Circuital
Circuital | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 31, 2011 | |||
Recorded | Louisville, Kentucky | |||
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Length | 45:07 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | ATO Records (US/Canada) Rough Trade (UK) Spunk Records/EMI (Australia) | |||
Producer | ||||
My Morning Jacket chronology | ||||
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Singles from Circuital | ||||
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Circuital is the sixth studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket. It was released on May 31, 2011.
The album received mainly positive reviews and sold 55,000 copies in the first week of release.[1] It debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, improving on the band's previous highest debuting album Evil Urges, which entered the chart at number 9. This album peaked #1 on the independent albums chart,#3 on the rock albums, and #3 on the alternative albums charts.[2][3] The album has sold 208,000 copies in the US as of April 2015.[4]
The album was also released as a double 12"
Songs
All tracks were recorded in the band's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky in a church gymnasium with producer
The title track was recorded on the band's second attempt. James explained to UK newspaper
The songs "Wonderful" and "Outta My System" were originally written by
Album cover
The album cover is a close-up shot of a
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.9/10[8] |
Metacritic | 76/100[9] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [10] |
The A.V. Club | B+[11] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[12] |
The Guardian | [13] |
The Independent | [14] |
Los Angeles Times | [15] |
NME | 7/10[16] |
Pitchfork | 7.2/10[17] |
Rolling Stone | [18] |
Spin | 8/10[19] |
On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination in the
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jim James
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Victory Dance" | 5:40 |
2. | "Circuital" | 7:20 |
3. | "The Day Is Coming" | 3:17 |
4. | "Wonderful (The Way I Feel)" | 4:17 |
5. | "Outta My System" | 3:22 |
6. | "Holdin on to Black Metal" | 4:20 |
7. | "First Light" | 3:46 |
8. | "You Wanna Freak Out" | 3:20 |
9. | "Slow Slow Tune" | 4:30 |
10. | "Movin' Away" | 5:12 |
Total length: | 45:07 |
Note: "Holdin' On to Black Metal" includes portions of "E-Saew Tam Punha Huajai (Advice Column for Love Troubles Part I)", written by Kwan Jai & Kwan Jit Sriprajan. James used the song as a loop to record the demo. The band subsequently used the loop as a guide when recording the final track.
On the LP version of Circuital, the intro to "The Day Is Coming" varies slightly and seems a couple seconds longer than the other released formats.
Personnel
My Morning Jacket
- Tom Blankenship – bass guitar
- Carl Broemel – guitar, vocals, pedal steel, saxophone, horn arrangements
- Patrick Hallahan – drums, percussion
- Jim James – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Bo Koster – keyboards, vocals, synthesizers, pianos, organs, glockenspiel, percussion
Additional musicians
- Black Metal Girls – group backing vocals (track 6)
- Chris Gregg – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Jeremy Kittel – violin, viola
- Leif Shires – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ben Sollee – cello
- Oscar Utterstrom – trombone, euphonium
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
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- ^ "American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2011".
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- ^ Mooney, Kate "Todd Haynes and My Morning Jacket Get Weird"[permanent dead link] New York Press – June 1, 2011
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- ^ Tucker, Ken (May 25, 2011). "Circuital". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
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- ^ Gill, Andy (June 3, 2011). "Album: My Morning Jacket, Circuital (V2)". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ Wappler, Margaret (May 31, 2011). "Album review: My Morning Jacket's 'Circuital'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Leonie (June 1, 2011). "Album Review: My Morning Jacket – 'Circuital'". NME. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
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