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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Record
| Type = studio
| name = Record
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Tracey Thorn]]
| artist = [[Tracey Thorn]]
| Cover =
| cover = Tracey Thorn Record.jpg
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| Released = {{Start date|2018|03|02|df=y}}
| Recorded =
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| released = {{Start date|2018|03|02|df=y}}
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| Genre = [[Synth-pop]]
| Length = 35:45
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| genre = [[Synth-pop]]
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| Last album =
| label = [[Merge Records|Merge]]
| This album = '''''Record'''''<br />(2018)
| producer = [[Ewan Pearson]]
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| prev_title = [[Solo: Songs and Collaborations 1982–2015]]
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'''''Record''''' is the fifth studio album by English singer and songwriter [[Tracey Thorn]]. It was released by [[Merge Records]] on 2 March 2018 to mostly positive reviews from critics.<ref name="MC"/>


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'''''Record''''' is the fifth solo studio album by English singer and songwriter [[Tracey Thorn]]. It was recorded by Thorn with producer [[Ewan Pearson]] and a number of backing musicians, including singers [[Shura (English singer)|Shura]] and [[Corinne Bailey Rae]], drummer [[Stella Mozgawa]], bassist [[Jenny Lee Lindberg]], and guitarist [[Jagwar Ma|Jono Ma]]. The album released by [[Merge Records]] on 2 March 2018 to mostly positive reviews from critics.<ref name="MC"/>
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== Critical reception ==

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{{Album ratings
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==Critical reception==
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| MC = 76/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/record/tracey-thorn|title=Record by Tracey Thorn Reviews and Tracks|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
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{{Music ratings
| ADM = 7.3/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9187/Tracey-Thorn-Record.aspx|title=Record by Tracey Thorn reviews|publisher=[[AnyDecentMusic?]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
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| MC = 77/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/record/tracey-thorn|title=Record by Tracey Thorn Reviews and Tracks|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Sendra|first=Tim|date=n.d.|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/record-mw0003148134|title=Record - Tracey Thorn|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Sendra|first=Tim|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/record-mw0003148134|title=Record – Tracey Thorn|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev2 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|date=Neil McCormick|date=23 February 2018|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/tracey-thorns-fifth-solo-album-fuelled-frank-female-insights/|title=Tracey Thorn's fifth solo album is fuelled by frank, female insights – review|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=23 February 2018|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/tracey-thorns-fifth-solo-album-fuelled-frank-female-insights/|title=Tracey Thorn's fifth solo album is fuelled by frank, female insights – review|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Exclaim!]]''
| rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Alger|first=Anna|date=28 February 2018|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tracey_thorn-record|title=Tracey Thorn Record|magazine=[[Exclaim!]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=2 March 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/02/tracey-thorn-record-review-funny-graceful-songs-of-female-power|title=Tracey Thorn: Record review – funny, graceful songs of female power|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=2 March 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/02/tracey-thorn-record-review-funny-graceful-songs-of-female-power|title=Tracey Thorn: Record review – funny, graceful songs of female power|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=8 March 2018|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-young-fathers-cocoa-sugar-jonathan-wilson-david-byrne-a8245816.html|title=Album reviews: Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar, Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds, David Byrne – American Utopia, and more|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Irish Times]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=8 March 2018|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-young-fathers-cocoa-sugar-jonathan-wilson-david-byrne-a8245816.html|title=Album reviews: Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar, Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds, David Byrne - American Utopia, and more|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Clayton-Lea|first=Tony|date=2 March 2018|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-reviews/tracey-thorn-record-review-everything-but-the-girl-singer-older-wiser-better-1.3407494|title=Tracey Thorn: Record review – Everything but the Girl singer, older, wiser, better|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Observer]]''
| rev6 = ''[[The Observer]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Empire|first=Kitty|authorlink=Kitty Empire|date=4 March 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/04/tracey-thorn-record-review-grown-up-feminist-bangers|title=Tracey Thorn: Record review – grownup feminist bangers|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Empire|first=Kitty|author-link=Kitty Empire|date=4 March 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/04/tracey-thorn-record-review-grown-up-feminist-bangers|title=Tracey Thorn: Record review – grownup feminist bangers|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7Score = 8/10<ref name="Pitchfork"/>
| rev7Score = 8.0/10<ref name="Pitchfork"/>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|date=April 2018|page=115|title=Review|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]}}</ref>
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Yates|first=Matt|date=April 2018|page=115|title=Tracey Thorn: Record|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=383}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RS"/>
| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RS"/>
| rev10 = ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]''
| rev10 = ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Expert Witness]])
| rev10Score = A–<ref name="Vice"/>
| rev10Score = A−<ref name="Vice"/>
}}
}}

