A Joyful Noise (Gossip album)

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A Joyful Noise
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 11, 2012 (2012-05-11)
Studio
  • KBC (Portland, Oregon)
  • Xenomania (Kent, England)
Genre
Length44:04
Label Columbia
Producer
Gossip chronology
Music for Men
(2009)
A Joyful Noise
(2012)
Real Power
(2024)
Singles from A Joyful Noise
  1. "Perfect World"
    Released: March 13, 2012 [1]
  2. "Move in the Right Direction"
    Released: June 29, 2012 [2]
  3. "Get a Job"
    Released: April 5, 2013 [3]

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.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 60/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Clash 6/10 [6]
Drowned in Sound 4/10 [7]
Entertainment Weekly B− [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME 3/10 [11]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [12]
PopMatters 5/10 [13]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Commercial performance

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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Beth Ditto, Nathan Howdeshell, and Hannah Billie, except where noted

No.TitleLength
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
European iTunes Store bonus tracks [19]
No.TitleLength
12."Perfect World" (Rory Phillips Mix)5:04
13."Move in the Right Direction" (Classixx Remix)4:38
14."Perfect World" (video)3:49
Amazon Germany digital bonus tracks [20]
No.TitleLength
12."Heavy Cross"4:02
13."Standing in the Way of Control" (live)4:49
14."Listen Up" (live)4:42
German extended edition bonus track [21]
No.TitleLength
12."Seems So Bad"4:03
German extended edition bonus disc [21]
No.TitleLength
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
Japanese edition bonus tracks [22]
No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Joyful Noise. [23]

Gossip

Additional musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for A Joyful Noise
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [51] Gold50,000*
Germany (BVMI) [52] Gold100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [53] Gold15,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for A Joyful Noise
RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef(s)
GermanyMay 11, 2012Standard Sony [21] [54]
Ireland
  • CD
  • digital download
Columbia [55] [56]
FranceMay 14, 2012
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
Sony [57] [58] [59]
United KingdomColumbia [60] [61] [62]
AustraliaMay 18, 2012
  • CD
  • digital download
Sony [63] [64]
United StatesMay 22, 2012Columbia [65] [66]
JapanJune 13, 2012CDSony [22]
GermanyNovember 2, 2012
  • 2-CD
  • digital download
Extended [21] [67]

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