Goodnight City

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Goodnight City
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)
Label
  • Cadence Music
  • PIAS
Producer
Martha Wainwright chronology
Come Home to Mama
(2012)
Goodnight City
(2016)
Love Will Be Reborn
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.2/10 [1]
Metacritic 76/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club B+ [3]
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Goodnight City is an album by Martha Wainwright, released by the record labels Cadence Music and PIAS on November 11, 2016. [8] [9] The album was produced by Wainwright's husband, bassist Brad Albetta, and Thomas "Doveman" Bartlett. Guest contributors include Merrill Garbus, Glen Hansard, novelist Michael Ondaatje, Beth Orton, and members of the McGarrigle and Wainwright families. "Around the Bend" is the album's lead single. [10]

Contents

Composition

Wainwright has said about the writers who contributed to the album: "Because these writers know me and because I was able to personalize these songs by changing things here and there, I made them feel as if I wrote them myself. Somehow they wonderfully reflect my life and I am so thankful to the other artists for writing them." [8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Martha Wainwright, except where noted. [11]

  1. "Around the Bend"
  2. "Franci"
  3. "Traveller"
  4. "Look into My Eyes" (Lily Lanken, Anna McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright)
  5. "Before the Children Came Along"
  6. "Window"
  7. "Piano Music" (Thomas Bartlett, Michael Ondaatje)
  8. "Alexandria" (Beth Orton)
  9. "So Down"
  10. "One of Us" (Glen Hansard, Martha Wainwright)
  11. "Take the Reins" (Merrill Garbus)
  12. "Francis" (Rufus Wainwright)

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 195
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 41
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [14] 24

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