Dear Departed

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Dear Departed
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 14, 2023 (2023-07-14)
Genre
Length40:42
LanguageEnglish
Label Partisan
Producer Jonathan Wilson
Sam Burton chronology
I Can Go with You
(2020)
Dear Departed
(2023)

Dear Departed is a 2023 studio album by American musician Sam Burton. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Contents

Reception

Matthew George of Belfast Telegraph rated Dear Departed a 6 out of 10, writing that the album "is full of tasteful strings, with occasional glimpses of pedal steel guitar, with the instrumentation never dominating Burton's strong voice". [3] Editors at The Boston Globe included this among their 50 favorite albums of 2023, with Stuart Munro calling it "an exercise in artistic catharsis after love's departure" with "a serving of relentlessly slow-rolling, moody melancholia, sometimes flecked with Laurel Canyon folk, other times with echoes of vintage Glen Campbell, and with a good bit of country-soul vibe as well". [1] In The Observer , Phil Mongredien scored Dear Departed 3 out of 5 stars, comparing the work to Jackson Browne, Glen Campbell, and Harry Nilsson, with a "low-key charm" accentuated by "Burton's gentle, ruminative, slightly mournful vocals". [2] At Uncut , Wyndham Wallace rated this release 4 out of 5 stars, stating that this album mixes the nostalgic with the timeless [4] and the publication's editors named it the 23rd best album of 2023. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Sam Burton.

  1. "Pale Blue Night" – 4:09
  2. "I Don't Blame You" – 3:51
  3. "Long Way Around" – 3:59
  4. "Coming Down on Me" – 3:01
  5. "Empty Handed" – 4:28
  6. "Maria" – 3:56
  7. "I Go to Sleep" – 3:30
  8. "Looking Back Again" – 4:51
  9. "My Love" – 4:33
  10. "A Place to Stay" – 4:22

Personnel

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Munro, Stuart (December 15, 2023). "Album reviews". Music. The Boston Globe . ISSN   0743-1791. OCLC   66652431 . Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mongredien, Phil (July 16, 2023). "Sam Burton: Dear Departed review – timeless, low-key charm". Music. The Observer . Guardian Media Group. ISSN   0029-7712. OCLC   50230244 . Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  3. George, Matthew (July 14, 2023). "Album reviews". Entertainment / Music and Gigs / Reviews. Belfast Telegraph . ISSN   0307-5664 . Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  4. Wallace, Wyndham (July 21, 2023). "Sam Burton – Dear Departed". Uncut . ISSN   1368-0722 . Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  5. "75 best new albums". Music. Uncut . November 7, 2023. ISSN   1368-0722 . Retrieved January 5, 2024.