Gloria (Sam Smith album)

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Gloria
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Studio album by
Released27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)
Genre
Length33:03
Label Capitol
Producer
Sam Smith chronology
Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios
(2021)
Gloria
(2023)
In the Lonely Hour 10 Year Anniversary Edition
(2024)
Singles from Gloria
  1. "Love Me More"
    Released: 28 April 2022
  2. "Unholy"
    Released: 22 September 2022
  3. "Gimme"
    Released: 11 January 2023
  4. "I'm Not Here to Make Friends"
    Released: 27 January 2023 [3]

Gloria is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Sam Smith, released on 27 January 2023 through Capitol Records. The album serves as a follow-up to Love Goes (2020). [4] Smith took creative control on the album, resulting in gaining an increasingly provocative image in the public eye. Musically, Gloria is a pop album, with lyrical themes of sex, lies, passion, self-expression, and imperfection.

Contents

Gloria received positive reviews from critics. It was supported by four singles; "Love Me More", "Unholy", a collaboration with Kim Petras, [5] "Gimme", a collaboration with Koffee and Jessie Reyez, and "I'm Not Here to Make Friends". "Unholy" became the most successful single from the album, topping the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, becoming both Smith and Petras' first chart-topper in the latter. The song also won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

Commercially, Gloria debuted at number one in United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland, and has moved over 1.6 million album-equivalent units worldwide. [6] To support the album, Smith embarked on Gloria the Tour, touring the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and they additionally performed at the 2023 BRIT Awards, the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, and at the Royal Albert Hall.

Background and recording

The album was recorded between Los Angeles, London and Jamaica, with Smith working with regular collaborators Jimmy Napes, Stargate and Ilya Salmanzadeh, [7] as well as expecting further contributions from Los Hendrix, Max Martin and Calvin Harris. Smith stated that the album "feels like a coming of age" and got them "through some dark times", and expressed a hope that it could also be a "beacon" for listeners. A press release called it a "personal revolution" for Smith, containing the "dazzling, sumptuous, sophisticated, unexpected and at times thrilling, edgy sound of Sam's creative heart today", as well as lyrics about "sex, lies, passion, self-expression, and imperfection". [8]

Promotion

Smith announced the album on their social media accounts on 17 October 2022, writing a note to their "dearest sailors", Smith's name for their fans, and sharing the cover art, a portrait of Smith with bleached hair wearing a golden earring of an anchor and pearl. [8] Smith performed "Unholy" with Petras and "Gloria" with Sharon Stone as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live . [9]

Singles

The first track to be released from the album was the single "Love Me More" on 28 April 2022. [10] "Unholy", a collaboration with German singer Kim Petras, followed on 22 September 2022 and was promoted as the second single. [11] [12] It reached number one in several countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK and the US, [13] as well as number one on the Billboard Global 200. [14]

The track "Gimme" was released as the album's third single on 11 January 2023. It is a collaboration with Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez and Jamaican musician Koffee.

On 27 January 2023, the same day of the album's release, "I'm Not Here to Make Friends" was released as the fourth single. [3]

Promotional singles

"Gloria" was released on 20 January 2023, one week before Gloria, as a promotional single. [15]

Tour

On 21 October 2022, Sam Smith announced Gloria the Tour via their Instagram account. The concert run began on April 12, 2023, in Sheffield. [16] On 5 January 2023 the North American leg of the tour was announced. [17]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.0/10 [18]
Metacritic 68/100 [19]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
Clash 7/10 [21]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [22]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [23]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [24]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [25]
Metro Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [26]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [27]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [28]

Gloria received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 68 out of 100, based on 16 reviews. [19] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.0 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [18] Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone called Gloria Smith's "deepest album yet" and described it as "a compact, steadily flowing collection of pop songs that showcase Smith's vocal versatility and personal growth" with lyrics about "Smith's experiences as a queer person who was raised Catholic" throughout. [1] Gary Bushell of the Daily Express found the album to be "less gloomy than 2020's Love Goes , beautiful in places, and packed with surprises". [29] Nick Levine of NME wrote that the album "really is the most surprising, satisfying and vital work of [Smith's] career" and at its heart is a "personal exploration of the broader queer experience that recalls George Michael's classic 1996 album Older ". [27]

