Country Mile (Johnny Flynn album)

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Country Mile
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Studio album by
Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2013 (2013-09-30)
Genre Folk
Length39:28
LanguageEnglish
Label Transgressive
Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit chronology
A Film Score Of A Bag of Hammers (soundtrack)
(2012)		Country Mile
(2013)		 Sillion
(2017)

Country Mile is the fourth full-length album by Johnny Flynn, released in 2013. The album was recorded with members of his backing band The Sussex Wit and was announced in conjunction with a tour, as well as the release of a single "The Lady is Risen". Country Mile was issued by Transgressive Records and became Flynn's first UK Top 75 hit, peaking at number 58 on the chart dated 12 October 2013. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
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musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME (2.5/5) [6]
This Is Fake DIYStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

In his review for Allmusic, critic Timothy Monger wrote "What sets Johnny Flynn apart from many of Britain's better-known new folk-revivalists is his knack for timeless, literate songwriting. Delivered with the confidence of a seasoned Shakespearian actor and the severity and humor of a young Richard Thompson, Flynn's songs come from a more arcane place in the English idiom, managing to seem both profound and conversational at once." [2]

Holly Williams of The Independent wrote "Flynn’s language and cadence can be quaintly archaic; his wandering-minstrel lyrics poetic, and apple-sweet." [3] John Murphy of musicOMH wrote "Flynn remains one of the country’s most overlooked songwriters and Country Mile is a good reminder of his skill with a well-crafted song." [5]

Matthew Horton of NME was less enthusiastic about the release, writing "Johnny Flynn moonlights as an actor, and it shows. His folk-rock has always felt a bit forced, and album number three is rootsy like the Chelsea Flower Show, blooming with mega-twee lyrics... There’s even a song called ‘Tinker’s Trail’, for Christ’s sake. If things get any more contrived his next album will feature a duet with a cow." [6]

Track listing

All songs composed by Johnny Flynn

No.TitleLength
1."Country Mile"3:36
2."After Eliot"4:45
3."The Lady Is Risen"3:27
4."Murmuration"2:52
5."Gypsy Hymn"3:44
6."Fol-de-rol"3:33
7."Einstein's Idea"5:49
8."Tinker's Trail"3:26
9."Bottom Of The Sea Blues"4:08
10."Time Unremembered"4:08

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "JOHNNY FLYNN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .
  2. 1 2 Monger, Timothy. "Country Mile > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Williams, Holly (28 September 2013). "Country Mile > Review". The Independent . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ The Line of Best Fit review
  5. 1 2 musicOMH review
  6. 1 2 Norton, Matthew (29 March 2010). "Country Mile > Review". NME . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ This is Fake DIY review
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