Truelove's Gutter
Truelove's Gutter | ||||
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Alternative pop, chamber pop | ||||
Length | 51:05 | |||
Label | Mute | |||
Producer | Richard Hawley and Colin Elliot | |||
Richard Hawley chronology | ||||
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Singles from Truelove's Gutter | ||||
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Truelove's Gutter is the sixth studio album from musician
The first single, "For Your Lover Give Some Time," was released as a three-track digital download on 10 August 2009. A second single, "Open Up Your Door", was released on 30 November 2009, also as a three-track digital download. "Remorse Code" was issued as the album's de facto third single on the EP False Lights from the Land on 7 June 2010.
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10[4] |
Metacritic | 79/100[5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
The Daily Telegraph | [7] |
The Guardian | [8] |
The Irish Times | [9] |
Mojo | [10] |
Pitchfork | 6.7/10[11] |
Q | [12] |
Spin | 6/10[13] |
The Times | [14] |
Uncut | [15] |
The album was mostly well received by the critics.
While generally positive about the album, The Guardian felt that "it's hard to escape a niggling feeling that Hawley is here polishing a formula, even falling back on cliche, in his continuing quest to make the local and homely sound lushly romantic".[8] Spin was unimpressed, saying Truelove's Gutter "has moments of heartbreaking beauty. Too bad those moments are outnumbered by a reliance on secondhand lyrical conceits and drifting arrangements."[13] Pitchfork said "The gorgeous, backward-looking beauty of past releases like Coles Corner... has shifted toward something more dark, ambient, and withdrawn. It may be too slow for many, but it's more measured than it is mundane... Hawley can sound too stripped down this time out, and the two songs that hover near the 10-minute mark overplay the appeal of minimal compositions and Hawley's sweet croon" but ultimately "Hawley's mined a specific vein of emotion for years, and it's a testament to his skill that his hyper-local focus maintains such a broad appeal".[11] Drowned in Sound noted the bleakness of the record, saying that Hawley "lends his uniquely melancholic voice to a uniquely melancholic album, even by his standards... Truelove's Gutter isn't all blackness, but even at its few hopeful moments there are those tinges of pessimism and cynicism that prevent it from ever being rose coloured. As a whole it's a musically and lyrically a beautiful reflection on the less than smooth course life can take."[19]
Track listing
All tracks written by Richard Hawley.
- "As the Dawn Breaks" – 4:35
- Richard Hawley – vocals, Atkin acoustic parlour guitar
- Shez Sheridan – mandola
- Thomas Bloch – cristal baschet, glass harmonica
- Colin Elliot – string organ
- "Open Up Your Door" – 4:42
- Richard Hawley – vocals, DeArmond "shadowtone" pedal
- Dean Beresford – drums
- Colin Elliot – Fender bass, glockenspiel
- Shez Sheridan – Spanish guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, vibraphone
- Jon Trier – piano
- The Red Skies – string section
- Richard Hawley – vocals,
- "Ashes on the Fire" – 4:24
- "Remorse Code" – 9:51
- Richard Hawley – vocals, Atkin acoustic parlour guitar, Atkin jumbo guitar, Gretsch 6196, Burns Nu-Sonic, cymbals
- Dean Beresford – drums
- Colin Elliot – Fender bass, the enchanted lyre
- Shez Sheridan – tenor guitar, e-bow lap steel, feedback 12-string drones, dulcimer, Fisherman's lyre
- Jon Trier – pipe organ
- "Don't Get Hung Up in Your Soul" – 4:16
- Richard Hawley – vocals, Atkin acoustic parlour guitar
- David Coulter – musical saw
- Colin Elliot – double bass
- Shez Sheridan – Alpine concert zither
- "Soldier On" – 6:50
- Richard Hawley – vocals, Atkin acoustic parlour guitar, Atkin jumbo guitar, Gretsch clipper, Gretsch 12-string, Fender Jaguar, Fender Telecaster, Danelectro baritone, Gibson 120T
- Dean Beresford – drums
- Thomas Bloch – Ondes Martenot
- Colin Elliot – Fender bass, double bass feedback, wind chimes, vibes, gong
- Shez Sheridan – lap steel
- The Red Skies – string section
- "For Your Lover Give Some Time" – 5:38
- Richard Hawley – vocals
- Colin Elliot – harpsichord, organ, celeste
- Donald Grant – solo violin
- Liz Hanks – solo cello
- Shez Sheridan – Spanish guitar, Fisherman's lyre
- The Red Skies – string section
- "Don't You Cry" – 10:42
