Between Two Shores (Glen Hansard album)

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Between Two Shores
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Studio album by
Released19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
Length42:48
Label Anti-
Producer
Glen Hansard chronology
Didn't He Ramble
(2015)
Between Two Shores
(2018)
This Wild Willing
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 5.7/10 [7]
PopMatters 5/10 [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Between Two Shores is the third studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. It was released on 19 January 2018 under Anti-. [11]

Contents

Chart performance

In Austria it peaked at number 10, [12] number 18 on Belgium's Ultratop Flanders chart, [13] number 185 on Belgium's Ultratop Wallonia chart, [14] number 30 in Netherlands, [15] number 16 in Germany, [16] number 20 in Ireland, [17] number 96 in Italy [18] and number 60 in Scotland. [19] It also peaked on the Billboard charts, debuting on the Top Alternative Albums at number 22, [20] Folk Albums at number 8 [21] and number 42 on the Top Rock Albums. [22]

Critical reception

Between Two Shores was met with "generally favourable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 68, based on 12 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Between Two Shores track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Roll on Slow"3:26
2."Why Woman"3:03
3."Wheels on Fire"4:01
4."Wreckless Heart"4:13
5."Movin’ On"5:15
6."Setting Forth"5:04
7."Lucky Man"4:47
8."One of Us Must Lose"3:28
9."Your Heart’s Not in It"5:03
10."Time Will Be the Healer"4:28

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Between Two Shores
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 185
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 16
Irish Albums (OCC) [17] 20
Italian Albums (FIMI) [18] 96
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 60
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 19
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [24] 97
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [25] 12
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [20] 22
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [21] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [22] 42
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [26] 42
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [27] 23
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [28] 6
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard) [29] 13

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. Roberts, Chris (1 February 2018). "Classic Rock Magazine Review". Classic Rock . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. Spenceley, Hayden (18 January 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. McKean, Matthew (17 January 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. Gill, Gill (17 January 2018). "The Independent Review". The Independent . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. Covington, Abigail (20 January 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. Conation, Chris (7 February 2018). "Glen Hansard Adds Horns to 'Between Two Shores' But It Could Use Better Songs". PopMatters . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. Hurst, Josh (17 January 2018). "Slant Magazine Review". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. O'Hare, Alan (26 January 2018). "The Skinny Magazine Review". The Skinny . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  11. Hyman, Dan (18 January 2018). "Glen Hansard on Reviving Old Songs for New Album 'Between Two Shores'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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  13. 1 2 "Ultratop.be – Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Ultratop.be – Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. 1 2 "Dutchcharts.nl – Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  16. 1 2 "Offiziellecharts.de – Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  17. 1 2 "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  18. 1 2 "Italiancharts.com – Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  19. 1 2 "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  20. 1 2 "Glen Hansard Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Glen Hansard Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  22. 1 2 "Glen Hansard Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  23. "Swisscharts.com – Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  24. "Spanishcharts.com – Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  25. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  26. "Glen Hansard Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  27. "Glen Hansard Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  28. "Glen Hansard Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  29. "Glen Hansard Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.