Set Sail (North Mississippi Allstars album)

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Set Sail
North Mississippi Allstars Set Sail cover.jpg
Studio album by
North Mississippi Allstars
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2022 (2022-01-28)
Studio
Genre
Length44:17
Label New West
Producer
North Mississippi Allstars chronology
Up and Rolling
(2019)		Set Sail
(2022)

Set Sail is the thirteenth studio album by American band North Mississippi Allstars. It was released on January 28, 2022, through New West Records, making it their second album for the label. Recording sessions took place at Applehead Recording Studios in Woodstock, New York, at Wilbe Studios in Atlanta, and at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Production was handled entirely by Cody and Luther Dickinson, except for one song, "Never Want To Be Kissed" produced with William Bell. It features contributions from William Bell, John Medeski, Wizard Jones, Phyllislorena Smiley, Lucia and Isla Belle Dickinson. The album peaked at No. 51 on the Top Current Album Sales and No. 1 on the Top Blues Albums in the United States.

Contents

At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, Set Sail was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album, but lost to Edgar Winter's Brother Johnny . [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters 8/10 [6]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Uncut 8/10 [9]

Set Sail was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on six reviews. [2]

AllMusic's Thom Jurek called it "easily the band's most mature, far-reaching, affirmative statement. Making it even more indispensable is that it is as infectiously danceable as it is life affirming". [3] Rich Wilhelm of PopMatters wrote: "more than two decades since their debut, North Mississippi Allstars – who currently include the Dickinson brothers along with bassist Jesse Williams and vocalists Lamar Williams Jr. and Sharisse Norman — are still creating memorable music but from a decidedly more mellow state of mind. That's evident from the first notes of the opening title track from their new album Set Sail". [6] Bud Scoppa of Uncut stated: "bloodlines and geography figure into every NMAs album, but on Set Sail, Luther and Cody Dickinson make family and setting the conjoined theme". [9] In a mixed review, Andy Fyfe of Mojo wrote: "apart from the upbeat soul of "Never Want To Be Kissed", featuring Stax veteran William Bell on vocals, Set Sail stumbles and squints through its nine other tracks, although on "Bumpin'" they at least rouse themselves long enough to sound like Tony Joe White imitating Sly Stone". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Set Sail, Pt. 1" North Mississippi Allstars 4:57
2."Bumpin'"
2:52
3."See the Moon"NMA3:21
4."Outside"NMA4:58
5."Didn't We Have a Time"NMA6:04
6."Never Want to Be Kissed" (featuring William Bell)
3:42
7."Set Sail, Pt. 2"NMA4:33
8."Juicy Juice"NMA3:32
9."Rabbit Foot"NMA4:04
10."Authentic"NMA6:14
Total length:44:17

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Set Sail
Chart (2022)Peak
position
US Current Album Sales ( Billboard ) [10] 51
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [11] 1

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