Reviewing the album for The Guardian , Alexis Petridis was critical of the press release's claims of "experimentation", writing that while there are "hints of R&B, trap and disco" amongst the ballads and tracks similar to their "piano-led sound" of previous releases, "there's still something underwhelming about Gloria: the feeling that it's more of the same is more prevalent than it should be". [24] David Smyth of the Evening Standard felt that "Unholy", a "masterpiece of oversexualised nonsense", "sticks out outrageously in the middle of this fourth album" as the rest of the tracks are "rather grey" by comparison. Smyth concluded that it is "a shame the songs, well crafted as they are, don't always match the self belief" Smith's lyrics have. [23] Writing for The Observer , Kitty Empire denoted that the project does not fulfill its potential, as it was not pushed to the levels of Beyoncé's Renaissance , an album that deals with similar themes and sounds, pointing out that "something slinky [...] might have been more apposite on an album dedicated to fun – and liberation from the past" over tracks like "How to Cry", "Gloria" and "Who We Love". [30]

Lindsay Zoladz of The New York Times found that Smith "puts aside ballads for more danceable tracks" and while the album "has moments of boldness", ultimately "its occasional lapses into generics keep it from feeling like a major personal statement". [31] Writing for Pitchfork , Jamieson Cox opined that by this point of Smith's career, "an artist whose writing has long tended toward the bland and impersonal has grown into a vision and identity that can be compromised by mediocre features" like those of Jessie Reyez, with Cox calling "Gimme" and "Perfect" "anodyne at best and grating at worst", and Ed Sheeran, with Cox finding "Who We Love" to be "basically [...] Sheeran's 'Same Love'," with lyrics that lay out "trite scenes". [28]

Emma Madden, reviewing for Metro , gave the album two out of five stars, writing that "sex and queerness do indeed feature in the album, but in a way that feels tacked on out of obligation [...] The references are extremely ham-fisted and obvious". Madden also felt that Gloria feels "slipshod and confused". [26]

Commercial performance

Gloria debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 14,155 units, [32] becoming the singer's third non-consecutive album to reach the top, joining In the Lonely Hour (2014) and The Thrill of It All (2017). [33] In Australia, Gloria became the singer's first album to debut atop the ARIA Albums Chart and second number-one album overall. [34]

The album debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 with 39,000 album-equivalent units, earning Smith their fourth US top-10 album. [35]

As of February 2023, Gloria has moved over 1.6 million units worldwide. [6]

Track listing

Gloria standard edition track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Love Me More"3:23
2."No God"
  • Smith
  • Napier
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • StarGate
  • Napes
  • Smith
3:17
3."Hurting Interlude"  0:18
4."Lose You"
3:10
5."Perfect" (with Jessie Reyez)
  • Smith
  • Reyez
  • Napier
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • StarGate
  • Napes
  • Smith
3:51
6."Unholy" (with Kim Petras)
  • Smith
  • Napier
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Walter
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
  • Petras
  • Ilya
  • Cirkut
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
  • Napes
  • Smith
2:36
7."How to Cry"
  • Smith
  • Napier
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Walter
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
  • Ilya
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
  • Napes
  • Smith
2:40
8."Six Shots"
2:30
9."Gimme" (with Koffee and Jessie Reyez)
  • Smith
  • Reyez
  • Napier
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • StarGate
  • Napes
  • Anju Blaxx
  • Smith
2:49
10."Dorothy's Interlude"  0:08
11."I'm Not Here to Make Friends"
  • Smith
  • Reyez
  • Napier
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
3:49
12."Gloria"
  • Napes
  • Odlum
  • Smith
1:50
13."Who We Love" (with Ed Sheeran)
Mac2:42
Total length:33:03
Japanese and physical bonus editions bonus tracks [36] [37] [38]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Heavenly Sent"
  • Smith
  • Napier
  • Napes
  • Odlum
  • Smith
2:49
15."Kissing You"
  • Brendan Grieve
  • Odlum
  • Smith
4:55
Total length:40:55
Apple Music edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stay with Me" (live from the Royal Albert Hall)4:13
2."I'm Not the Only One" (live from the Royal Albert Hall)
  • Smith
  • Napier
3:54
3."Too Good at Goodbyes" (live from the Royal Albert Hall)
  • Smith
  • Napier
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
4:31
4."How Do You Sleep?" (live from the Royal Albert Hall)
3:55
5."Dancing with a Stranger" (live from the Royal Albert Hall)
4:10
6."Lose You" (live from the Royal Albert Hall)
  • Smith
  • Napier
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Walter
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
3:37
7."Unholy" (featuring Kim Petras; live from the Royal Albert Hall)
  • Smith
  • Napier
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Walter
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
  • Petras
3:59

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Gloria
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [66] Gold10,000
France (SNEP) [67] Gold50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [68] Gold7,500
Norway (IFPI Norway) [69] Gold10,000*
Poland (ZPAV) [70] Platinum20,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for Gloria
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various27 January 2023 Capitol [8]

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