Volunteer (Old Crow Medicine Show album)

2018 studio album by Old Crow Medicine Show

Volunteer

Studio album by

Old Crow Medicine Show

Released| April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)
Genre| Folk
Length| 37:50
Label| Columbia Nashville
Producer| Dave Cobb
Old Crow Medicine Show chronology
| 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde
(2017)  | Volunteer
(2018)  | Paint This Town
(2022)

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Volunteer is the sixth studio album by folk band Old Crow Medicine Show. It was released in April 2018 by Columbia Nashville. The album is the band's only one to feature Joe Andrews, who plays on every track and subsequently became a full band member.[1] It is the last album to feature founding members Kevin Hayes and Critter Fuqua as well as Chance McCoy, all of whom departed the group prior to the release of their next album Paint This Town.

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 85/100[2]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]

The album received a Metacritic score of 85 based on 6 critics, indicating universal acclaim.[2]

## Commercial performance

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The album debuted at No. 14 on Top Country Albums, No. 1 on Bluegrass Albums, and No. 7 on Americana/Folk Albums, with 7,000 equivalent album units (6,500 in traditional album sales) in its first week.[4][5] It is Old Crow Medicine Show's seventh No. 1 on the Bluegrass Albums chart, tying with Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent for the most No. 1s in the history of chart.[4] It has sold 11,500 copies in the United States as of June 2018.[6]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Lead vocal| Length

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1.| "Flicker & Shine"| Ketch Secor, Kevin Hayes| Secor| 2:23
2.| "A World Away"| Secor, Critter Fuqua, Chance McCoy| Secor| 3:19
3.| "Child of the Mississippi"| Secor, Fuqua, McCoy| Secor| 5:00
4.| "Dixie Avenue"| Secor, Fuqua| Fuqua| 2:35
5.| "Look Away"| Secor| Secor| 5:10
6.| "Shout Mountain Music"| Secor, McCoy| Fuqua| 2:31
7.| "The Good Stuff"| Hayes| Hayes| 2:42
8.| "Old Hickory"| Secor, Fuqua| Secor| 5:09
9.| "Homecoming Party"| Secor| Secor| 3:06
10.| "Elzick's Farewell"| Traditional| Instrumental| 1:51
11.| "Whirlwind"| Secor| Secor| 4:04

## Personnel

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* Ketch Secor - Vocals, fiddle, harmonica, resophonic plectrum, banjo, guitar.
* Critter Fuqua - Acoustic, electric and slide guitars, banjo, vocals, drums.
* Chance McCoy - Acoustic, 12 string, classical and electric guitars, vocals, fiddle.
* Cory Younts - Mandolin, vocals, drums, percussion, piano.
* Kevin Hayes - Guitjo, lead vocal on track 7.
* Morgan Jahnig - Bass, baritone guitar, vocals.
* Joe Andrews - Ukulele, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, guitar, vocals.
* Dave Cobb - Percussion tracks 2 and 3, guitar tracks 5 and 9.

## Charts

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Chart (2018)  | Peak
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US Billboard 200[7] | 100
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[8] | 7
US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)[9] | 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] | 14

## References

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1. ^ "Old Crow Medicine Show Looks to the Future While Picking at the Past". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
2. ^ a b "Volunteer by Old Crow Medicine Show". Metacritic. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Volunteer – Old Crow Medicine Show". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
4. ^ a b Asker, Jim (May 1, 2018). "Brothers Osborne Bow at No. 2 on Top Country Albums Chart With 'Port Saint Joe'". Billboard.
5. ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 30, 2018). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: April 30, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
6. ^ Bjorke, Matt (June 22, 2018). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: June 20, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
7. ^ "Old Crow Medicine Show Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
8. ^ "Old Crow Medicine Show Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
9. ^ "Old Crow Medicine Show Chart History (Top Bluegrass Albums)". Billboard.
10. ^ "Old Crow Medicine Show Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.

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Old Crow Medicine Show

* Ketch Secor
* Morgan Jahnig
* Cory Younts
* Mike Harris
* Mason Via
* Dante Pope
* PJ George

* Joe Andrews
* Critter Fuqua
* Kevin Hayes
* Gill Landry
* Chance McCoy
* Jerry Pentecost
* Robert Price
* Willie Watson
* Charlie Worsham

Studio albums|

* O.C.M.S. (2004)
* Big Iron World (2006)
* Tennessee Pusher (2008)
* Carry Me Back (2012)
* Remedy (2014)
* Volunteer (2018)
* Paint This Town (2022)
* Jubilee (2023)

Live albums|

* 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde (2017)

Songs|

* "Cocaine Habit/Take a Whiff on Me"
* "See See Rider"
* "Union Maid"
* "Wagon Wheel"

Films|

* Transamerica (2005)
* Big Easy Express (2012)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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