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'''''Diamond Jubilee''''' is the seventh studio album by Canadian band [[Cindy Lee (band)|Cindy Lee]], the project of musician Patrick Flegel. A [[double album]], it was released on 29 March 2024 on Flegel's own label Realistik Studios, available exclusively on [[YouTube]] and [[GeoCities]].<ref name="paste"/>
'''''Diamond Jubilee''''' is the seventh studio album by Canadian band [[Cindy Lee (band)|Cindy Lee]], the project of musician Patrick Flegel. A [[triple album]] (double CD), it was released on 29 March 2024 on Flegel's own label Realistik Studios, available exclusively on [[YouTube]] or for purchase from a Web 1.0-style Realistik Studios website.<ref name="paste"/> On 23 October 2024, it was released on [[Bandcamp]] and physical pre-orders were made available.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=Cindy Lee's 'Diamond Jubilee' Now Streaming On Bandcamp, Vinyl & CD Pre-Order Launched |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2285080/cindy-lees-diamond-jubilee-now-streaming-on-bandcamp-vinyl-cd-pre-order-launched/news/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>

The album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release, listed by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' as the #3 best album of the first half of the 2020s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Larson |first1=Jeremy D. |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-100-best-albums-of-the-2020s-so-far/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=16 October 2024 |date=1 October 2024}}</ref>


== Critical reception ==
== Critical reception ==


{{Music ratings
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''Diamond Jubilee'' was released to widespread critical acclaim. Andy Cush of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave the album a 9.1/10 review, calling it "an essential trove of music" where "each song is like a foggy transmission from a [[rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]] netherworld with its own ghostly canon of beloved hits".<ref name="p4k">{{cite web |last1=Cush |first1=Andy |title=Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cindy-lee-diamond-jubilee/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=12 April 2024 |date=12 April 2024}}</ref> It was the highest rating awarded by the website to a new album since [[Fiona Apple]]'s 2020 album ''[[Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=pitchfork |number= 1778784387015860410 |title=Cindy Lee's Diamond Jubilee is our highest-scoring new album since Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters}}</ref>
|MC = 95/100<ref name=mc>{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/music/diamond-jubilee/cindy-lee | title = Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee | access-date = 4 June 2024 | website = [[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
|rev1 = ''[[Beats Per Minute (website)|Beats Per Minute]]''
|rev1score = 89%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-cindy-lee-diamond-jubilee/|title=ALBUM REVIEW: CINDY LEE – DIAMOND JUBILEE|last=Wohlmacher|first=John|date=17 April 2024|access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[laut.de]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laut.de/Cindy-Lee/Alben/Diamond-Jubilee-123146|title=Machs gut, Fremder!|first=Yannik|last=Gölz|access-date=19 May 2024|language=de}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Mladina]]''
| rev3score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mladina.si/232302/cindy-lee-diamond-jubilee/|title=Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee|last=Bužinel|first=Jaša|date=26 April 2024|access-date=19 May 2024|language=sl}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[:it:Claudio Fabretti|OndaRock]]''
| rev4score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2024-cindylee-diamondjubilee.htm|title=Diamond Jubilee|last=Marmoro|first= Gianfranco|date=7 May 2024|access-date=19 May 2024|language=it}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''
|rev5score = 9.2/10<ref name="paste"/>
|rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev6score = 9.1/10<ref name="p4k"/>
|rev7 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
|rev7score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web | title = An out-of-the-blue magnum opus from the Canadian indie drag artist | url = https://www.zinio.com/gb/article/uncut/july-2024-i622776/cindy-lee-a30 | author = Daniel Dylan Wray | website = [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] | access-date = 4 June 2024 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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''Diamond Jubilee'' was released to widespread critical acclaim. {{Metacritic album prose|Diamond Jubilee|positive|95|4}}<ref name=mc/> Andy Cush of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave the album a 9.1/10 review, calling it "an essential trove of music" where "each song is like a foggy transmission from a [[rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]] netherworld with its own ghostly canon of beloved hits".<ref name="p4k">{{cite web |last1=Cush |first1=Andy |title=Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cindy-lee-diamond-jubilee/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=12 April 2024 |date=12 April 2024}}</ref> It was the highest rating awarded by the website to a new album since [[Fiona Apple]]'s 2020 album ''[[Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Ian |title=At The Cindy Lee Show, Making Sense Of The Hype |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2261004/cindy-lee-diamond-jubilee-concert-review/reviews/concert-review/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=1 May 2024 |language=en |date=25 April 2024}}</ref>


