Sorrows Away

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Sorrows Away
The Unthanks - Sorrows Away.png
Studio album by
Released14 October 2022
Genre Folk
Length56:58
Label Rabble Rouser Music
Producer Adrian McNally
The Unthanks chronology
Live and Unaccompanied
(2020)
Sorrows Away
(2022)
In Winter
(2024)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Scotsman Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Sorrows Away is an album by English folk group The Unthanks. It was released on 14 October 2022 and received four-star reviews in The Observer [2] and The Scotsman [3] and a five-star review in the Financial Times . [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry"7:45
2."The Sandgate Dandling Song"8:49
3."The Old News"3:56
4."The Royal Blackbird"4:02
5."The Isabella Colliery Coke Ovens"4:05
6."The Bay of Fundy"4:29
7."The Month of January (Uncle Rat)"4:38
8."My Singing Bird"7:05
9."Waters of Tyne"2:58
10."Sorrows Away (Love Is Kind)"9:11
Total length:56:58

Charts

Chart (2022)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [4] 9
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 26
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [6] 4

References

  1. 1 2 David Honigman (7 October 2022). "The Unthanks: Sorrows Away album review – upbeat folk celebration". Financial Times . Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 Neil Spencer (15 October 2022). "The Unthanks: Sorrows Away review – from ponderous to airborne". The Observer . Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 Fiona Shepherd (6 October 2022). "Album reviews". The Scotsman . Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  4. October 2021/40/ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. October 2021/7502/ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  6. October 2021/131/ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.