Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (album)

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Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
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Studio album by
Released16 March 1992
RecordedAugust 1990 – May 1991
Genre Rock/pop/folk
Length43:28
Label East West Records 9031 76427 1
Producer Tanita Tikaram
Tanita Tikaram chronology
Everybody's Angel
(1991)
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
(1992)
Lovers in the City
(1995)
Singles from Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is the fourth studio album by Tanita Tikaram, released in 1992. All songs were written and produced by the singer herself. "You Make the Whole World Cry" was the only single to be released from this album.

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On this album, Tikaram ceased collaborating with Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke and produced the album entirely by herself. The album did not chart in the UK. [1]

In 1995, Tikaram recalled to The Record : "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness contained a lot of my passions about my music. It was a very intimate collection, but it didn't do very well." [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Calgary Herald B− [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
North County Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Upon its release, David Quantick of NME described Tikaram as the "glum-toned purveyor of hellacious folk-based mud bath depresso pop". He commented that the album is "free of the sub-Van Morrison wank that has marred her recent work" and noted that "harmonies abound and arrangements are spartan but full". He praised Tikaram as a "neat producer" who "can make a three-piece band sound chunky" and "knows a lot more about pop than one might expect". He admitted the album is "weird folk pop whose appeal I don't understand" but concluded, "You could be fond of this record if you were a fan of the acoustic meander, the obscure but personal lyric and the Tikaram voice." [5] Jim Lawn of the Lennox Herald described the album as "probably her most consistent both musically and lyrically". [7] The Calgary Herald commented, "Tikaram's lyrics can be muddled or melodies occasionally tedious, but there's a poignancy to her music that draws you in. Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is delivered like a diary in which she deals with the pain that comes with life and love." [8]

In the US, Dan Bennett of the North County Times noted the album's "distinct and flavorable style", with Tikaram "exhibit[ing] a knack for gutsy themes amid roving musical impressions". [9] Len Righi of The Morning Call described it as "uneven" but Tikaram's "most stylistically diverse record to date". [10] The Santa Fe Reporter felt the album "wears thin during the second half", but added "there is ample evidence of Tikaram's natural affinity for effective arrangement and her vocals have become rough-hewn dynamic expressions that vary to suit the needs of the individual pieces". [11]

Don Weller of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin considered it Tikaram's "least accessible work", "The problems are rooted in lean, flat arrangements which heighten rather than color her dark, often brooding voice, and which do nothing to put sparkle in her melodies." [12] The Clarion-Ledger stated, "A puzzling disappointment. Tikaram's folkie singing is perfectly competent. Her wooden, half-hearted material, however, is unworthy of her talent." [13]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tanita Tikaram. [14]

  1. "You Make the Whole World Cry"
  2. "Elephant"
  3. "Trouble"
  4. "I Grant You"
  5. "Heal You"
  6. "To Drink the Rainbow"
  7. "Out on the Town"
  8. "Hot Stones"
  9. "Men & Women"
  10. "Any Reason"
  11. "Love Don't Need No Tyranny"
  12. "The Way That I Want You"

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 33
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 60

Personnel

Notes

  1. Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 993–994. ISBN   1-84195-017-3.
  2. Jaeger, Barbara (7 April 1995). "A meteor on a new path". The Record.
  3. Eleven Kinds of Loneliness at AllMusic
  4. Lawn, Jim (29 March 1992). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  5. 1 2 Quantick, David (21 March 1992). "Long Play". New Musical Express . p. 31.
  6. Bennett, Dan (22 March 1992). "Music: Ramones show there's nothing like the real thing with 'Loco Live'". North County Times.
  7. Lawn, Jim (15 May 1992). "Reviews". Lennox Herald .
  8. "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald . 29 March 1992.
  9. Bennett, Dan (22 March 1992). "Music: Ramones show there's nothing like the real thing with 'Loco Live'". North County Times .
  10. Righi, Len (19 September 1992). "Records". The Morning Call .
  11. "Women vocalists". Santa Fe Reporter . 27 May 1992.
  12. Weller, Don (3 May 1992). "Production makes or breaks artists' efforts". Honolulu Star-Bulletin .
  13. "Records in brief". The Clarion-Ledger . 7 May 1992.
  14. Tanita Tikaram – Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness
  15. "Austriancharts.at – Tanita Tikaram – Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" (in German). Hung Medien.
  16. "Dutchcharts.nl – Tanita Tikaram – Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.

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