Secular Hymns
Secular Hymns | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 16, 2016 | |||
Recorded | January 12–13, 2016 | |||
Studio | Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Great Milton, England, UK | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 33:31 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Impulse! | |||
Producer | Madeleine Peyroux | |||
Madeleine Peyroux chronology | ||||
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Secular Hymns is a 2014 studio album by American vocal jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It has received positive reviews by critics.
Reception
[edit]Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.2 out of 10, aggregating six scores.[1] According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Secular Hymns received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 from six critic scores.[2]
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Matt Collar writing that this album "finds the vocalist/guitarist delivering a stripped-down, largely acoustic set of warm, eclectic cover tunes... that's a 180-degree turn from her previous effort, 2013's ambitious homage to Ray Charles, The Blue Room.[3] At The Arts Desk, Mark Kidel rated this album 3 out of 5 stars and characterized Peyroux as a "sultry cabaret chanteuse with shades of late-night jazz and the endemic melancholy of the blues" but complains that "this is blues lite, too clean for comfort".[4] DownBeat's J. Poet gave 5 out of 5 stars to Secular Hymns and praised the ensemble on this recording: "Herington’s guitar adds blue, sliding, sustained notes that echo the crying tone of a steel guitar to support Peyroux’s somber vocal".[5] John Fordham of The Guardian praised the combination of "intimate exuberance and classic songs" captured in the live-in-studio setting and rated this release 4 of 5 stars.[6]
In The Irish Times Cormac Larkin rated Secular Hymns 3 out of 5 stars, ending "they’re the sort of songs that can sound hollow and insincere in the wrong hands, but Peyroux delivers every word like her life depends on it".[7] Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes called the blending of blues music, Gospel music, and jazz "a marvelous mélange".[8] The Observer's Dave Gelly scored this release 4 of 5 stars for "the warm intimacy of her voice and the incisive clarity of the arrangements".[9] Writing for PopMatters, Steve Horowitz a 7 out of 10, summing up that "Peyroux offers fine performances, but they are hers and not the originals" and these songs are "mostly well-known classics from the past—they aren’t records meant to be broken but to be replayed again for their own merits".[10]
Track listing
[edit]- "Got You on My Mind" (Howard Biggs and Joe "Cornbread" Thomas) – 4:30
- "Tango Till They’re Sore" (Thomas Alan Waits) – 3:24
- "The Highway Kind" (Townes Van Zandt) – 2:47
- "Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:16
- "If the Sea Was Whiskey" (Leonard Caston and Willie Dixon) – 3:07
- "Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster) – 4:17
- "Hello Babe" (Lil Green and Kansas Joe McCoy) – 3:11
- "More Time" (Linton Kwesi Johnson) – 3:23
- "Shout Sister Shout" (Bill Doggett, Lucky Millinder, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe) – 2:42
- "Trampin’" (traditional) – 3:01
Personnel
[edit]- Madeleine Peyroux – acoustic guitar, vocals, arrangement on "Trampin'", production, liner notes
Additional musicians
- Jon Herington – electric guitar, vocals, arrangement on "Hard Times Come Again No More"
- Barak Mori – upright bass, vocals
Technical personnel
- Cynthia Herbst – session coordination
- Daniel Herst – session assistance
- Doug Dawson – audio engineering
- Farida Bachir – session coordination
- Francesca Burton – session assistance
- Fred Gillham – session coordination
- Joe Jones – assistant engineering
- Mary Maurer – design at 2310 Design
- Michael Lau Robles – design at 2310 Design
- Shervin Lainez – photography
- Staurt Bruce – audio engineering, mixing, audio mastering at Bruce Audio, Bradford On Avon, England, United Kingdom
- Yves Beauvais – sequencing
Charts
[edit]Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 137 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] | 53 |
French Albums (SNEP)[13] | 32 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] | 93 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[15] | 22 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] | 77 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] | 70 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 64 |
UK Albums (OCC)[19] | 96 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Secular Hymns by Madeleine Peyroux reviews | AnyDecentMusic". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "Secular Hymns by Madeleine Peyroux Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Collar, Matt (n.d.). "Secular Hymns – Madeleine Peyroux". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Kidel, Mark (September 14, 2016). "CD: Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns". Reviews, News, & Interviews. The Arts Desk. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Poet, J. (March 2017). "DownBeat Reviews". Reviews. DownBeat. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Fordham, John (September 15, 2016). "Madeleine Peyroux: Secular Hymns review – intimate exuberance and classic songs". Music. The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Larkin, Cormac (September 15, 2016). "Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns album review: passionate and heartfelt". Music. The Irish Times. ISSN 0791-5144. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Loudon, Christopher (April 25, 2016). "Madeleine Peyroux: Secular Hymns". JazzTimes. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Gelly, Dave (September 18, 2016). "Madeleine Peyroux: Secular Hymns review – immaculate simplicity". Music. The Observer. Guardian Media Group. ISSN 0029-7712. OCLC 50230244. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Horowitz, Steve (October 6, 2015). "Madeleine Peyroux: Secular Hymns". Reviews. PopMatters. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Secular Hymns at Discogs (list of releases)
- Secular Hymns at MusicBrainz (list of releases)