| Nothing Important | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2014 | |||
| Genre | Progressive folk | |||
| Length | 44:09 | |||
| Label | Weird World | |||
| Richard Dawson chronology | ||||
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Nothing Important is a studio album by Richard Dawson, released in 2014 by Weird World. [1] [2] The album consists of four songs, two of which ("Nothing Important" and "The Vile Stuff") exceed 16 minutes in length. [3] The cover of the album features a photograph by Kuba Ryniewicz. [4]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100 [5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| The Line of Best Fit |   [8] |
| Loud and Quiet | 9/10 [9] |
| musicOMH | [10] |
| NME | 7/10 [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [2] |
| The Quietus | (favourable) [11] |
Nothing Important has received some acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78 based on ten reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [5] The Wire listed it on second position of its "Releases of the Year" 2014. [12]
In his review of the album for AllMusic, critic Marc Deming said that "the fact that one man with a guitar and some occasional overdubs can make something this powerful and challenging is truly impressive...Nothing Important's best moments clearly belie its title." [6] Guardian reviewer Michael Hann wrote that "this is a record that unsettles and subverts. Whether it’s a masterpiece or a fraud will become apparent with the passage of time." [7]
All tracks are written by Richard Dawson.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Judas Iscariot" | 6:40 |
| 2. | "Nothing Important" | 16:15 |
| 3. | "The Vile Stuff" | 16:26 |
| 4. | "Doubting Thomas" | 4:48 |
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