Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (album)

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 8, 2010
Studio Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre Roots rock, hard rock, rock and roll
Length51:09
Label Hollywood
Producer Mark Batson
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals chronology
Live in Skowhegan
(2008)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
(2010)
Live from the Legendary Sun Studio
(2012)

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is the third studio album by American rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, released on June 8, 2010. The album is the band's first release since the inclusion of two new members, rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco and bassist Catherine Popper. [1] The album was originally titled "Medicine" after the third track on the album, and was promoted as such in numerous interviews and early reviews, [2] [3] but was changed shortly after the replacement of producer T Bone Burnett in favor of Mark Batson. [4] [5]

Contents

The album debuted at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The album was released to generally favorable reviews, scoring a 63 on Metacritic. [11] Billboard magazine gave the album a positive review, stating that "Grace Potter & the Nocturnals' new self-titled release finds frontwoman Potter and her band in full bloom, hammering out hook-heavy rock tracks with a confident, natural sound." [12] Giving the album three out of five stars, Rolling Stone magazine comments, "Potter's youthfulness can make for flower-soup lyrics but backlit by a no-nonsense band that massages Memphis grooves, light rock and pinot-noir reggae, it all bursts with promise." [8] The Guardian enjoyed the band's harder rocking songs while criticizing some of the slower ones. The Guardian remarks that "[g]enerally, the bluesy, Southernised rockers (Medicine, Only Love) make more of an impression than the power balladry (Colors), while an anomalous wallow in country-rock sentimentality (Things I Never Needed) feels like it was tacked on because they realised they needed a slow one." [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Grace Potter and Mark Batson, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Paris (Ooh La La)"Potter3:15
2."Oasis" 4:41
3."Medicine"Potter, Matt Burr, Scott Tournet4:06
4."Goodbye Kiss"Potter3:33
5."Tiny Light" 4:43
6."Colors"Potter5:15
7."Only Love" 3:22
8."Money"Potter, David Poe2:54
9."One Short Night"Potter3:50
10."Low Road" 4:39
11."That Phone" 3:18
12."Hot Summer Night" 3:22
13."Things I Never Needed"Potter4:11
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Fooling Myself"Potter5:25

Personnel

Adapted credits from the booklet. [14]

The Nocturnals
Additional musicians
Production
Artwork

Charts

ChartPeak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 [15] 19
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums [15] 3

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