- Richard Hawley – vocals, Atkin acoustic parlour guitar, Gretsch 6120w, Gretsch G6118T-LTV 125th, snare drum
- Dean Beresford – drums and cymbals
- Thomas Bloch – cristal baschet, glass harmonica, waterphone
- David Coulter – musical saw, waterphone
- Colin Elliot – Fender bass, Tibetan singing bowls, backing vocals
- Shez Sheridan – acoustic 12-string guitar, Fisherman's lyre, Gretsch electric 12-string guitar, Baldwin electric 12-string guitar, Selmer lap steel, backing vocals
- Jon Trier – celeste
Singles
- "For Your Lover Give Some Time" (10 August 2009)
- Digital download
- "For Your Lover Give Some Time"
- "Sorry I Lost My Way"
- "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Instrumental)
- "Open Up Your Door" (30 November 2009)
- Digital download[20]
- "Open Up Your Door"
- "Don't Get Hung Up in Your Soul" (Janice Long BBC Radio 2 Session)
- "Run for Me" (Marc Riley BBC Radio 6 Music Session)
- False Lights from the Land EP (7 June 2010)
- 10" vinyl (also includes CD copy of EP)[21]
- "Remorse Code"
- "Shallow Brown"
- "The Ellan Vannin Tragedy"
- "There's a Storm a-Comin'"
Production credits
- Produced by Richard Hawley and Colin Elliot at Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield
- Engineering and orchestral arrangements by Colin Elliot
- Red Skies string section recorded in Axis Studios, Sheffield; engineered by Mike Timm
- The Red Skies string section:
- Violins – Donald Grant, Helena Smart, Catrin Morgan, Emma Wragg, Thea Spiers, Kirsty Mangan
- Violas – Felix Tanner, Natalie Holt
- Cellos – Lucy Payne, Liz Hanks
- Double bass on "For Your Lover, Give Some Time" – Richard Pryce
- Mastered by Duncan Cowell at Soundmastering, London
- Sleeve design by Nick Phillips
- Cover and cloud photography by Steve Gullick
- Lyric photography by Julian Holtom
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[22] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b Naylor, Tony (5 December 2009). "One last thing..." The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ Leader, Robert Eadon (R.E.) (1875), "VIII: Streets, Shops, Wells and Markets", Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People (out of print), retrieved 30 October 2012,
Reproduced on local historian Eric Youle's website – this out of copyright material has been transcribed by Eric Youle, who has provided the transcription on condition that any further copying and distribution of the transcription is allowed only for noncommercial purposes, and includes this statement in its entirety.
- ^ [1] Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Truelove's Gutter by Richard Hawley reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Reviews for Truelove's Gutter by Richard Hawley". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Truelove's Gutter – Richard Hawley". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b Carnwath, Ally (16 September 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b Costa, Maddy (18 September 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (25 September 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". Mojo. No. 191. London, England. October 2009. p. 94.
- ^ a b Sisson, Patrick (22 September 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". Q. No. 279. London, England. October 2009. p. 113.
- ^ a b Marchese, David (October 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". Spin. Vol. 25, no. 10. New York City, USA. p. 78. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Gatti, Tom (19 September 2009). "Richard Hawley: Truelove's Gutter". The Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ a b Robinson, John (October 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". Uncut. No. 149. London, England. p. 96. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010.
- ^ Lusk, Jon (16 September 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". BBC Music. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ Elliott, Richard (1 October 2009). "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ Lee, Darren. "Review: Richard Hawley – Truelove's Gutter". MusicOMH. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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- ^ "Richard Hawley - Open Up Your Door - Listen/Watch Now". Musicremedy.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Richard Hawley - False Lights From The Land EP (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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