Gargoyle (album)

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Gargoyle
Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 28, 2017 (2017-04-28)
Length41:11
Label Heavenly Recordings
Producer Alain Johannes
Mark Lanegan Band chronology
Houston Publishing Demos 2002
(2015)
Gargoyle
(2017)
Somebody's Knocking
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10 [1]
Metacritic 83/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 7/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Pitchfork 6.3/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut 8/10 [12]

Gargoyle is the tenth studio album by American singer Mark Lanegan (credited to "Mark Lanegan Band"). It was released in April 2017 on Heavenly Recordings. It was produced by Lanegan's long-time collaborator Alain Johannes. Roughly half of the music on the record was written by UK-based Rob Marshall through e-mail exchanges with Lanegan, who would write lyrics subsequently. [13]

Contents

While retaining much of the tenebrous imagery of previous records, Gargoyle arguably marks a step toward somewhat a lighter sound, as noted by reviewer Kieron Tyler: "Everything expected is present and correct: the bottom-of-the-boots voice; lugubrious yet affecting melodies; an ominous mood; lyrics dwelling on life’s dark corners. Even so, Gargoyle is an uplifting album, one allowing the sun to peak from behind a cloud." [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Lanegan, Alain Johannes and Rob Marshall except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Death's Head Tattoo"4:20
2."Nocturne" (Lanegan, Marshall)4:22
3."Blue Blue Sea" (Johannes, Lanegan)3:24
4."Beehive" (Lanegan, Marshall)3:49
5."Sister" (Johannes, Lanegan)5:03
6."Emperor" (Johannes, Lanegan)3:36
7."Goodbye to Beauty" (Lanegan, Marshall)3:15
8."Drunk on Destruction" (Lanegan, Marshall)3:25
9."First Day of Winter" (Johannes, Lanegan)3:27
10."Old Swan" (Lanegan, Marshall)6:30

Personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 8
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 127
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 36
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [19] 63
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 35

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRankRef.
Gigwise Top 51 Albums
2017
24
PopMatters Top 60 Albums
2017
36

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