Revelations (Wynonna Judd album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Revelations
| type = studio
| artist = Wynonna Judd
| cover = Wynonnarev.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 13, 1996
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = *Javelina (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country
| length = 49:45
| producer = Tony Brown
| prev_title = Tell Me Why
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Collection
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Revelations
| type = Studio
| single1 = To Be Loved by You
| single1date = January 6, 1996
| single2 = Heaven Help My Heart
| single2date = April 27, 1996
| single3 = My Angel Is Here
| single3date = August 19, 1996{{cite magazine|title=Country Highlights: New Releaes|magazine=Country Monitor|page=1|date=August 16, 1996|volume=4|issue=34}}
| single4 = Somebody to Love You
| single4date = November 4, 1996{{cite magazine|title=Country Highlights: New Releases|magazine=Country Monitor|page=1|date=November 1, 1996|volume=4|issue=45}}
}}
}}
Revelations is the third solo studio album by American country music artist Wynonna Judd, released in 1996 on MCA Records in association with Curb Records. It was her first album since Tell Me Why three years previous. The album's lead-off single, "To Be Loved by You", was her fourth and most recent to date #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The second single, "Heaven Help My Heart", peaked at #14 on the same chart, while "My Angel Is Here" and "Somebody to Love You" both missed the top 40, becoming the first two singles of her career to do so. The album itself peaked at #2 on the Top Country Albums charts and #9 on The Billboard 200, and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
The track "Free Bird" is a cover of the Lynyrd Skynyrd song, and was previously included on the 1994 tribute album Skynyrd Frynds.
Critical reception
The album received favorable reviews.{{Album reviews
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r231532|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140905213239/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-02-29/features/9602290233_1_patty-loveless-wynonna-star link]
}}
Personnel
- Wynonna Judd – lead vocals
- Steve Nathan – synthesizers (1, 9), Hammond B3 organ (2, 5, 6), synth strings (3, 4, 6), acoustic piano (4, 8, 9)
- Matt Rollings – electric piano (1, 4), acoustic piano (2, 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (5), Hammond B3 organ (8, 10)
- Don Potter – acoustic guitar (1–6, 8, 9), electric guitar (10)
- Steuart Smith – electric guitar (1, 2, 5–8, 10), acoustic guitar (3), slide acoustic guitar (4)
- Dann Huff – electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 8, 9), gut-string electric guitar (7)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar (4)
- Willie Weeks – bass (1–6, 8–10)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (1–6, 8–10)
- Tom Roady – percussion (4, 5, 6)
- Terry McMillan – harmonica (5)
- Jim Horn – baritone saxophone (5), saxophones (10)
- Roger "Rock" Williams – tenor saxophone (5)
- Jim Hoke – saxophones (10)
- Barry Green – trombone (10)
- "Hollywood" Paul Litteral – trumpet (5)
- Mike Haynes – trumpet (10)
- Steve Dorff – string arrangements (3, 7)
- The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 7)
- Bob Bailey – backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
- Kim Fleming – backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
- Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 9, 10)
- Jonell Mosser – backing vocals (2)
- Gordon Kennedy – backing vocals (3)
- Max Carl – backing vocals (4)
- Andrew Gold – backing vocals (6)
- Suzy Wills – backing vocals (8)
- Willie Greene, Jr. – backing vocals (10)
- The Born Again Minstrels Church Choir – additional backing vocals (10)
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Revelations track listing
| total_length = 49:45
| total length =
| title1 = To Be Loved by You
| writer1 = {{hlist|Gary Burr|Mike Reid}}
| length1 = 4:50
| title2 = Somebody to Love You
| writer2 = {{hlist|Gary Nicholson|Delbert McClinton}}
| length2 = 4:51
| title3 = Change the World
| writer3 = {{hlist|Gordon Kennedy|Tommy Sims|Wayne Kirkpatrick}}
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = Don't Look Back
| writer4 = {{hlist|Tonio K.|John Keller}}
| length4 = 5:08
| title5 = Old Enough to Know Better
| writer5 = {{hlist|Jeff Silbar|Glen Clark}}
| length5 = 4:15
| title6 = Heaven Help My Heart
| writer6 = {{hlist|David Tyson|Tina Arena|Dean McTaggart}}
| length6 = 6:06
| title7 = Love by Grace
| writer7 = {{hlist|Dave Loggins|Wayne Tester}}
| length7 = 4:12
| title8 = Free Bird
| writer8 = {{hlist|Allen Collins|Ronnie Van Zant}}
| length8 = 7:42
| title9 = My Angel Is Here
| writer9 = {{hlist|Lulu|Billy Lawrie|Mark Stephen Cawley}}
| length9 = 5:00
| title10 = Dance! Shout!
| writer10 = Gary Oliver
| length10 = 4:07
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+Weekly chart performance for Revelations !scope="col"|Chart (1996) !scope="col"|Peak |
| {{album chart|Canada|33|chartid=1730|rowheader=true|access-date=November 23, 2024}} |
| scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (RPM){{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=10579&|title=RPM Country Albums for March 4, 1996|work=RPM|access-date=November 23, 2024}}
| 1 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|9|artist=Wynonna Judd|rowheader=true|access-date=November 23, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|2|artist=Wynonna Judd|rowheader=true|access-date=November 23, 2024}} |
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= Year-end charts =
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|+1996 year-end chart performance for Revelations !scope="col"|Chart (1996) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|Canadian Country Albums (RPM){{cite magazine|title=RPM Year End Country Albums ~ Top 50|magazine=RPM|page=46|date=December 16, 1996|volume=64|issue=18}}
| 12 |
|---|
| scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Top Billboard 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|page=YE-28|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|volume=108|issue=52|date=December 28, 1996|issn=0006-2510}}
| 107 |
| scope="row"|US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Top Country Albums|magazine=Billboard|page=YE-50|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|volume=108|issue=52|date=December 28, 1996|issn=0006-2510}}
| 14 |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Wynonna Judd|title=Revelations|award=Gold|number=1|certyear=1996|relyear=1996|accessdate=November 23, 2024}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Wynonna Judd|title=Revelations|award=Platinum|number=1|certyear=1996|relyear=1996|accessdate=November 23, 2024}}
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