| Sillion | ||||
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| Released | 24 March 2017 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 44:56 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Transgressive | |||
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Sillion is the fourth [lower-alpha 1] studio album by British singer-songwriter Johnny Flynn, released in 2017 through Transgressive Records. [1] [2] The album reached no. 96 in the UK. [3]
Sillion was Flynn's first studio album since 2013's Country Mile. [4] In the interim, Flynn was increasingly active as an actor. [4] The record was recorded at Soup Studio in London. [5]
Flynn has said that the album was influenced strongly by this personal life:
My Dad died when I was 18, and that was quite a galvanising experience,' he says, 'and there's often an element of that in anything I’m writing; every big loss that you suffer in life, I think everything comes through the conduit of that. And I had a really strong sense of my daughter having elements of my Dad when she came along, and it made me kind of laugh – that cyclical sense, of thinking of my daughter as my Dad. [6]
The track "Heart Sunk Hank", which explores Flynn's relationship with his wife, was inspired by the folk song "Fare Thee Well". [7] The song was also partially recorded on a 1940s Voice-o-Graph, giving it a unique sound and making it the "record's highlight" per Rhian Daly of DIY. [8]
Flynn released music videos for the tracks "In the Deepest", "Wandering Aengus", and "Raising the Dead", all directed by Simon Ryninks. [9] [10] [11]
Sillion reached no. 96 in the UK, Flynn's third album to chart in the top 100. [3] The record has a score of 74 on the review aggregator Metacritic, signifying "generally favorable" reviews. [12] Timothy Monger of AllMusic indicated that the opening three tracks of the album "stand among the best of [Flynn's] career". [4] Sarah Dawood of The Line of Best Fit praised the album, calling it "an emotionally challenging piece that engages and encapsulates its listeners" and a "piece of art." [13]
In a more negative review, Harry Harris of The Skinny opined that the record felt like a "side-project" to Flynn's acting career, while still finding that it was a "perfectly fine" record. [14]
All tracks are written by Johnny Flynn
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Raising the Dead" | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Wandering Aengus" | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Heart Sunk Hank" | 3:11 |
| 4. | "Barleycorn" | 4:32 |
| 5. | "The Night My Piano Upped and Died" | 3:55 |
| 6. | "In the Deepest" | 3:11 |
| 7. | "In Your Pockets" | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Jefferson's Torch" | 4:23 |
| 9. | "Tarp in the Prop" | 3:55 |
| 10. | "The Landlord" | 6:34 |
| 11. | "Hard Road" | 4:39 |
| Total length: | 44:56 | |
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