Daddy's Home (St. Vincent album)

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Daddy's Home
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)
Studio
  • Electric Lady (New York)
  • Rough Customer (Brooklyn)
  • Conway (Los Angeles)
  • Compound Fracture (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length43:09
Label Loma Vista
Producer
St. Vincent chronology
Nina Kraviz Presents Masseduction Rewired
(2018)
Daddy's Home
(2021)
The Nowhere Inn
(2021)
Singles from Daddy's Home
  1. "Pay Your Way in Pain"
    Released: March 5, 2021
  2. "The Melting of the Sun"
    Released: April 2, 2021
  3. "Down"
    Released: May 10, 2021
  4. "Daddy's Home"
    Released: August 17, 2021

Daddy's Home is the sixth studio album by American musician St. Vincent, released on May 14, 2021 by Loma Vista Recordings. Like its predecessor, Masseduction (2017), Clark produced the album alongside Jack Antonoff. Daddy's Home was inspired by Clark's father's release from prison at the end of 2019, as well as the musical palette of New York City in the first half of the 1970s. [1] [2] The record musically incorporates lounge-pop [3] and psychedelic music. [4] The album won the award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. [5]

Contents

Background

In May 2010, Clark's father, Richard Clark was convicted on one count of conspiracy, seven counts of wire fraud, five counts of securities fraud, and one count of money laundering. [6] During his incarceration, Clark released three albums: Strange Mercy (2011), St. Vincent (2014) and Masseduction (2017), receiving a growing amount of attention with each album. [7] After his release in 2019, Clark was inspired to write the album's title track and also found inspiration in music made in New York City from 1971 to 1975, [2] a contrast to her previous albums, which were categorized as indie rock. [7]

On December 15, 2020, Clark revealed that she would be releasing her sixth studio album in 2021. [8] On February 25, 2021, street posters revealed that the album would be released on May 14, 2021. [9] Clark released the album's lead single, "Pay Your Way in Pain", on March 5, 2021. In a profile with The Forty-Five following the single's release, she stated that the theme of the album would be her father's release from prison. Clark added that she wanted to narrate her "story", opining that his release from prison was "a good starting point". [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.2/10 [11]
Metacritic 85/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The A.V. Club B [14]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [16]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [17]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [18]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [20]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [21]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [22]

Upon release, Daddy's Home received widespread critical acclaim. On the review aggregation website Metacritic, it received an average score of 85 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [12] AnyDecentMusic? collated reviews giving the album an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 32 reviews. [11]

Rolling Stone called it "a mutant strain of retro pop steeped in New York lore", [23] and Tom Doyle of Mojo hailed it as "a full conceptual realisation, filled with great melodies, deep grooves, colourful characterisations and sonic detail that reveals itself over repeated plays." [18]

Accolades

Daddy's Home on year-end lists
PublicationListRankRef.
Consequence Top 50 Best Albums of 2021
50
Rolling Stone The 50 Best Albums of 2021
50
Slant The 50 Best Albums of 2021
2
Spin The 30 Best Albums of 2021
21
The Guardian The 50 Best Albums of 2021
27

Daddy's Home Tour

The Daddy's Home Tour is a concert tour by American singer St. Vincent in support of her sixth album, Daddy's Home. The tour visited North America, Europe and Asia between 2021 and 2022.

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held at Central Park in Atlanta on October 22, 2021, as part of the Shaky Knees Music Festival. [29] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Digital Witness"
  2. "Down"
  3. "Birth in Reverse"
  4. "Daddy's Home"
  5. "New York"
  6. "Los Ageless"
  7. "Sugarboy"
  8. "Fast Slow Disco"
  9. "Pay Your Way in Pain"
  10. "Fear the Future"
  11. "Your Lips Are Red"
  12. "The Melting of the Sun"

Track listing

All songs written by Annie Clark, except where noted. All songs produced by Clark and Jack Antonoff.

Daddy's Home
No.TitleLength
1."Pay Your Way in Pain" (Clark, Antonoff)3:03
2."Down and Out Downtown"3:42
3."Daddy's Home" (Clark, Antonoff)3:19
4."Live in the Dream"6:29
5."The Melting of the Sun"4:17
6."Humming (Interlude 1)"0:57
7."The Laughing Man" (Clark, Antonoff)3:25
8."Down" (Clark, Antonoff)3:26
9."Humming (Interlude 2)"0:28
10."Somebody Like Me"3:53
11."My Baby Wants a Baby" (Clark, Florrie Palmer)3:20
12."...At the Holiday Party" (Clark, Antonoff)4:17
13."Candy Darling"1:55
14."Humming (Interlude 3)"0:38
Total length:43:09
Daddy's Home– Japanese edition [30]
No.TitleLength
15."New York" (featuring Yoshiki) (Clark, Antonoff)2:54
Total length:46:03

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Daddy's Home
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [32] 15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [33] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [34] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [35] 37
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [36] 48
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [37] 31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [38] 13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [39] 45
French Albums (SNEP) [40] 188
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [41] 21
Irish Albums (OCC) [42] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI) [43] 66
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [44] 71
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [45] 7
Scottish Albums (OCC) [46] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [47] 48
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [48] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [49] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [50] 4
US Billboard 200 [51] 16
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [52] 1
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [53] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [54] 2

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