Release date
June 17 2016
Highest chart position
#30 Billboard Rock, #13 Billboard US Folk
Track listing
- Over the Rise
- Soon Enough
- MIA in M.I.A.M.I.
- Tipping
- Rehab Reunion
- Hey Kafka
- Tropical Cashmere Sweater
- TSA Man
- The Valley Road
- Celestial Railroad
- Green, Green Rocky Road (iTunes exclusive)
- The Good Life (iTunes exclusive)
- Shadow Hand (iTunes exclusive)
Personnel
Bruce Hornsby (dulcimer, vocals), J.V. Collier (bass), Sonny Emory (washboard, cajon, drums), J.T. Thomas (organ), Ross Holmes (fiddle, mandolin), Gibb Droll (guitar), Moyes Lucas (washboard), Mavis Staples (vocals), Justin Vernon (vocals)
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Fan reaction
Rehab Reunion is an album of firsts – all dulcimer, no piano, and debut studio appearances for Ross Holmes, Gibb Droll and Moyes Lucas (although technically Moyes’ washboard on Valley Road was recorded live).
Just 0.4% separates the first and second highest rated songs – every vote counts! Highest scoring was Soon Enough, just edging out MIA in M.I.A.M.I.
Rehab Reunion - the breakdown
Over the Rise - 74.8%
Soon Enough - 82.9%
MIA in M.I.A.M.I. - 82.5%
Tipping - 74.5%
Rehab Reunion - 75.8%
Hey Kafka - 54.5%
TSA Man - 68%
Valley Road - 73.8%
Celestial Railroad - 80.6%
SHELF-LIFE/LONGEVITY - 78.3%
LYRICS - 84.8%
ARTWORK/LINER NOTES - 72.5%
MUSICALITY - 83.5%
PRODUCTION - 80%
COLLABORATIONS - 80.6%
76%
This is the highest rated band studio record since Spirit Trail in 1998.
Rehab Reunion reviews
NPR: “he’s never sounded more relevant.”
Pop Break: 9.5/10: “absolutely delightful, and it gets stuck in your bones more and more with every song.”
All About Jazz: 3.5/4 stars: “a vibrant record that refreshingly gives the sometimes-overlooked facets of his music their place to shine.”
Our Musical Journey: “might actually be one of Hornsby’s best albums ever, even without playing a single piano key.”
The Australian: 3.5/5 stars: “a fun diversion from what Hornsby does best.”
Relix: “Hornsby proves that he’s still got some wonderful tricks up his sleeve.”
American Songwriter: 3.5/5 stars: “a natural, even logical road to take on a lifelong musical journey that has seldom been predictable.”
All Music: 8/10: “Hornsby manages to shoehorn the four-stringed instrument’s limited range into ten spirited full-band tracks that certainly aren’t folk songs.”
Jambase: “a discernible ‘live’ feeling.”
Purchase Rehab Reunion
Amazon Rehab Reunion purchase page (commission goes to Bruuuce.com)