Manhattan (Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts album)

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Manhattan
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Studio album by
Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts
ReleasedOctober 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)
Studio Speakersonic Studios
Genre Anti-folk
Length44:41
Label Rough Trade Records
Producer Brian Speaker, Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts chronology
A Turn in the Dream-Songs
(2011)		Manhattan
(2015)		Works By Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010)
(2018)

Manhattan is an album by New York City-based anti-folk musician Jeffrey Lewis and his backing band, which is billed as Los Bolts. It was produced by Lewis himself and New York producer Brian Speaker and mixed by John Agnello. [1] It was released on October 30, 2015 on Rough Trade Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Australia Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin (favorable) [7]
Uncut 7/10 [8]
Vice (Expert Witness)A [9]

Manhattan received generally favorable reviews from critics. [2] For example, Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars. In his review, Simpson said that the album "focuses on tales relating to [Lewis'] home borough, resulting in some of his most personal songwriting to date"; he also described it as "one of Lewis' clearest, best-recorded and arranged albums to date". [3]

Track listing

  1. Scowling Crackhead Ian
  2. Thunderstorm
  3. Sad Screaming Old Man
  4. Back To Manhattan
  5. Avenue A, Shanghai, Hollywood
  6. Outta Town
  7. It Only Takes A Moment
  8. Support Tours
  9. Have A Baby
  10. Atheist Mantis
  11. The Pigeon

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Jeffrey Lewis & los Bolts – Manhattan (2015, CD)". Discogs .
  2. 1 2 "Manhattan Reviews". Metacritic.
  3. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Manhattan Review". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Jonze, Tim (December 17, 2015). "Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts: Manhattan review – anti-folk star still capable of surprises". The Guardian (published December 17, 2015).
  5. ↑ Johnathon1069 (October 29, 2015). "Manhattan". Punknews.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Divola, Berry (February 11, 2015). "Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts – Manhattan". Rolling Stone Australia.
  7. ↑ Weiss, Dan (January 8, 2016). "SPIN Overlooked Albums Report: Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman Eat a Whole Food Web". Spin (published January 8, 2016).
  8. ↑ Pattison, Louis (December 14, 2015). "Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts – Manhattan". Uncut.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 30, 2015). "Love, Doubt, and Death in New York City". Noisey.
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