Legerdemain (album)
Legerdemain | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 9, 2015 | |||
Studio | Sneaky Studios, Garrison, New York, US | |||
Genre | Electronic music[1] | |||
Length | 69:54 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Sneaky | |||
Producer | Duncan Sheik | |||
Duncan Sheik chronology | ||||
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It's this album of two parts, the first half of it reflects my kind of renewed excitement about electronic music, and it's really I guess my own strange hybridization of pop song structure with EDM aesthetics. And then the second half of the record is more what I call typical Duncan Sheik self-indulgent art songs and it's more organic, sparse, internal and darker. But the whole thing is like a battery, the first half has a positive charge and the second half has a negative charge but it kind of works together as a whole.
—Sheik on the concept behind Legerdemain[2]
Legerdemain is a 2015 studio album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. The album has received positive reviews from critics and is a transitional one for Sheik as a songwriter, borrowing from his love of electronic music as well as his work scoring musical theater.[3] The music was written contemporaneously to scoring American Psycho,[4] and is his first album of original popular music in almost a decade[5] and was supported by live performances around his Broadway theatre schedule.[6]
Reception
Editors at
Track listing
All songs written by Duncan Sheik.
- "Selling Out" – 3:45
- "Avalanche" – 4:46
- "Photograph" – 3:33
- "Birmingham" – 3:31
- "Sometimes" – 5:04
- "Hey You" – 4:19
- "Warning Light" – 4:21
- "Distant Lovers" – 4:26
- "Bicycle Thief" – 4:42
- "Acquaintance" – 3:52
- "Brutalized" – 5:03
- "Circling" – 6:05
- "Summer Mourning" – 5:25
- "No Happy End" – 3:52
- "Half a Room" – 4:56
- "So There" – 2:14
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
- "After All" – 4:58
- "Wish for the Sun" – 5:06
Personnel
- engineering, production
- Nora Ariffin – photography
- Milo Decruz – bass guitar on "Hey You"
- John Duckworth – creative direction
- Nyla Durdin – backing vocals
- Thomas Freeman – creative direction
- Jason Hart – keyboards
- Jon Hassell – trumpet on "Brutalized" and "No Happy End"
- Marshall Hudson – album package design
- Stitch – album package design
- Michael Tudor – engineering; masteringat Mama's Place
- Alvin Witarsa – violin on "So There"
- Doug Yowell – drums
See also
References
- ^ "The Eclectic World Of Duncan Sheik, From Billboard To Broadway". NPR Music. Weekend Edition. NPR. October 4, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Romero, Angie (December 15, 2015). "10 Questions With Duncan Sheik". News. Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- OCLC 17342741. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- OCLC 3638237. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Powers, Ann (October 16, 2014). "Hear Two Songs From Duncan Sheik's Next Album". NPR Music. The Record. NPR. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (n.d.). "Duncan Sheik – Ledgerdemain". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Allen, Jim (September 30, 2015). "Review: Duncan Sheik, 'Legerdemain'". NPR Music. First Listen. NPR. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ISSN 1540-3106. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Legerdemain at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Performance at Paste Studios