ''

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'', broadcast from April to July 2012. He followed with his second studio album, ''The Pilgrim'' (7 June 2013), which was recorded in Brunswick with

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producing. Campbell, on electric, slide and acoustic guitars, banjo and lead vocals, was joined in the studio by

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on guitar and mandolin, and the Wolfgramm Sisters on vocals. ''The Pilgrim'' peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.

Reception

Richard MacDougall of ''Blues Rock Review'' rated it at seven-out-of-ten and explained, "If you're familiar with Campbell's brand of folk-infused blues played with a shot-glass slide on an old acoustic guitar, don't attach yourself too much to the image – on ''Sunshine Road''s follow-up and Campbell's stateside debut lbum things are a little bit grittier, dirtier, and less acoustic." ''Workin' Man's Blues'' Ross Carlson felt, " tsdownright nasty electric tones that sound like a sputtering dimed out 50's fender combo. Sure it's a little muddy, but after all this is the blues, and it fits the genera well. While the album touches on a variety of genres, tunes like 'Remember to Breathe', 'Wreckin' Ball', 'Leave It Alone' are big full band mid-tempo blues rockers with huge drums, and screaming organ, and Campbell's nearly shouted vocals." Rob Dickens of ''Listening Through the Lens'' observed, " ecombines a moving, gutsy, old-time sound that combines a bluesy drawl with a stomping, soulful slide guitar. His no-frills music reveals influences from The Band, Van Morrison, Townes Van Zandt and the raspy emotion of Ray Lamontagne."

Track listing

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilgrim Owen Campbell albums 2013 albums albums produced by Mark Opitz