The Classic (Joan as Police Woman album)

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The Classic
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Studio album by
Joan As Police Woman
ReleasedMarch 10, 2014
RecordedGround Control Studios, Maid's Room Studios, Trout Recording and Vibromonk [1]
Genre Rock, jazz
Label PIAS
Producer Joan Wasser and Tyler Wood
Joan As Police Woman chronology
The Deep Field
(2011)
The Classic
(2014)
Let It Be You
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Consequence of Sound C [4]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters 6/10 [6]
NME 6/10 [7]

The Classic is the fourth regular studio album by the American artist Joan As Police Woman (aka Joan Wasser), released on March 10, 2014, through PIAS. [8] It included the single "Holy City" that was inspired by a visit to Jerusalem.The song was described as "Motown-influenced pop fusion" and the release was supported by an Alex de Campi directed video. [9]

Contents

The comedian Reggie Watts contributed beatboxing to the title track and rapping to the single "Holy City." [9]

In 2016 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe. [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joan Wasser

No.TitleLength
1."Witness"4:44
2."Holy City"4:45
3."The Classic"3:27
4."Good Together"7:03
5."Get Direct"6:44
6."What Would You Do"5:43
7."New Years Day"6:34
8."Shame"4:38
9."Stay"4:41
10."Ask Me"3:58

Personnel

Technical personnel
Design

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References

  1. "Classic 2LP" Discog's entry for the credits
  2. "The Classic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  3. Phares, Heather. "The Classic -Joan as Police Woman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  4. Kivel, Adam (13 March 2014). "Album Review: Joan as Policewoman – The Classic". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved March 13, 2014.
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  8. "PIAS press release" Biography on the PIAS website announcing the release.
  9. 1 2 "Joan as Police Woman premieres video for Holy City online – exclusive". telegraph.co.uk. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 6, 2014.
  10. "Independents going strong – IMPALA Sales Awards clock up another 10m units | Impala". impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-06.