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Released | 17 August 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2009 | |||
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Length | 64:52 | |||
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Producer | Soulsavers | |||
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Broken is the third full-length studio album by English-American production team Soulsavers,and their second album predominantly featuring Mark Lanegan as lead vocalist. The album was released by V2 and Cooperative Music in the UK on 17 August 2009,and released by Columbia Records in the US in September 2009 as a digital download. [1]
Broken features a roster of guest musicians,including Mike Patton,Gibby Haynes,Richard Hawley,Jason Pierce,Richard Warren and Dustin O'Halloran. In addition to Lanegan,the album also includes several songs featuring Australian singer-songwriter Rosa Agostino,who performs under the moniker Red Ghost,as lead vocalist.
As with their 2007 album It's Not How Far You Fall,It's the Way You Land ,a collaboration with Mark Lanegan and a host of guest vocalists,Broken once again features Lanegan as the primary vocalist,as well as contributions from Bonnie "Prince" Billy (Will Oldham),Jason Pierce (of Spiritualized and Spacemen 3),Mike Patton (of Faith No More),Richard Hawley,and Gibby Haynes (of Butthole Surfers). [2] The non-album single "Sunrise",a song written by Lanegan and sung by Will Oldham,preceded the album release on 3 August 2009. The AA-side is a cover of Palace Brothers' "You Will Miss Me When I Burn",written by Oldham and sung by Lanegan,that also features on the album. Additionally,the album features a cover of Gene Clark's 1974 opus "Some Misunderstanding",and a cover of Lanegan's own "Praying Ground" from his 1998 album Scraps at Midnight .
In a press release for the album,Rich Machin described Broken as the result of Soulsavers' live incarnation. "Touring has definitely brought the guitars to the front of Broken and it's got a more soulful twist too. And though it clearly has some very dark overtones,I don't think it's quite as dark as the last. [3] The album was recorded over 2008 and 2009 in Los Angeles and North England,and also features the vocals of newcomer Red Ghost,the performing moniker of Rosa Agostino. According to Rich,"This young Australian girl from Sydney kept on sending me demos... and she was better than most everything else we'd heard. We traded ideas,and it really gelled." [3]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10 [4] |
Metacritic | 78/100 [5] |
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Source | Rating |
Clash | 8/10 [6] |
Drowned in Sound | 9/10 [7] |
The Guardian | [8] |
The Line of Best Fit | 80% [9] |
musicOMH | [10] |
NME | 8/10 [11] |
Pitchfork | 6.3/10 [12] |
PopMatters | 7/10 [13] |
The Scotsman | [14] |
The Times Online | [15] |
Critical response to Broken was positive. At Metacritic,which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics,the album has received an average score of 78,based on 11 reviews. [16]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
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1. | "The Seventh Proof" | Ian Glover, Rich Machin | instrumental | 3:03 |
2. | "Death Bells" | Glover, Lanegan, Machin, Richard Warren | Mark Lanegan and Gibby Haynes | 4:50 |
3. | "Unbalanced Pieces" | Glover, Lanegan, Machin | Mark Lanegan and Mike Patton | 4:07 |
4. | "You Will Miss Me When I Burn" | Will Oldham | Mark Lanegan and Red Ghost | 3:48 |
5. | "Some Misunderstanding" | Gene Clark | Mark Lanegan | 7:57 |
6. | "All the Way Down" | Glover, Lanegan, Machin | Mark Lanegan | 4:49 |
7. | "Shadows Fall" | Glover, Lanegan, Machin, Warren | Mark Lanegan and Richard Hawley | 6:36 |
8. | "Can't Catch the Train" | Glover, Lanegan, Machin | Mark Lanegan | 3:34 |
9. | "Pharaoh's Chariot" | Glover, Lanegan, Machin | Mark Lanegan and Jason Pierce | 4:32 |
10. | "Praying Ground" | Mike Johnson, Lanegan, Keni Richards | Red Ghost | 3:44 |
11. | "Rolling Sky" | Glover, Lanegan, Machin | Mark Lanegan and Red Ghost | 7:05 |
12. | "Wise Blood" | Glover, Machin | instrumental | 5:37 |
13. | "By My Side" | Rosa Agostino, Glover, Machin | Red Ghost | 5:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
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14. | "Sunrise" | Lanegan | Will Oldham | 3:41 |
15. | "Highway Kind" | Townes Van Zandt | Mark Lanegan | 2:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
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14. | "Highway Kind" | Van Zandt | Mark Lanegan | 2:51 |
15. | "Death Bells" (Mogwai Remix) | Glover, Lanegan, Machin, Warren | Mark Lanegan | 5:00 |
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] | 28 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] | 58 |
UK Albums (OCC) [19] | 78 |
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