| The Violence | ||||
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| Studio album by Darren Hayman featuring the Long Parliament | ||||
| Released | 5 November 2012 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 73:33 | |||
| Label | Fortuna Pop! | |||
| Darren Hayman chronology | ||||
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The Violence is a studio album by British singer and songwriter Darren Hayman featuring backing band the Long Parliament. [1] It was released on 5 November 2012 by Fortuna Pop! The Violence is the third and final part in Hayman's Essex Trilogy. [2]
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10 [3] |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| DIY |   [5] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [6] |
| God Is in the TV | 4/10 [7] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7.5/10 [8] |
| Mojo |  [9] |
| MusicOMH | [10] |
| NME | [11] |
| Q | [12] |
| The Skinny | [13] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [14] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 81 based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [4] Marc Burrows of The Quietus wrote that "these are wonderful pop songs, each a compacted treasure of melody and heart." [15]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Violence" | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Impossible Times" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "How Long Have You Been Frightened For?" | 4:46 |
| 4. | "We Are Not Evil" | 3:06 |
| 5. | "The She-Cavaliers" | 4:28 |
| 6. | "Elizabeth Clarke" | 3:57 |
| 7. | "Vinegar Tom" | 5:14 |
| 8. | "Parliament Joan" | 4:51 |
| 9. | "The Word and the Word Alone" | 4:10 |
| 10. | "I Will Hide Away" | 3:30 |
| 11. | "When the King Enjoys His Own Again" | 1:19 |
| 12. | "Henrietta Maria" | 3:33 |
| 13. | "A Dogge Called Boye" | 1:37 |
| 14. | "Outsiders" | 1:18 |
| 15. | "Athur Wilson's Reverie" | 4:13 |
| 16. | "Rebecca West" | 4:33 |
| 17. | "Desire Lines" | 4:56 |
| 18. | "Kill the King" | 4:50 |
| 19. | "A Coffin for King Charles, a Crown for Cromwell and a Pit for the People" | 1:44 |
| 20. | "The Laughing Tree" | 3:55 |
| Total length: | 73:33 | |
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