Night Swim (album)

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Night Swim
Josef Salvat - Night Swim.jpg
Studio album by
Josef Salvat
Released
  • 23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
Recorded2013–15
StudioSnap Studios
(London, England)
British Grove Studios
(London, England)
The Bridge
(Bermondsey, London, England)
Studio 21
(London, England)
The Square
Sarm Studios
(London, England)
Genre
Length
  • 52:56(France)
  • 48:03(Worldwide)
Label Columbia
Producer
  • Rich Cooper
  • Ben Mclusky
  • Will Purton
  • Josef Salvat
Josef Salvat chronology
In Your Prime
(2014)		Night Swim
(2015)		 Modern Anxiety
(2020)
Alternative cover
Josef Salvat - Night Swim (France).jpg
French standard edition artwork

Night Swim (stylized in all lowercase) is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Josef Salvat. It was first released only in France on 23 October 2015 by Columbia Records. An enhanced worldwide edition of the album was released on 19 February 2016.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 7/10 [1]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Night Swim received generally positive reviews from music critics. Lisa Henderson of Clash wrote that "throughout the album, there's a penchant for linear melodies and production that bubbles beneath the surface, which allows Salvat's compelling story telling to take center stage. But it's when that production surges upward, prompting the singer's melodies to take flight that you realize this was his intention all along; Josef Salvat's masterstroke is conjuring moments of chaos from complete calm, and the results are majestic." She added that Night Swim "may not be instant or immediately accessible but given repeat spins it reveals itself as a thrillingly original and utterly gripping LP." [1] The Irish Times writer Lauren Murphy gave the album three out of five stars while adding that Salvat was "still figuring his own sound out". [2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Josef Salvat except where noted.

French standard edition [4]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Open Season (Une autre saison)"
  • Rich Cooper
  • Ben Mclusky [a]
  • Salvat [b]
4:03
2."Hustler"
  • Cooper
  • Salvat [b]
3:54
3."Punchline"Cooper5:01
4."Till I Found You"Cooper4:08
5."Constant Runners"Cooper3:44
6."Night Swim"Cooper5:05
7."Closer"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
3:10
8."Shoot and Run"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
4:23
9."The Days"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
3:44
10."Paradise (Le paradis nous trouvera)"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
3:48
11."A Better Word"
  • Cooper
  • Will Purton [a]
3:41
12."Diamonds" (Benjamin Levin, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler, Tor Erik Hermansen)
  • Cooper
  • Salvat [b]
4:07
13."Week-end à Rome" (Étienne Daho)Cooper4:08
Total length:52:56
Worldwide standard edition [5]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Open Season"
4:02
2."Paradise"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
3:27
3."Hustler"
  • Cooper
  • Salvat [b]
3:54
4."Punchline"Cooper5:01
5."Closer"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
3:09
6."Till I Found You"Cooper4:07
7."Shoot and Run"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
4:23
8."Constant Runners"Cooper3:44
9."Night Swim"Cooper5:04
10."The Days"
  • Cooper
  • Mclusky [a]
3:40
11."Every Night"
  • Cooper
  • Salvat [b]
3:43
12."A Better Word"
  • Cooper
  • Purton [a]
3:49
Total length:48:03
Worldwide deluxe edition [6]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
13."Secret"Cooper3:30
14."This Life"
  • Cooper
  • Salvat [b]
3:43
15."Diamonds" (Levin, Eriksen, Furler, Hermansen)
  • Cooper
  • Salvat [b]
4:05
16."In the Audience"Cooper4:03
Total length:63:24
Notes

Credits and personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef.
France23 October 2015 Digital download Standard Columbia [4]
United Kingdom19 February 2016
  • Digital download
  • CD
  • LP
  • Standard
  • deluxe
 [5] [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Murphy, Lauren (18 February 2016). "Josef Salvat – Night Swim: Salvat is still figuring his own sound out". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Cragg, Michael (21 February 2016). "Josef Salvat: Night Swim review – smooth debut of a lovelorn crooner". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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