Writing for ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', music journalist Laura Snapes described ''Record'' as "one of the defining albums of [Thorn's] 38-year career",<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tracey-thorn-record/|title=Tracey Thorn – Record|last=Snapes|first=Laura|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=5 March 2018|accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref> while ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic [[Rob Sheffield]] said "Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom".<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|authorlink=Rob Sheffield|date=1 March 2018|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-tracey-thorns-record-w517311|title=Review: Tracey Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]] wrote in his review for ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'': "Calm, deliberate, undemonstrative, Thorn is a singer some find magical and others prosaic. I've always tended other, but when a 55-year-old wife and mother claims she's recorded 'nine feminist bangers,' I pay attention. And these definitely work up some fairy dust. The beats evoke without mimicking the subtle electro-dance of Thorn and her beatmaking husband [[Ben Watt]]'s 20th-century band, [[Everything but the Girl]], and in her undemonstrative way, she sequences the catchiest tracks last ['Face' and 'Dance']".<ref name="Vice">{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=13 April 2018|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/zmg8v8/robert-christgau-on-tracey-thorns-feminist-bangers|title=Robert Christgau on Tracey Thorn's "Feminist Bangers"|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>
Writing for ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', music journalist Laura Snapes described ''Record'' as "one of the defining albums of [Thorn's] 38-year career",<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tracey-thorn-record/|title=Tracey Thorn: Record|last=Snapes|first=Laura|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=5 March 2018|accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref> while ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic [[Rob Sheffield]] said "Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom".<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|authorlink=Rob Sheffield|date=1 March 2018|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-tracey-thorns-record-w517311|title=Review: Tracey Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]] wrote in his review for ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'': "Calm, deliberate, undemonstrative, Thorn is a singer some find magical and others prosaic. I've always tended other, but when a 55-year-old wife and mother claims she's recorded 'nine feminist bangers,' I pay attention. And these definitely work up some fairy dust. The beats evoke without mimicking the subtle electro-dance of Thorn and her beatmaking husband [[Ben Watt]]'s 20th-century band, [[Everything but the Girl]], and in her undemonstrative way, she sequences the catchiest tracks last ['Face' and 'Dancefloor']".<ref name="Vice">{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=13 April 2018|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/zmg8v8/robert-christgau-on-tracey-thorns-feminist-bangers|title=Robert Christgau on Tracey Thorn's "Feminist Bangers"|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|accessdate=17 April 2018}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
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| all_writing = [[Tracey Thorn]]
| extra_column =
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| title1 = Queen
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| all_writing = [[Tracey Thorn]]
| length1 = 4:17
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| title1 = Queen
| length1 = 4:17
| title2 = Air
| note2 = featuring [[Shura (English singer)|Shura]]
| title2 = Air
| length2 = 3:03
| length2 = 3:03
| title3 = Guitar
| title3 = Guitar
| length3 = 2:33
| length3 = 2:33
| title4 = Smoke
| title4 = Smoke
| length4 = 4:11
| length4 = 4:11
| title5 = Sister
| title5 = Sister
| note5 = featuring [[Corinne Bailey Rae]]
| length5 = 8:32
| title6 = Go
| length5 = 8:32
| length6 = 4:01
| title6 = Go
| length6 = 4:01
| title7 = Babies
| title7 = Babies
| length7 = 2:34
| title8 = Face
| length7 = 2:34
| length8 = 3:41
| title8 = Face
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = Dancefloor
| title9 = Dancefloor
| length9 = 2:57
| length9 = 2:57
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title10 = Sister ([[Andrew Weatherall]] Remix)
| length10 = 9:36
}}
}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|100|artist=Tracey Thorn|album=Record|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|50|artist=Tracey Thorn|album=Record|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|100|artist=Tracey Thorn|album=Record|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|15|date=20180315|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|1|artist=Tracey Thorn|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|11|artist=Tracey Thorn|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2019}}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|type=album|1323902|name=Record}}
* {{Discogs master|type=album|1323902|name=Record}}

