| Innerstanding | ||||
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| Released | 20 October 2023 | |||
| Length | 54:01 | |||
| Label | BMG Rights Management | |||
| Producer | Dhani Harrison | |||
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Innerstanding is the second solo studio album by English musician Dhani Harrison, released on 20 October 2023 through BMG Rights Management. The album is Harrison's first in six years, following 2017's In Parallel , and includes collaborations with Graham Coxon, Mereki and Liela Moss. It received positive reviews from critics. [1] [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Classic Rock | [5] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| Uncut | 6/10 [7] |
Innerstanding received a score of 72 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "an ever-shifting, meditative record occupying a space somewhere between close listening and ambience. Despite its reliance on mood, this is not instrumental music, nor is it all hushed". [4] Mojo felt that "Innerstanding finds Harrison marking out his own territory, sustaining a brooding musical atmosphere and filling it with sterling melodies", and Classic Rock opined that it "maintains In//Parallel's intrinsic style and pan-genre forward momentum, a seamless, pop-literate/prog-friendly fusion positively peppered with an abundance of barbed hooks". [5] Uncut found that "it's only on the lengthy, ambient, vaporous 'La Sirena' and the pretty, dramatic ballad 'ICU' that everything gels together". [7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dangerous Lies" | 5:07 |
| 2. | "New Religion" (featuring Graham Coxon) | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Ahoy There!" (featuring Liela Moss) | 6:36 |
| 4. | "La Sirena" | 5:20 |
| 5. | "Damn That Frequency" | 5:15 |
| 6. | "The Dancing Tree" (featuring Mereki) | 6:17 |
| 7. | "Right Side of History" | 5:17 |
| 8. | "Ghost Garden" | 5:48 |
| 9. | "I.C.U." | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Wolves Around the City" (featuring Mereki) | 8:30 |
| Total length: | 54:01 | |
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] | 51 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [9] | 20 |
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