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A Joyful Noise is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Gossip, released digitally on May 11, 2012 and physically on May 22, 2012 by Columbia Records.[3][4] The album was produced by Xenomania founder Brian Higgins.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Clash6/10[7]
Drowned in Sound4/10[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[9]
The Guardian[10]
The Independent[11]
NME3/10[12]
Pitchfork Media5.9/10[13]
PopMatters5/10[14]
Slant Magazine[15]

A Joyful Noise received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[5] Andy Gill of The Independent gave the album four out of five stars, writing that "the involvement of Brian Higgins on A Joyful Noise enables the group to break new ground with confidence".[11] The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan gave the album three out of five stars and stated that "it's Girls Aloud producer Higgins to the rescue, with a sound influenced by Abba and Madonna. Having said that, Gossip—especially Beth Ditto, in waspishly fine voice here—seem very much at home with it."[10] However, Priya Elan of the NME felt that "[g]ood moments are squandered by unsatisfying choruses and/or weak lyrics."[12] The Independent on Sunday's Simon Price expressed that after a few years of career, Ditto "already feels like a footnote", adding that the band pairing up with Higgins "should be a stroke of genius, but Higgins has caught Ditto & co at a point where they appear to have disastrously lost their fire."[16]

Commercial performance

A Joyful Noise debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in its first week.[17] In Europe, the album debuted at number forty-seven on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 2,822 copies,[18] while reaching number one in Switzerland, number two in Germany, number three in France, number four in Austria and number eight in Belgium.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Beth Ditto, Hannah Blilie and Nathan Howdeshell, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Melody Emergency"3:51
2."Perfect World" (Ditto, Brian Higgins, Luke Fitton, Toby Scott)4:27
3."Get a Job"4:59
4."Move in the Right Direction" (Ditto, Higgins, Scott, Jason Resch, Fred Falke, Kieran Jones)3:31
5."Casualties of War"4:15
6."Into the Wild"3:13
7."Get Lost"4:07
8."Involved"4:15
9."Horns"3:45
10."I Won't Play"3:19
11."Love in a Foreign Place"4:22
European iTunes bonus tracks[3]
No.TitleLength
12."Perfect World" (Rory Phillips Mix)5:04
13."Move in the Right Direction" (Classixx Remix)4:38
14."Perfect World" (video)3:49

| headline = Extended Edition [19]

  1. Gossip - Melody Emergency - (Album Version) 03:51
  2. Gossip - Perfect World - (Album Version) 04:28
  3. Gossip - Get A Job - (Album Version) 04:59
  4. Gossip - Move In The Right Direction - (Album Version) 03:31
  5. Gossip - Casualties Of War - (Album Version) 04:15
  6. Gossip - Into The Wild - (Album Version) 03:13
  7. Gossip - Get Lost - (Album Version) 04:06
  8. Gossip - Involved - (Album Version) 04:15
  9. Gossip - Horns - (Album Version) 03:45
  10. Gossip - I Won't Play - (Album Version) 03:19
  11. Gossip - Love In A Foreign Place - (Album Version) 04:22
  12. Gossip - Seems So Bad 04:03
  13. Gossip - Love Long Distance - (1LIVE in Dortmund) 04:21
  14. Gossip - Listen Up - (1LIVE in Dortmund) 05:10
  15. Gossip - Melody Emergency - (1LIVE in Dortmund) 03:59
  16. Gossip - Men In Love - (1LIVE in Dortmund) 03:37
  17. Gossip - Get A Job - (1LIVE in Dortmund) 04:52
  18. Gossip - Perfect World - (RAC Mix) 04:13
  19. Gossip - Perfect World - (Seamus Haji Remix Radio Edit) 03:04
  20. Gossip - Perfect World - (Playgroup Nude Mix) 08:06
  21. Gossip - Move In The Right Direction - (CSS Remix) 04:02
  22. Gossip - Move In The Right Direction - (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) 03:53
  23. Gossip - Move In The Right Direction - (Gossip VS Kaz James Remix) 06:34
  24. Gossip - Get A Job - (Peter Rauhofer Remix) 08:47
  25. Gossip - Get A Job - (Scissor Sisters Remix) 06:14
  26. Gossip - Get A Job - (Wankelmut Remix) 07:21

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[20] 35
Austrian Albums Chart[21] 4
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[22] 8
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[23] 14
Canadian Albums Chart[24] 87
Danish Albums Chart[25] 37
Dutch Albums Chart[26] 35
Finnish Albums Chart[27] 44
French Albums Chart[28] 3
German Albums Chart[29] 2
Greek Albums Chart[30] 39
Irish Albums Chart[31] 66
Italian Albums Chart[32] 48
Polish Albums Chart[33] 34
Spanish Albums Chart[34] 38
Swiss Albums Chart[35] 1
UK Albums Chart[36] 47
US Billboard 200[37] 100
US Rock Albums[37] 35
US Alternative Albums[37] 20

References

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  2. ^ "Move In the Right Direction (Remixes) – EP by Gossip". iTunes Store UK. Apple Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
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  5. ^ a b "A Joyful Noise – Gossip". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Phares, Heather. "A Joyful Noise – The Gossip". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  7. ^ Levine, Nick (May 14, 2012). "Gossip – A Joyful Noise". Clash. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  8. ^ Calvert, John (May 18, 2012). "Gossip – A Joyful Noise". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  9. ^ Markovitz, Adam (May 16, 2012). "A Joyful Noise". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  10. ^ a b Sullivan, Caroline (May 10, 2012). "Gossip: A Joyful Noise – review". The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  11. ^ a b Gill, Andy (May 12, 2012). "Album: Gossip, A Joyful Noise (Columbia)". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  12. ^ a b Priya, Elan (May 15, 2012). "Gossip – 'A Joyful Noise'". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  13. ^ Ryce, Andrew (June 4, 2012). "Gossip: A Joyful Noise". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  14. ^ Cober-Lake, Justin (May 21, 2012). "Gossip: A Joyful Noise". PopMatters. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  15. ^ Henderson, Eric (May 21, 2012). "Gossip: A Joyful Noise". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  16. ^ Price, Simon (May 13, 2012). "Album: Gossip, A Joyful Noise (Columbia)". The Independent on Sunday. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  17. ^ Caulfield, Keith (June 1, 2012). "Chart Moves: Kimbra Debuts in Top 20 on Billboard 200, McCartney's 'Ram' Returns". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  18. ^ Jones, Alan (May 21, 2012). "Official Charts Analysis: UK suffers lowest album sales week since 1996". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
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  30. ^ "Top-75 Albums Sales Chart" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
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