Can a song be so perfect, so successful, that it eclipses its creator? It can if it's Bobbie Gentry's Grammy-winning 1967 chart-topper Ode to Billie Joe, one of the most elegantly powerful pieces of ...

Anyone who dismissed Bobbie Gentry as a one-hit-wonder after 1968’s chart topping “Ode to Billie Joe” had to reconsider about six months later. That’s when she followed the song and her debut album ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Bobbie Gentry’s 1968 album, a daring, atmospheric, ...

On July 31, Capitol/UMe will release an expanded edition of The Delta Sweete on 2CD and deluxe 2LP vinyl. The expanded CD edition features a new stereo mix of the album (sourced directly from the ...

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This thorough upending of Bobbie Gentry’s 1968 masterpiece is like one of those nights in a prestigious concert hall where an album is recreated in its entirety by a fairly random combination of stars ...

A half-century after the release of Bobbie Gentry’s imaginative second album, the art-rock band revisits it as if in a daze but with the help of over a dozen brilliant singers. At least Chameleonic ...

Mercury Rev had a pretty good 2018, mostly because they had a great 1998. Though the band hadn't released any music in a couple of years, in 2018 they became the beneficiaries of a free promotional ...

During Gentry's prolonged absence, she's been cited as an influence by an array of artists and, lately, been the subject of several thorough reappraisals, from an excellent 2015 entry in the 33 1/3 ...

On The Delta Sweete as "one of the greatest albums you have never heard" David Fricke: Because that is exactly what it is for most people, even for people who really loved "Ode to Billie Joe." She ...