Mercury Rev have announced a guest-filled front-to-back reinterpretation of Bobbie Gentry’s 1968 album The Delta Sweete. It’s out February 8 via Partisan/Bella Union. Each song features a different singer. Guest vocalists include Margo Price, Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, Vashti Bunyan, Lucinda Williams, Phoebe Bridgers, Norah Jones, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier, Marissa Nadler, M83’s Kaela Sinclair, and more. Check out Mercury Rev’s cover of “Sermon” featuring Margo Price below, along with a statement from Price.

Margo Price:

Bobbie Gentry is one of the greatest writers and performers of our time. She was the definition of country funk and southern soul. Her songs were well crafted, literary masterpieces. Bobbie produced so much of her own work that she didn’t get credit for. Her influence on my music has been massive and her influence on the music world in general is earth shattering. Bobbie is iconic, original, eloquent and timeless. She is an elusive wonder in a world of plain spoken, worn out cliques. She has remained a strong voice and an eternal spirit of the delta, wrapped in mystery, yet forever here.

Gentry and The Delta Sweete’s history were detailed in a 2017 episode of the country music history podcast “Cocaine & Rhinestones.” Read “‘Cocaine & Rhinestones’ Is the Country Podcast You Need to Hear to Believe” on the Pitch.

The Delta Sweete Revisited:

01 Okolona River Bottom Band [ft. Norah Jones]

02 Big Boss Man [ft. Hope Sandoval]

03 Reunion [ft. Rachel Goswell]

04 Parchman Farm [ft. Carice van Houten]

05 Mornin’ Glory [ft. Laetitia Sadier]

06 Sermon [ft. Margo Price]

07 Tobacco Road [ft. Susanne Sundfør]

08 Penduli Pendulum [ft. Vashti Bunyan with Kaela Sinclair]

09 Jessye’ Lisabeth [ft. Phoebe Bridgers]

10 Refractions [ft. Marissa Nadler]

11 Courtyard [ft. Beth Orton]

12 Ode to Billie Joe [ft. Lucinda Williams] %

% song not featured on the original Delta Sweete