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Latest revision as of 13:52, 12 February 2024

Record
Studio album by
Tracey Thorn
Released2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)
GenreSynth-pop
Length35:45
LabelMerge
ProducerEwan Pearson
Tracey Thorn chronology
Solo: Songs and Collaborations 1982–2015
(2015) 		Record
(2018)

Record is the fifth solo studio album by English singer and songwriter Tracey Thorn. It was recorded by Thorn with producer Ewan Pearson and a number of backing musicians, including singers Shura and Corinne Bailey Rae, drummer Stella Mozgawa, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg, and guitarist Jono Ma. The album released by Merge Records on 2 March 2018 to mostly positive reviews from critics.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10[2]
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Daily Telegraph[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
The Irish Times[7]
The Observer[8]
Pitchfork8.0/10[9]
Q[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Vice (Expert Witness)A−[12]

Writing for Pitchfork, music journalist Laura Snapes described Record as "one of the defining albums of [Thorn's] 38-year career",[9] while Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield said "Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom".[11] Robert Christgau wrote in his review for Vice: "Calm, deliberate, undemonstrative, Thorn is a singer some find magical and others prosaic. I've always tended other, but when a 55-year-old wife and mother claims she's recorded 'nine feminist bangers,' I pay attention. And these definitely work up some fairy dust. The beats evoke without mimicking the subtle electro-dance of Thorn and her beatmaking husband Ben Watt's 20th-century band, Everything but the Girl, and in her undemonstrative way, she sequences the catchiest tracks last ['Face' and 'Dancefloor']".[12]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Tracey Thorn

No.TitleLength
1."Queen"4:17
2."Air" (featuring Shura)3:03
3."Guitar"2:33
4."Smoke"4:11
5."Sister" (featuring Corinne Bailey Rae)8:32
6."Go"4:01
7."Babies"2:34
8."Face"3:41
9."Dancefloor"2:57
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Sister (Andrew Weatherall Remix)"9:36

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 100
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 100
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 15
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[17] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[18] 11

References

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  1. ^ a b "Record by Tracey Thorn Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Record by Tracey Thorn reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Record – Tracey Thorn". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. ^ McCormick, Neil (23 February 2018). "Tracey Thorn's fifth solo album is fuelled by frank, female insights – review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. ^ Simpson, Dave (2 March 2018). "Tracey Thorn: Record review – funny, graceful songs of female power". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ^ Gill, Andy (8 March 2018). "Album reviews: Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar, Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds, David Byrne – American Utopia, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (2 March 2018). "Tracey Thorn: Record review – Everything but the Girl singer, older, wiser, better". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ^ Empire, Kitty (4 March 2018). "Tracey Thorn: Record review – grownup feminist bangers". The Observer. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ a b Snapes, Laura (5 March 2018). "Tracey Thorn: Record". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  10. ^ Yates, Matt (April 2018). "Tracey Thorn: Record". Q. No. 383. p. 115.
  11. ^ a b Sheffield, Rob (1 March 2018). "Review: Tracey Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  12. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (13 April 2018). "Robert Christgau on Tracey Thorn's "Feminist Bangers"". Vice. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tracey Thorn – Record" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Tracey Thorn – Record". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Tracey Thorn – Record". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Tracey Thorn Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Tracey Thorn Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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