Complex sentence: Though the album received almost no airplay on commercial country radio, it charted and was critically well received, and is credited helping renew interest in restoring the Ryman, which had more or less sat vacant since 1974.
Split into simpler sentences: Though the album received almost no airplay on commercial country radio, it charted and was critically well received. It was credited with helping renew interest in restoring the Ryman, which had more or less sat vacant since 1974.