What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
Studio album by The Decemberists

Publication
(s)

20th January 2015

admission

May 2013 to August 2014

Label (s) Capitol (USA) , Rough Trade (Europe)

Format (s)

CD , LP , download , stream

Genre (s)

Indie rock , folk rock , indie folk

Title (number)

14th

running time

53 min 04 s

occupation see cast

production

Tucker Martine

Studio (s)

Flora Recording and Playback, both in Portland (Oregon)United StatesUnited States

chronology
The King Is Dead
(2011) 		What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World -
Single release
November 7, 2014 Make you better

What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World is the seventh studio album by the US indie folk band The Decemberists , which was released on January 20, 2015. The title of the album is taken from a verse from the song 12/17/12 and refers to the speech of the US President Barack Obama after the rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the opposing feelings of the front man Colin Meloy about the misfortune and his happy personal life.

reception

The Decemberists in July 2015
source rating
Metacritic 77/100
United StatesUnited States Allmusic
United StatesUnited States The AV Club B.
United StatesUnited States Pitchfork 5.6 / 10
United StatesUnited States Rolling Stone
GermanyGermany laut.de
GermanyGermany Mirror online 6.5 / 10
United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Telegraph
United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Guardian

What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World received mostly positive reviews. In the rating aggregator Metacritic , the album received 77/100 points from critics and an 8.1 from website visitors. The Boston Globe described the album as one of the band's most entertaining. The New York Times noted that What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World “hits the tune of pop conciseness and maturity,” building on the working elements from its predecessor The King Is Dead . "Lyrically, there are fewer thistles , minarets and litters - and musically less rambling excesses - than the old, distinctive Decemberists style." Pitchfork's Jeremy D. Larson complained about the album's lengthy length and low ambition, but saw the listeners Get to know Colin Meloy more personally than ever. In particular, the first single Make You Better is a “great anthem”.

Bruno Jaschke from the Wiener Zeitung wrote that the album “uses the utmost minimum of production effort and just because of this it gains an almost spiritual quality”. Kai Butterweck from laut.de called What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World “a real bang”. In contrast to this, Andreas Borcholte from Spiegel Online didn’t care about the album "in its sedate, rampant, cheapness".

Charts

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
  DE 37 01/30/2015 (2 weeks)
  AT 23 01/30/2015 (2 weeks)
  CH 27 01/25/2015 (1 week)
  UK 13 31/01/2015 (4 weeks)
  US 7th 02/07/2015 (8 weeks)

The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, which equates to sales of approximately 50,000 copies in the United States. It also reached second place on Billboard ' s Top Rock Albums chart and first on the Folk Albums chart. By October 2015, the album had sold 123,000 times in the band's home country.

Track list

No. title Songwriter length
1. The Singer Addresses His Audience Colin Meloy 4:43
2. Cavalry Captain Colin Meloy 3:18
3. Philomena Colin Meloy 3:05
4th Make you better Colin Meloy 5:08
5. Lake Song Colin Meloy 5:52
6th Till the Water's All Long Gone Colin Meloy 5:01
7th The Wrong Year Colin Meloy 3:53
8th. Carolina Low Colin Meloy 3:25
9. Better Not Wake the Baby Colin Meloy 1:45
10. Anti-buzzer song Colin Meloy 2:12
11. Easy come, easy go Colin Meloy 2:22
12. mistral Colin Meloy 3:54
13. 12/17/12 Colin Meloy 3:03
14th A beginning song Colin Meloy 5:22
Overall length: 53:04

Awards

The album's deluxe box set was nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 2016 Grammy Awards .

occupation

The Decemberists

Additional musicians

Accompanist
  • Rachel Flotard (song 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14)
  • Kelly Hogan (song 2, 3, 9, 10, 12)
  • Laura Veirs (song 5)
  • Ragen Fykes (Song 6, 8)
  • Moorea Masa (song 6, 8)
  • The Singer Addresses His Audience Choir : Kyleen King, Laura Veirs , Allison Hall, Bridgit Jacobson, Carson Ellis , Michael Finn, Jeremy Swatzky, Shelley Short, Steven Watkins, Ritchie Young, Moorea Masa
  • Anti-Summer Song : Chris Funk, Nate Query, John Moen, Jason Colton, Tucker Martine
String instruments and brass instruments

production

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Reviews for What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World by The Decemberists. In: Metacritic . CBS Interactive Inc. , accessed August 8, 2016 .
  2. ^ Mark Deming: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World - The Decemberists. In: Allmusic . All Media Network, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  3. ^ John Everhart: Inside The Decemberists' beguiling world. In: The AV Club . The Onion, Inc., January 20, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  4. ^ A b Jeremy D. Larson: The Decemberists: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World Album Review. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast , January 19, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Will Hermes: The Decemberists: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World. In: Rolling Stone . Wenner Media , January 20, 2015, accessed on August 8, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b Kai Butterweck: What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists. In: laut.de . According to AG, January 16, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b Andreas Borcholte: Abgehört: The most important music of the week. In: Spiegel Online . SPIEGELnet GmbH, January 20, 2015, accessed on August 8, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Martin Chilton: The Decemberists, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, album review. In: The Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group, January 22, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Dave Simpson: The Decemberists: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World review - huge choruses in heartfelt songs. In: The Guardian . Guardian News and Media, January 15, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  10. ↑ James Reed: The Decemberists, 'What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World'. In: The Boston Globe . Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, January 20, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Nate Chinen, Jon Caramanica: Indie Folk Polished to a Bright, Sly Sheen. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, January 19, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Bruno Jaschke : Decemberists, The: What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. In: Wiener Zeitung . Wiener Zeitung GmbH, January 17, 2015, accessed on August 8, 2016 (Austrian German).
  13. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
  14. ↑ Top Rock Albums. In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media , February 7, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  15. ^ Folk Albums. In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media , February 7, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Top Rock Albums. In: hits. HITS Digital Ventures, archived from the original on October 1, 2015 ; accessed on August 8, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Decemberists "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World" Deluxe Autographed Box Set. (No longer available online.) The Decemberists, archived from the original on August 8, 2016 ; accessed on August 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / decemberistsshop.com