Elise Soutar of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' rated the album 9.2/10, calling it Cindy Lee's "bittersweet magnum opus" that "is easily the densest, most rewarding body of work they have released to date—a staggering collection of [[psychedelic pop]] songs that can be difficult to tackle head on, if only due to the sheer quantity and quality of the work".<ref name="paste">{{cite web |last1=Soutar |first1=Elise |title=Cindy Lee: 'Diamond Jubilee' Album Review |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/cindy-lee/diamond-jubilee-is-cindy-lees-bittersweet-magnum-opus |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |access-date=12 April 2024 |date=7 April 2024}}</ref> ''[[Exclaim!]]'' gave the album a Staff Pick, with reviewer Kaelen Bell writing, "Built on strains of '50s [[girl group]] pop, lush '60s [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]], itchy '70s radio rock, [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] '90s clutter and sparkling production choices grafted on from some alternate universe, ''Diamond Jubilee'' feels like the defining portrait of Cindy Lee as both artist and vessel."<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Kaelen |title='Diamond Jubilee' Is a Glittering Showcase for the Genius of Cindy Lee {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim-staff-picks-cindy-lee-diamond-jubilee |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=12 April 2024 |language=en |date=2 April 2024}}</ref>
Elise Soutar of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' rated the album 9.2/10, calling it Cindy Lee's "bittersweet magnum opus" that "is easily the densest, most rewarding body of work they have released to date—a staggering collection of [[psychedelic pop]] songs that can be difficult to tackle head on, if only due to the sheer quantity and quality of the work".<ref name="paste">{{cite web |last1=Soutar |first1=Elise |title=Cindy Lee: 'Diamond Jubilee' Album Review |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/cindy-lee/diamond-jubilee-is-cindy-lees-bittersweet-magnum-opus |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |access-date=12 April 2024 |date=7 April 2024}}</ref> ''[[Exclaim!]]'' gave the album a Staff Pick, with reviewer Kaelen Bell writing, "Built on strains of '50s [[girl group]] pop, lush '60s [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]], itchy '70s radio rock, [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] '90s clutter and sparkling production choices grafted on from some alternate universe, ''Diamond Jubilee'' feels like the defining portrait of Cindy Lee as both artist and vessel."<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Kaelen |title='Diamond Jubilee' Is a Glittering Showcase for the Genius of Cindy Lee {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim-staff-picks-cindy-lee-diamond-jubilee |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=12 April 2024 |language=en |date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

The album was a shortlisted finalist for the [[2024 Polaris Music Prize]].<ref>David Friend, [https://globalnews.ca/news/10619339/polaris-music-prize-shortlist-cindy-lee-beaches-charlotte-cardin-allison-russell/ "Calgary rock project Cindy Lee among acts shortlisted for Polaris Music Prize"]. [[Global News]], July 12, 2024.</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*[[Patrick Flegel]] – performance, [[Audio engineer|engineering]], [[Record producer|production]]

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*Steven Lind – guitar ("Baby Blue", "Durham City Limit"); bass (sections of "Demon Bitch" and "Til Polarity's End"); drums ("Baby Blue", "Wild One"); synthesizer and [[String instrument|strings]] ("Baby Blue", "Always Dreaming", "Flesh and Blood", "Dracula", "Lockstepp"); claps ("Wild Rose"); engineering, production, [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
Adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Diamond Jubilee|others=Cindy Lee|date=2024|type=back cover notes|publisher=Realistik Studios|url=https://castexotic.com/realistikstudios/}}</ref>
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*Joshua Stevenson – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]

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*Patrick Flegel &ndash; performance, engineering, production
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*Steven Lind &ndash; guitar <small>("Baby Blue", "Durham City Limit")</small>; bass <small>(sections of “Demon Bitch” and "Til Polarity's End")</small>; drums <small> ("Baby Blue", "Wild One")</small>; synthesizer/strings <small>("Baby Blue", "Always Dreaming", "Flesh and Blood", "Dracula", "Lockstepp")</small>; claps <small>("Wild Rose")</small>; engineering, production, mixing
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*Joshua Stevenson &ndash; mastering


==References==
==References==
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Diamond Jubilee
Studio album by
Cindy Lee
Released29 March 2024 (2024-03-29)
Studio
  • Realistik (Toronto, Durham, Calgary, Montreal)
  • Centre of the Universe (Montreal)
GenrePsychedelic pop, Hypnagogic pop
Length122:09
LabelRealistik
Producer
  • Patrick Flegel
  • Steven Lind
Cindy Lee chronology
Cat o' Nine Tales
(2020) 		Diamond Jubilee
(2024)

Diamond Jubilee is the seventh studio album by Canadian band Cindy Lee, the project of musician Patrick Flegel. A triple album (double CD), it was released on 29 March 2024 on Flegel's own label Realistik Studios, available exclusively on YouTube or for purchase from a Web 1.0-style Realistik Studios website.[1] On 23 October 2024, it was released on Bandcamp and physical pre-orders were made available.[2]

