Somebody's Knocking

Last updated
Somebody's Knocking
Mark Lanegan Band - Somebody's Knocking.png
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Length56:53
Label Heavenly
Producer Alain Johannes
Mark Lanegan Band chronology
Gargoyle
(2017)
Somebody's Knocking
(2019)
Straight Songs of Sorrow
(2020)

Somebody's Knocking is the eleventh studio album by American singer Mark Lanegan (credited to "Mark Lanegan Band"). [1] It was released through Heavenly Recordings on October 18, 2019. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Sputnikmusic3.8/5 [5]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Guardian wrote that the album "is limited to trying to re-create the mood of Manchester in the 1980s ... you can’t help but laugh at the brazenness of it." [4] Clash called it "probably the most cheerful album Lanegan has released under his own name, despite still sounding like Joy Division at their moodiest." [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Lanegan, Alain Johannes, Rob Marshall and Sietse van Gorkom except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Disbelief Suspension" (Lanegan, Marshall)3:15
2."Letter Never Sent" (Johannes, Lanegan, van Gorkom)3:31
3."Night Flight to Kabul" (Johannes, Lanegan, van Gorkom)3:30
4."Dark Disco Jag" (Martin Jenkins, Johannes, Lanegan)3:55
5."Gazing from the Shore" (Lanegan, Marshall)3:42
6."Stitch It Up" (Lanegan, van Gorkom)3:03
7."Playing Nero" (Lanegan, van Gorkom)4:16
8."Penthouse High" (Johannes, Lanegan)6:23
9."Paper Hat" (Lanegan, van Gorkom)4:27
10."Name and Number" (Lanegan, Marshall)3:39
11."War Horse" (Lanegan, van Gorkom)2:51
12."Radio Silence" (Lanegan, van Gorkom)4:02
13."She Loved You" (Johannes, Lanegan, Marshall)5:30
14."Two Bells Ringing at Once" (Lanegan, Marshall)4:49

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 30
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 78
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] 14

r

Related Research Articles

<i>Rated R</i> (Queens of the Stone Age album) 2000 studio album by Queens of the Stone Age

Rated R is the second studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. It was released on June 6, 2000, by Interscope Records. Rated R was the band's first album for the label, as well as their first to feature bassist Nick Oliveri and vocalist Mark Lanegan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Lanegan</span> American singer (1964–2022)

Mark William Lanegan was an American singer, songwriter, and poet. First becoming prominent as the lead singer for the early grunge band Screaming Trees, he was also known as a member of Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins. He released 12 solo studio albums, as well as three collaboration albums with Isobel Campbell and two with Duke Garwood. He was known for his baritone voice, which was described as being "as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather" and has been compared to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Nick Cave.

<i>Lullabies to Paralyze</i> 2005 studio album by Queens of the Stone Age

Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 22, 2005. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, and sold 97,000 copies in America during its first week of release, eventually topping over 342,000 copies as of March, 2007 according to Nielsen Soundscan. The album has been certified gold in the UK, where it has sold over 100,000 units. It is also the band's first album to be released after bassist Nick Oliveri was fired from the band. Singer/guitarist Josh Homme and singer Mark Lanegan are the only members from the previous album, Songs for the Deaf, to play on this album and it is the first album to feature drummer Joey Castillo and guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen.

<i>Rio Grande Blood</i> 2006 studio album by Ministry

Rio Grande Blood is the tenth studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released in 2006. It is their first release through 13th Planet and Megaforce Records.

<i>Cyclone</i> (Tangerine Dream album) 1978 studio album by Tangerine Dream

Cyclone is the eighth studio album by Tangerine Dream and the first in their canon to feature proper vocals and lyrics. The cover is a painting by band leader Edgar Froese.

<i>Return to Cookie Mountain</i> 2006 studio album by TV on the Radio

Return to Cookie Mountain is the second studio album by American rock band TV on the Radio. It was released July 6, 2006, worldwide by 4AD, and issued in the U.S. and Canada on September 12, 2006, by Interscope Records and Touch and Go Records. The North American release features three bonus tracks, two of which are B-sides from the single "Wolf Like Me"; the other is a remix of "Hours" by El-P. Videos were made for the singles "Wolf Like Me" and "Province".

<i>Bubblegum</i> (Mark Lanegan album) 2004 studio album by Mark Lanegan

Bubblegum is a 2004 rock album by American singer-songwriter Mark Lanegan, released on the Beggars Banquet label under the name "Mark Lanegan Band".

<i>Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1990–1996</i> 2005 greatest hits album by Screaming Trees

Ocean of Confusion is the third 'best of' album by the Screaming Trees. The album chronicles their career from the time they signed to Epic Records until their final album, Dust. The band's years on SST Records are represented on a separate, earlier-released compilation, Anthology: SST Years 1985-1989. The tracks on Ocean of Confusion were personally chosen by the band's lead vocalist, Mark Lanegan, and all other aspects of the compilation were overseen by Lanegan, as well.

