Sabotage (Mel Parsons album)

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Sabotage
Mel Parson - Sabotage.jpg
Studio album by
Mel Parsons
Released7 June 2024
Genre Alt-country, indie folk [1] [2]
Length28:50
Label Cape Road
Producer Josh Logan
Mel Parsons chronology
Slow Burn
(2022)		Sabotage
(2024)
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Sabotage is the sixth album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Mel Parsons, released on 7 June 2024 on Cape Road Recordings. [3] [4]

Contents

Development

Parsons began the process of writing the album with Josh Logan during the Covid lockdown. [5] The creation process was a collaboration process between the two of them, jumping around on the instrumentation, with Parsons on guitars and some drums, and Logan on all other instruments. [5] The album was recorded in Lyttleton at Basement Studio. [6] The song "Hardest Thing" won the MLT Songwriting Award at the New Zealand Country Music Honours. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mel Parsons, except where noted [4] [7]

Sabotage track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Circling the City"Parsons, Josh Logan2:48
2."Offer Down" 3:03
3."Sabotage" 4:43
4."Little Sadness"Parsons, Logan3:40
5."5432" 3:41
6."Hoping for Rain" 4:56
7."Hardest Thing" 3:08
8."Expectations"Parsons, Logan2:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Sabotage
Chart (2024)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 5

References

  1. 1 2 Jennings, James (7 June 2024). "Mel Parsons Creates Triumph from Tragedy on Sabotage". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 Cheong, Samantha (7 June 2024). "Mel Parsons Shares New Album Sabotage". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Sabotage by Mel Parsons". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Sabotage – Mel Parsons". Qobuz. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "The award-winning Mel Parsons releases raw and intimate new album, Sabotage". MuzicNZ. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Empson, Madeleine (4 June 2024). "A moment in time with Mel Parsons". Regional News - Eyes on Wellington. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Sabotage - Album by Mel Parsons". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Anon. (2024). Sabotage (CD liner). Mel Parsons. New Zealand: Cape Road Recordings. CRR086LP.
  9. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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