Widdershins (album)

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Widdershins
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Studio album by
Grant-Lee Phillips
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)
StudioSound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee [1]
Genre
Length41:18
Label Yep Roc
Producer Grant-Lee Phillips
Grant-Lee Phillips chronology
The Narrows
(2016)		Widdershins
(2018)		 Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10 [4]
Metacritic 78/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
PopMatters 8/10 [7]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Widdershins is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips. It was released on February 23, 2018 under Yep Roc Records. [1]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded over a four-day period at the Sound Emporium in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] It was mixed by Tucker Martine and engineered by Mike Stankiewicz. [9]

Critical reception

Widdershins was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 8 reviews. [5] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 5 reviews. [2]

Mark Deming of AllMusic said the album "is full of joy and purpose, and Phillips has married them to a great set of hooky tunes with a folk-rock slant. He hasn't entirely abandoned the moody undertow that's always been a part of his music, but the unspoken message behind these songs is that this is not a time to brood, and Phillips has rarely sounded quite this lively and direct." [3] Chris Roberts from Classic Rock said: "Whether it’s sideways social comment blazing with guitars, or poignant self-reflection with undulating melodies, this showcases his soulful, vulnerable voice, which never fails to catch every colour in a song. Locating the sweet spot where spontaneity and polish meet, Widdershins swings in all the right directions." [6]

Track listing

Widdershins track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Walk in Circles"3:32
2."Unruly Mobs"2:26
3."King of Catastrophes"3:13
4."Something's Gotta' Give"3:02
5."Scared Stiff"2:31
6."Miss Betsy"3:29
7."The Wilderness"3:25
8."Another, Another, Then Boom"2:56
9."Totally You Gunslinger"3:31
10."History Has Their Number"3:55
11."Great Acceleration"3:35
12."Liberation"3:03

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Release and Video for Grant-Lee Phillips". Folk Radio UK . January 10, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Roberts, Chris (February 1, 2018). "Classic Rock Review". Classic Rock . Louder Sound . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  7. ↑ Rushbury, Ian (February 21, 2018). "Anarchy in the USA? Grant Lee Phillips Points the Finger at the Prez on 'Widdershins'". PopMatters . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ Wild, Pete (February 20, 2018). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ Niesel, Jeff (March 8, 2018). "Grant-Lee Phillips' New Album Offers a Commentary on the Current Political Climate". Clevescene . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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