The album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release, listed by Pitchfork as the #3 best album of the first half of the 2020s.[3]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic95/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Beats Per Minute89%[5]
laut.de[6]
Mladina4/5[7]
OndaRock8/10[8]
Paste9.2/10[1]
Pitchfork9.1/10[9]
Uncut9/10[10]

Diamond Jubilee was released to widespread critical acclaim. According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Diamond Jubilee received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 95 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.[4] Andy Cush of Pitchfork gave the album a 9.1/10 review, calling it "an essential trove of music" where "each song is like a foggy transmission from a rock 'n' roll netherworld with its own ghostly canon of beloved hits".[9] It was the highest rating awarded by the website to a new album since Fiona Apple's 2020 album Fetch the Bolt Cutters.[11]

Elise Soutar of Paste rated the album 9.2/10, calling it Cindy Lee's "bittersweet magnum opus" that "is easily the densest, most rewarding body of work they have released to date—a staggering collection of psychedelic pop songs that can be difficult to tackle head on, if only due to the sheer quantity and quality of the work".[1] Exclaim! gave the album a Staff Pick, with reviewer Kaelen Bell writing, "Built on strains of '50s girl group pop, lush '60s psychedelia, itchy '70s radio rock, lo-fi '90s clutter and sparkling production choices grafted on from some alternate universe, Diamond Jubilee feels like the defining portrait of Cindy Lee as both artist and vessel."[12]

The album was a shortlisted finalist for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.[13]

Track listing

[edit]

All lyrics are written by Patrick Flegel; all music is composed by Patrick Flegel except for "Baby Blue" by Patrick Flegel and Steven Lind.

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Diamond Jubilee"5:22
2."Glitz"4:10
3."Baby Blue"3:55
4."Dreams of You"2:46
5."All I Want Is You"3:00
6."Dallas"3:15
7."Olive Drab"1:31
8."Always Dreaming"3:43
9."Wild One"2:04
10."Flesh and Blood"5:13
11."Le Machiniste Fantome"1:02
12."Kingdom Come"4:42
13."Demon Bitch"4:24
14."I Have My Doubts"3:32
15."Til Polarity's End"4:04
16."Realistik Heaven"3:42
Total length:56:25
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Stone Faces"4:22
2."Gayblevision"2:56
3."Dracula"6:08
4."Lockstepp"4:39
5."Government Cheque"5:06
6."Deepest Blue"2:57
7."To Heal This Wounded Heart"3:33
8."Golden Microphone"2:49
9."If You Hear Me Crying"4:01
10."Darling of the Diskoteque"3:04
11."Don't Tell Me I'm Wrong"4:48
12."What's It Going to Take"3:29
13."Wild Rose"3:50
14."Durham City Limit"5:24
15."Crime of Passion"3:13
16."24/7 Heaven"5:25
Total length:65:44

Personnel

[edit]
  • Patrick Flegel – performance, engineering, production
  • Steven Lind – guitar ("Baby Blue", "Durham City Limit"); bass (sections of "Demon Bitch" and "Til Polarity's End"); drums ("Baby Blue", "Wild One"); synthesizer and strings ("Baby Blue", "Always Dreaming", "Flesh and Blood", "Dracula", "Lockstepp"); claps ("Wild Rose"); engineering, production, mixing
  • Joshua Stevenson – mastering

References

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  1. ^ a b c Soutar, Elise (7 April 2024). "Cindy Lee: 'Diamond Jubilee' Album Review". Paste. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Cindy Lee's 'Diamond Jubilee' Now Streaming On Bandcamp, Vinyl & CD Pre-Order Launched". Stereogum. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ^ Larson, Jeremy D. (1 October 2024). "The 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ Wohlmacher, John (17 April 2024). "ALBUM REVIEW: CINDY LEE – DIAMOND JUBILEE". Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ^ Gölz, Yannik. "Machs gut, Fremder!" (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. ^ Bužinel, Jaša (26 April 2024). "Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ^ Marmoro, Gianfranco (7 May 2024). "Diamond Jubilee" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b Cush, Andy (12 April 2024). "Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. ^ Daniel Dylan Wray. "An out-of-the-blue magnum opus from the Canadian indie drag artist". Uncut. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  11. ^ Cohen, Ian (25 April 2024). "At The Cindy Lee Show, Making Sense Of The Hype". Stereogum. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  12. ^ Bell, Kaelen (2 April 2024). "'Diamond Jubilee' Is a Glittering Showcase for the Genius of Cindy Lee | Exclaim!". Exclaim!. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  13. ^ David Friend, "Calgary rock project Cindy Lee among acts shortlisted for Polaris Music Prize". Global News, July 12, 2024.
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