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Released | May 11, 2012 | |||
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Length | 44:04 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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A Joyful Noise is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Gossip, released on May 11, 2012, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Xenomania founder Brian Higgins.
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 60/100 [4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Clash | 6/10 [6] |
Drowned in Sound | 4/10 [7] |
Entertainment Weekly | B− [8] |
The Guardian | [9] |
The Independent | [10] |
NME | 3/10 [11] |
Pitchfork | 5.9/10 [12] |
PopMatters | 5/10 [13] |
Slant Magazine | [14] |
A Joyful Noise received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 60, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". [4] Andy Gill of The Independent gave the album four out of five stars, writing that "the involvement of Brian Higgins on A Joyful Noise enables the group to break new ground with confidence". [10] The Guardian 's Caroline Sullivan gave the album three out of five stars and stated that "it's Girls Aloud producer Higgins to the rescue, with a sound influenced by Abba and Madonna. Having said that, Gossip—especially Beth Ditto, in waspishly fine voice here—seem very much at home with it." [9] However, Priya Elan of NME felt that "[g]ood moments are squandered by unsatisfying choruses and/or weak lyrics." [11] The Independent on Sunday's Simon Price expressed that after a few years of career, Ditto "already feels like a footnote", adding that the band pairing up with Higgins "should be a stroke of genius, but Higgins has caught Ditto & co at a point where they appear to have disastrously lost their fire." [15]
A Joyful Noise debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in its first week. [16] In Europe, the album debuted at number 47 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 2,822 copies, [17] while reaching number one in Switzerland, number two in Germany, number three in France, number four in Austria and number eight in Belgium. [18]
All tracks are written by Beth Ditto, Nathan Howdeshell, and Hannah Billie, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Melody Emergency" | 3:51 |
2. | "Perfect World" (writers: Gossip, Brian Higgins, Luke Fitton, Toby Scott) | 4:27 |
3. | "Get a Job" | 4:59 |
4. | "Move in the Right Direction" (writers: Gossip, Xenomania) | 3:31 |
5. | "Casualties of War" | 4:15 |
6. | "Into the Wild" | 3:13 |
7. | "Get Lost" | 4:07 |
8. | "Involved" | 4:15 |
9. | "Horns" | 3:45 |
10. | "I Won't Play" | 3:19 |
11. | "Love in a Foreign Place" | 4:22 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Perfect World" (Rory Phillips Mix) | 5:04 |
13. | "Move in the Right Direction" (Classixx Remix) | 4:38 |
14. | "Perfect World" (video) | 3:49 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Heavy Cross" | 4:02 |
13. | "Standing in the Way of Control" (live) | 4:49 |
14. | "Listen Up" (live) | 4:42 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Seems So Bad" | 4:03 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Love Long Distance" (1LIVE in Dortmund) | 4:21 |
2. | "Listen Up!" (1LIVE in Dortmund) | 5:10 |
3. | "Melody Emergency" (1LIVE in Dortmund) | 3:59 |
4. | "Men in Love" (1LIVE in Dortmund) | 3:37 |
5. | "Get a Job" (1LIVE in Dortmund) | 4:52 |
6. | "Perfect World" (RAC Mix) | 4:13 |
7. | "Perfect World" (Seamus Haji Remix Radio Edit) | 3:04 |
8. | "Perfect World" (Playgroup Nude Mix) | 8:06 |
9. | "Move in the Right Direction" (CSS Remix) | 4:02 |
10. | "Move in the Right Direction" (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) | 3:53 |
11. | "Move in the Right Direction" (Gossip vs Kaz James Remix) | 6:34 |
12. | "Get a Job" (Peter Rauhofer Remix) | 8:47 |
13. | "Get a Job" (Scissor Sisters Remix) | 6:14 |
14. | "Get a Job" (Wankelmut Remix) | 7:21 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Perfect World" (RAC Mix) | 4:14 |
13. | "Move in the Right Direction" (Classixx Remix) | 4:38 |
14. | "Perfect World" (Seamus Haji Remix) | 6:24 |
Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Joyful Noise. [23]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France (SNEP) [51] | Gold | 50,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [52] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [53] | Gold | 15,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Edition | Label | Ref(s) |
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Germany | May 11, 2012 | Standard | Sony | [21] [54] | |
Ireland |
| Columbia | [55] [56] | ||
France | May 14, 2012 |
| Sony | [57] [58] [59] | |
United Kingdom | Columbia | [60] [61] [62] | |||
Australia | May 18, 2012 |
| Sony | [63] [64] | |
United States | May 22, 2012 | Columbia | [65] [66] | ||
Japan | June 13, 2012 | CD | Sony | [22] | |
Germany | November 2, 2012 |
| Extended | [21] [67] |
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