# Gillian Welch discography

Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967) is a singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Welch plays with her music partner David Rawlings, whom she met while they were both students at The Berklee College of Music. The first two Gillian Welch albums were released through the label Almo Sounds. After Universal Music Group purchased Almo, Welch started her own label, Acony Records.
In her career, Welch has collaborated with several artists, appearing as a musician, songwriter, and vocalist.
The artist in all recordings is listed as "Gillian Welch" except where noted.

## Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US Folk | US Indie | US Rock | AUS | IRE | NOR | NZ | UK |
| Revival | Release date: April 9, 1996 Label: Almo Sounds Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hell Among the Yearlings | Release date: July 28, 1998 Label: Almo Sounds Formats: CD, cassette | 181 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Time (The Revelator) | Release date: July 31, 2001 Label: Acony Records Formats: CD | 157 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Soul Journey | Release date: June 3, 2003 Label: Acony Records Formats: CD | 107 | — | 3 | — | 69 | — | — | — | 65 |
| The Harrow & the Harvest | Release date: June 28, 2011 Label: Acony Records Formats: CD, music download | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone) (with David Rawlings) | Release date: July 10, 2020 Label: Acony Records Formats: Digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Woodland (with David Rawlings) | Release date: August 23, 2024 Label: Acony Records Formats: CD, Digital download, Vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||

## Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US Folk | US Indie | US Rock | AUS | IRE | NOR | NZ | UK |
| Music from the Revelator Collection | Release date: April 4, 2006 Label: Acony Records Formats: music download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||

## Archival releases

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US Folk | US Indie | US Rock | AUS | IRE | NOR | NZ | UK |
| Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg | Release date: November 25, 2016 Label: Acony Records Formats: Compact disc, music download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 | Release date: July 31, 2020 Label: Acony Records Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 | Release date: September 18, 2020 Label: Acony Records Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 | Release date: November 13, 2020 Label: Acony Records Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||

## Soundtracks

| Date | Song(s) | Album | Comments |
| June 2, 1998 | "Leaving Train" | The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (soundtrack) | |
| December 5, 2000 | "I'll Fly Away" "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) | "I'll Fly Away" Listed as "Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch" "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" Listed as "Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris & Gillian Welch" Also credited as associate producer for album |
| January 23, 2001 | "Wind and Rain" | Songcatcher: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (soundtrack) | Performed with David Rawlings and David Steele a cappella |
| November 20, 2007 | "Pocahontas" | Man from Plains (soundtrack) | Cover of a Neil Young song |

## Tribute albums

| Date | Song | Album | Comments |
| June 2, 1998 | "Miner's Prayer" | Will Sing For Food: The Songs of Dwight Yoakam | Tribute album for Dwight Yoakam Listed as "Gillian Welch & David Rawlings" |
| July 13, 1999 | "Hickory Wind" | Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons | Tribute album for Gram Parsons |
| June 12, 2001 | "Beulah Land" | Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt | Tribute album for Mississippi John Hurt |
| July 10, 2001 | "In Tall Buildings" | A Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage | Tribute album for John Hartford |
| September 17, 2002 | "Summer Evening" | Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown | Tribute album for Greg Brown |
| August, 2014 | "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow", "Apache Tears (Reprise)", "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (Reprise)" | Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited | Tribute album for Johnny Cash Listed as "Gillian Welch & David Rawlings" |
| August 5, 2022 | "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" | Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson | Tribute album for John Anderson Listed as "Gillian Welch & David Rawlings" |

## Other appearances

| Date | Song(s) | Album | Artist |
| July 26, 1994 | "Lynnville Train" "The Raven and Coyote" | Gringo Honeymoon | Robert Earl Keen |
| July 21, 1998 | "Love Still Remains" | Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf | Emmylou Harris |
| August 18, 1998 | "If I Had a Hammer" | Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) | Nanci Griffith |
| July 25, 2000 | "Do Re Mi" | Swing Set | Ani DiFranco |
| September 26, 2000 | "Prairie Wedding" "Speedway At Nazareth" | Sailing to Philadelphia | Mark Knopfler |
| July 10, 2001 | "Oh Death" | Clinch Mountain Sweethearts | Ralph Stanley |
| July 12, 2001 | Several | Heartbreaker | Ryan Adams |
| July 31, 2001 | "Five Colors" "Love is Everywhere I Go" | Fan Dance | Sam Phillips |
| July 30, 2002 | "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room" | Songs for Greta | James Alan Shelton |
| September 25, 2001 | "Barstow" | Sebastopol | Jay Farrar |
| September 17, 2002 | "Katie Dear" | Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions | The Chieftains |
| September 17, 2002 | "Arizona Star" "Homeless" | The Dark | Guy Clark |
| September 24, 2002 | "Tomorrow" | Demolition | Ryan Adams |
| December 3, 2002 | "Hickory Wind" | Georgia Peach | Burrito Deluxe |
| 2003 | "100 Years From Now" | Revisited | Lloyd Green |
| February 24, 2004 | Several | O.C.M.S. | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| October 5, 2004 | Several | Spooked | Robyn Hitchcock |
| August 29, 2006 | Several | Big Iron World | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| March 13, 2007 | "The Last Goodbye" | Waterloo, Tennessee | Uncle Earl |
| April 10, 2007 | "Classic Cars" | Cassadaga | Bright Eyes |
| September 18, 2007 | "Love Still Remains" "Snake Song" | Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems | Emmylou Harris |
| July 8, 2008 | "Breadline Blues 2008" | Moneyland | Del McCoury |
| October 21, 2008 | "Tennessee Rose" | Veracruz | The Deep Vibration |
| February 17, 2009 | "Lua" | Dark Was the Night | Listed as "Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch" |
| November 17, 2009 | Several | A Friend of a Friend | Dave Rawlings Machine |
| July 26, 2010 | "Did Trouble Me" "Strange Things" | Praise & Blame | Tom Jones |
| September 7, 2010 | "Please Release Me" "I Really Don't Want To Know" | Mean Old Man | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| January 18, 2011 | Several | The King is Dead | The Decemberists |
| November 27, 2015 | "Silver Liner" and "Juanita" | Silver Liner | Ethan Johns |
| January 8, 2021 | "Butterfly" | Greenfields | Barry Gibb |
| April 1, 2022 | "Side Saddle" | Crooked Tree | Molly Tuttle |

## Live compilations

| Date | Song | Album | Comments |
| March 13, 2001 | "My Morphine" | Concerts For A Landmine Free World | |
| April 5, 2005 | "Caleb Mayer" | Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 | |

## DVD

| Year | Video |
| 2002 | The Revelator Collection Released: November 12, 2002 Label: Acony Format: DVD |

## Music videos

| Year | Song | Director |
| 2001 | "I'll Fly Away" (w/ Alison Krauss) | Joel Coen |
| 2002 | "Elvis Presley Blues" | Mark Seliger |
| 2002 | "My First Lover" | Mark Seliger |
| 2002 | "Revelator" | Mark Seliger |
| 2015 | "The Weekend" (w/ David Rawlings) | Reid Long |
| 2017 | "Dark Turn of Mind" | Reid Long |
| 2017 | "Cumberland Gap" (w/ David Rawlings) | James Lees |