Crushing (album)

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Crushing
Julia Jacklin - Crushing.png
Studio album by
Julia Jacklin
Released22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
Length39:24
Label
Producer Burke Reid
Julia Jacklin chronology
Don't Let the Kids Win
(2016)		Crushing
(2019)		 Pre Pleasure
(2022)
Singles from Crushing
  1. "Body"
    Released: 3 October 2018 [1]
  2. "Head Alone"
    Released: 8 November 2018 [2]
  3. "Pressure to Party"
    Released: 24 January 2019 [3]
  4. "Comfort"
    Released: 14 February 2019 [4]
  5. "Don't Know How To Keep Loving You"
    Released: October 2019 [5]

Crushing is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. It was released in February 2019 under Polyvinyl Record Co., Transgressive Records and Liberation Records.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the album was nominated for six awards; Best Female Artist, Best Adult Contemporary Album, Best Independent Release, Producer of the Year, Engineer of the Year and Best Cover Art. [6] At the AIR Awards of 2020, the album won Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10 [8]
Metacritic 85/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [12]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [13]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [17]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 85, based on 24 reviews. [9] Helen Brown of The Independent gave the album a perfect score, calling it "Grunge-rinsed, feminist-flipped, upcycled Fifties guitar an' all: Crushing is a triumph". [13] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph praised the album, giving it a perfect score and saying, "As a body of work, Crushing feels small, intimate and inward. But these are big songs, full of big ideas, from a big talent." [12] Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone described it as a "subdued yet arresting LP that blends sweet indie-pop with folk introspection and delicate piano balladry, as Jacklin offers up concise self-realizations without fuss or fanfare." [19] Adriane Pontecorvo of PopMatters gave the album a positive review, saying, "Life, love, heartbreak: none of it is particularly novel as musical material, but on Crushing, Julia Jacklin lets us learn from her experiences with her heart on her sleeve. There is a valuable perspective here, and truly moving music." [20]

In a year-end essay for Slate , Ann Powers cited Crushing as one of her favorite albums from 2019 and proof that the format is not dead but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis". She added that concept albums had reemerged through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives of artists such as Jacklin, who "redefined the edges of intimacy within the singer-songwriter mode on Crushing, which considers how women set boundaries and constantly face the violation of them, not just in love but in every aspect of their lives". [21]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julia Jacklin

No.TitleLength
1."Body"5:07
2."Head Alone"2:58
3."Pressure to Party"3:02
4."Don't Know How to Keep Loving You"5:32
5."When the Family Flies In"4:00
6."Convention"3:16
7."Good Guy"4:11
8."You Were Right"2:22
9."Turn Me Down"5:49
10."Comfort"3:07
Total length:39:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [22]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [23] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [24] 156
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [25] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 29
UK Albums (OCC) [27] 67

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