The Brink (The Jezabels album)

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The Brink
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Studio album by
Released31 January 2014
StudioLondon
Genre
Length44:23
Label
Producer Dan Grech-Marguerat
The Jezabels chronology
Prisoner
(2011)
The Brink
(2014)
Synthia
(2016)
Singles from The Brink
  1. "The End"
    Released: October 14, 2013
  2. "Look of Love"
    Released: February 17, 2014
  3. "Time to Dance"
    Released: July 27, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 56/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 4/10 [1]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Line of Best Fit 6/10 [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
PopMatters 5/10 [8]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The Brink is the second studio album by Australian indie rock band The Jezabels. It was self-released on 31 January 2014 and internationally, through PIAS Recordings and Dine Alone Records. The album was recorded in London with producer Dan Grech-Marguerat. [10] Lead single "The End" was released on 18 October 2013, [10] with its music video uploaded on the group's official YouTube channel on 14 November. The track reached number 81 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. [11] The album debuted at number 2 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. [12] It received generally mixed reviews from critics. [13]

Contents

Prior to the release of the album, the group made a webisode series documenting the recording process. [10] On the differences between their first and second albums, Hayley Mary told news.com.au: "We were facing the second album thing which is a cliche but it's straight-up true. The second album is hard. Working with a new producer, new label involved, away from our families and Dave our manager, it was different. But lyrically, the album is more a year in the life of (me as) a person because I have always pretended things were not about me in the lyrics. This one is personal." [14]

Track listing

All tracks written by Hayley Mary, Heather Shannon, Sam Lockwood, and Nik Kaloper.

The Brink track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Brink"4:46
2."Time to Dance"4:38
3."Look of Love"4:01
4."Beat to Beat"4:16
5."Angels of Fire"4:02
6."No Country"4:33
7."The End"4:00
8."Got Velvet"4:26
9."Psychotherapy"4:44
10."All You Need"4:58
11."Marianne" (bonus track)3:48

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for The Brink
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 79

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