The Waiting Room (Tindersticks album)

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The Waiting Room
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Studio album by
Tindersticks
Released2016
Length48:00
Label City Slang
Lucky Dog
Tindersticks chronology
Across Six Leap Years
(2013)		The Waiting Room
(2016)		 No Treasure but Hope
(2019)

The Waiting Room is the eleventh studio album by the British band Tindersticks, released in 2016 on the City Slang label. Some editions of the album came packaged with a short film that had been commissioned for each song by various directors. [1]

Contents

Music

Opening track "Follow Me" was the final song recorded for the album. When the band needed a piece of music to act as an introduction, Stuart Staples and musical arranger Julian Siegel used the melody from Bronisław Kaper 's soundtrack to the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty , which Staples had found himself humming as he walked down the street. [2] "We Are Dreamers!" features vocals by Jehnny Beth of Savages, who recorded her part in ten minutes. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B+ [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork Media 8.0/10 [1]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Waiting Room received an average score of 82, based on 20 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [3] Marc Burrows of Drowned in Sound called it "a rich, warm, comfort blanket of a record, marbled with veins of darkness and light", [7] while AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek called it a "mixed bag". [4]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
Rough Trade Albums of the Year2016
13 [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Stuart A. Staples, except where noted.

  1. "Follow Me" (Bronislau Kaper) – 2:45
  2. "Second Chance Man" – 3:56
  3. "Were We Once Lovers?" – 4:49
  4. "Help Yourself" – 5:38
  5. "Hey Lucinda" (featuring Lhasa de Sela) – 5:16
  6. "This Fear of Emptiness" (David Boulter) – 3:59
  7. "How He Entered" (Dan McKinna, Staples) – 4:46
  8. "The Waiting Room" – 4:54
  9. "Planting Holes" (Boulter) – 2:03
  10. "We Are Dreamers!" – 5:21
  11. "Like Only Lovers Can" (Boulter, Staples) – 4:33

Charts

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