Love, Death & Dancing

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Love, Death & Dancing
Jack Garratt - Love, Death & Dancing.png
Studio album by
Released12 June 2020 [1]
Genre Pop [2]
Length57:45
Label Island
Producer
Jack Garratt chronology
Phase
(2016)
Love, Death & Dancing
(2020)
Singles from Love, Death & Dancing
  1. "Time"
    Released: 6 February 2020
  2. "Better"
    Released: 20 April 2020
  3. "Circles"
    Released: 10 June 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 6/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [6]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Love, Death & Dancing is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter and musician Jack Garratt. It was released on 12 June 2020 through Island Records as the follow-up to his 2016 debut album Phase .

Contents

Background

After finishing touring his debut album Phase towards the end of 2016, he began working and writing material with other artists, such as Kacy Hill and Katy Perry and, into 2017, Jack recorded an albums worth of new material, which he ultimately scrapped, saying that "It was trash. It was awful. It was all bad. I wasn't willing to accept myself in that moment, so I wasn't willing to have a good idea." [8] He then took time off to deal with the anxiety and self-doubt that he was feeling as a result of the attention and scrutiny that had come with the success and awards for his previous album. [9] [10] He then met with record producer Jacknife Lee, and together they began working on recording new music.

Release and promotion

On 6 February 2020, his new single "Time" premiered as the "Hottest Record" on Annie Mac's Future Sounds show on BBC Radio 1. [11] The song features as the opening track on his new extended play Love, Death and Dancing (Vol. 1) which was released on the same day., [12] containing the tracks "Mara" and "Return Them to the One". This EP makes up part of Garratt's second album Love, Death and Dancing, released on 12 June 2020.

Track listing

The album's twelve tracks appear in a different order depending on the listening medium. On the physical releases (vinyl, CD and cassette), they are arranged to convey the narrative of Garratt's life between the releases of Phase and Love, Death & Dancing, whereas on streaming services, they are sorted into four volumes of three tracks each, which are designed as "curated glances of the album as a whole". [13]

Physical tracklist

All tracks are written by Jack Garratt and Henry Brill, except where noted

Physical release [14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Return Them to the One"Garratt4:25
2."Get in My Way" 
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
3:41
3."Better" 
  • Garratt
  • Lee
  • Flannigan
4:13
4."Doctor Please"Garratt
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
4:59
5."Mend a Heart" 
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
  • Lee [a]
4:21
6."Anyone" 
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
  • Lee [a]
  • Brett Cox [b]
5:23
7."Mara" 
  • Garratt
  • Lee [a]
6:02
8."Circles" 
  • Garratt
  • Lee [a]
3:46
9."Time" 
5:37
10."She Will Lay My Body on the Stone" Garratt4:24
11."Old Enough"
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
  • Cox [b]
3:50
12."Only the Bravest"GarrattLee6:59
Total length:57:45

Streaming tracklist

Volume 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Time" 
5:37
2."Mara" 
  • Garratt
  • Lee [a]
6:02
3."Return Them to the One"Garratt4:25
Volume 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
4."Better"
  • Garratt
  • Lee
  • Flannigan
4:13
5."Get in My Way" 
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
3:41
6."Mend a Heart" 
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
  • Lee [a]
4:21
Volume 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
7."Circles" 
  • Garratt
  • Lee [a]
3:46
8."Anyone" 
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
  • Lee [a]
  • Brett Cox [b]
5:23
9."Doctor Please"Garratt
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
4:59
Volume 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."She Will Lay My Body on the Stone" Garratt4:24
11."Old Enough"
  • Garratt
  • Flannigan
  • Cox [b]
3:50
12."Only the Bravest"GarrattLee6:59

Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Love, Death & Dancing
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 7
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 8

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