The Deep Field

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The Deep Field
Thedeepfield.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2011
Recorded2010
Length55:35
Label Reveal [1]
Producer
  • Bryce Goggin
  • Joan Wasser [2]
Joan as Police Woman chronology
Cover
(2009)
The Deep Field
(2011)
The Classic
(2014)
Singles from The Deep Field
  1. "The Magic"
    Released: January 18, 2011
  2. "Nervous"
    Released: April 10, 2011
  3. "Chemmie"
    Released: Promo Only
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Consequence of Sound C− [4]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [5]

The Deep Field is the third regular studio album by Joan as Police Woman, released in 2011. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

The album has received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews." [6]

In a positive review, Q magazine stated, "There is slick virtuosity to all the playing here but it is her warm, witty presence that shines through." [7] James Skinner, in his 8/10 review for BBC Music says "...there is something fantastically indulgent and heartening going on here: the sense that Wasser is embracing her peculiarities and making giddy, ebullient light of them. Long may she continue to do so." [8] Andy Gill, from The Independent called it "everything the Adele album lacks: real emotional insight, couched in genuinely soulful arrangements bristling with imagination." [9] However, Michael Cragg's review for The Guardian was mixed, saying, "Wasser's featherlight voice suits the slower songs, it has a tendency to sound slightly one-dimensional on the over-fussy bigger numbers, and there are moments when it drifts too close to polite MOR." [10] In a negative review, David Raposa for Pitchfork Media criticized the overall sound of the album stating, "While she aims for such critically acclaimed heights, her shots often land in a middle-of-the-road, adult-contemporary wasteland." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Nervous"6:02
2."The Magic"4:10
3."The Action Man"5:08
4."Flash"7:52
5."Run For Love"5:38
6."Human Condition"5:33
7."Kiss the Specifics"4:30
8."Chemmie"4:47
9."Forever and a Year"5:56
10."I Was Everyone"6:02
Total length:55:35
UK iTunes & North American bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Say Yes"3:47
Vinyl edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."It's Possible" 
12."Human Condition" (solo) 

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