<i>Blackberry Belle</i> 2003 studio album by The Twilight Singers

Blackberry Belle is the second full-length album released by The Twilight Singers. It was released by One Little Indian Records on October 14, 2003 and features guest appearances by Mathias Schneeberger, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Stanton Moore, Petra Haden, Kamasi Washington and Mark Lanegan. The album is a tribute to director Ted Demme, a close friend of Greg Dulli's who died of a heart attack while playing a game of basketball in January 2002. Dulli had been working on another project entitled Amber Headlights, but abandoned those sessions due to Demme's death. The recordings which followed, fueled in part by the memory of Demme, resulted in Blackberry Belle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Lanegan discography</span>

The discography of Mark Lanegan consists of eleven studio albums and two EPs as a solo artist, and many other releases from collaborations with other artists.

<i>Saturnalia</i> (The Gutter Twins album) 2008 studio album by The Gutter Twins

Saturnalia is the only studio album by The Gutter Twins, a collaboration between Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan. The album, which was started as far back as 2003, was released on March 4, 2008. Prior to the album's release, the duo began posting songs on their official MySpace page. Joseph Arthur sings backing vocals on "Idle Hands." The song was also the first single, released April 14, 2008.

<i>Blitz</i> (KMFDM album) 2009 studio album by KMFDM

Blitz is German industrial rock group KMFDM's fifteenth studio album, released on March 24, 2009, on KMFDM Records and Metropolis Records. It also marks the first use of five letter song titles and a five letter album title since WWIII. The album charted after its release, as did the song "People of the Lie". Blitz had songs written in three different languages, and was moderately well received by critics. Most of its songs were remixed for the band's next release, Krieg.

<i>Dynamite Steps</i> 2011 studio album by The Twilight Singers

Dynamite Steps is the fifth full-length album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers. It was released on February 14, 2011, worldwide, and a day later in the United States via Sub Pop on CD and double 12" white-colored vinyl.

<i>Imitations</i> (album) 2013 studio album by Mark Lanegan

Imitations is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock musician Mark Lanegan, released on September 17, 2013 on Vagrant Records and Heavenly Recordings. It is a collection of cover songs, consisting of songs from Lanegan's parents' music collection and contemporary musicians, including Chelsea Wolfe, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The Twilight Singers.

<i>Phantom Radio</i> 2014 studio album by Mark Lanegan Band

Phantom Radio is the ninth studio album by alternative rock artist Mark Lanegan, performing as the "Mark Lanegan Band". It was released on October 21, 2014, on Vagrant Records. In an interview with The Quietus, Lanegan stated that he used a phone app called FunkBox to write the drum parts on some of the songs.

<i>Gargoyle</i> (album) 2017 studio album by Mark Lanegan Band

Gargoyle is the tenth studio album by American singer Mark Lanegan. It was released in April 2017 on Heavenly Recordings. It was produced by Lanegan's long-time collaborator Alain Johannes. Roughly half of the music on the record was written by UK-based Rob Marshall through e-mail exchanges with Lanegan, who would write lyrics subsequently.

<i>Between the Earth and the Stars</i> (Bonnie Tyler album) 2019 album by Bonnie Tyler

Between the Earth and the Stars is the seventeenth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, released on 15 March 2019 by earMUSIC. The album was produced by David Mackay.

<i>Paradise</i> (KMFDM album) 2019 studio album by KMFDM

Paradise is the twentieth album by industrial band KMFDM. It was released on Metropolis Records and KMFDM Records on 27 September 2019. The album features the band's new core line-up of frontman/principal composer Sascha Konietzko, frontwoman/principal writer Lucia Cifarelli, drummer Andy Selway, and guitarist Andee Blacksugar, along with guest performances from Doug Wimbish, Cheryl Wilson, and on-and-off longtime collaborator Raymond Watts in his first appearance on a KMFDM album since 2003.

<i>Straight Songs of Sorrow</i> 2020 studio album by Mark Lanegan

Straight Songs of Sorrow is the twelfth and final studio album by American singer Mark Lanegan. It was released through Heavenly Recordings on May 8, 2020. The album was inspired by writing his memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, which was published April 28, 2020. It's his first solo album credited to simply Mark Lanegan, as opposed to Mark Lanegan Band, since 2013's Imitations, and the first one credited to Mark Lanegan that doesn't feature former collaborator Mike Johnson.

<i>Fantasy</i> (M83 album) 2023 studio album by M83

Fantasy is the ninth studio album by French band M83, released on 17 March 2023 through Virgin Records France and Mute Records. It was announced on 10 January 2023 alongside the release of the lead single "Oceans Niagara". The band toured North America and Europe in support of the album from April to August 2023.

References

  1. "Mark Lanegan | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. "New Music & Album Announcement: Mark Lanegan Somebody's Knocking". Heavenly Recordings. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. "Somebody's Knocking - Mark Lanegan, Mark Lanegan Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  4. 1 2 "Mark Lanegan Band: Somebody's Knocking review". the Guardian. October 18, 2019.
  5. "Review: Mark Lanegan - Somebody's Knocking | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
  6. Hodgkinson, Will. "Mark Lanegan Band: Somebody's Knocking review — who knew he had a feel for moody synth-pop?" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. "Somebody's Knocking". undertheradarmag.com.
  8. "Somebody's Knocking: Mark Lanegan Interviewed". Clash Magazine.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Mark Lanegan Band – Somebody's Knocking" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Mark Lanegan Band – Somebody's Knocking" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Mark Lanegan Band – Somebody's Knocking". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  12. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  13. "Mark Lanegan Band Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.