Wildness
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May 25, 2018 |
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44:36 min |
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Gary Lightbody ( vocals , guitar ), Nathan Connolly ( guitar , backing vocals ), Paul Wilson ( bass , backing vocals), Johnny McDaid (guitar, keyboards , backing vocals), Jonny Quinn ( drums ) |
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Wildness is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Snow Patrol . The album was released on May 25, 2018. This is the first studio album in seven years after the decision was made to take a long break to work on their own projects.
background
After the Fallen Empires tour in 2012, the band announced in 2013 that they would be taking a break. Lightbody worked on the release of a new album by his supergroup Tired Pony , while McDaid et al. a. worked as a songwriter for Ed Sheeran songs such as Shape of You and Galway Girl as well as for the song What About Us by the American singer P! nk . About the name of the album, Lightbody told NME :
“There are many kinds of savagery, but I think that one can specialize in two: The savagery of the modern age with its confusion, illogic and alienation. The other is the ancient wildness, something original, living and wonderful that speaks to our passion, our love, our communication with nature and with each other. The latter is the kind of wildness of our new album. "
In addition, the album should be very personal. Lightbody also processed his father's dementia in the songs, about which he said the following:
“I think it's our first album that I didn't just ask a series of questions. This time I didn't want to leave it at that, I really wanted to find out why I was so unhappy, why I felt so out of place, and where all these fears were coming from. This time there is no protective shield either: Without exception, everything is in this album. I want to remember everything too. "
Track list
Standard version
| No. | title | length |
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| 1. | Life on Earth | 5:22 |
| 2. | Don't give in | 3:59 |
| 3. | Heal Me | 4:01 |
| 4th | Empress | 4:29 |
| 5. | A dark switch | 4:18 |
| 6th | What If This Is All The Love You Ever Get? | 3:49 |
| 7th | A Youth Written In Fire | 4:08 |
| 8th. | Soon | 4:20 |
| 9. | Wild horses | 4:38 |
| 10. | Life and Death | 5:32 |
| Overall length: | 44:41 | |
Deluxe version
| No. | title | length |
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| 11. | Life on Earth (Alternate Version) | 4:41 |
| 12. | Don't Give In (Alternate Version) | 3:37 |
| 13. | Heal Me (Alternate Version) | 4:33 |
| 14th | What If This Is All The Love You Ever Get? (Alternate Version) | 4:16 |
| 15th | Soon (Alternate Version) | 3:32 |
| Overall length: | 65:25 | |
reception
| source | rating |
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| Allmusic |
 
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| Music Express |
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| musicOMH |
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| The Times |
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| Drowned in sound |
 
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| Raidió Teilifís Éireann |
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| The Independent |
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| laut.de |
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| Belfast Telegraph |
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| Sputnik Music | 3.0 |
The reviews of the album were mostly moderate to good.
After a long break, "Wildness" gives an insight into a battered composer's soul that longs for liberation. [...] But perfected craft alone is obviously not enough to create an impressive or even haunting new beginning. "Wildness" shows only a tentative attempt to free oneself from it and possibly to find a new approach to making music. Sometimes it works, many songs like the motivational "Heal Me" show the fresh energy. Still: Overall, the album doesn't sound "wild", but rather like the handbrake on. Or, to interpret the album cover, the music staggers like an astronaut flying around between pigeons instead of floating free. [..] The songs seem too cautious because they just play it safe. "
“[...] He processes all of this on his band's seventh album, which is pure self-therapy. [...] Sometimes with perseverance slogans like "Don't give in - don't you dare quit so easy", sometimes with energetic insights like "It shouldn't be so fucking hard - it's just life on earth." which have little to do with the carelessness of previous albums. But Snow Patrol no longer write catchy tunes, but rather bulky things on the piano, on the acoustic, with subtle beats, strings and creaky vocals. [...] According to Lightbody, the last work by Nick Cave served as inspiration. It didn't do much: WILDNESS sounds like a jam session from Radiohead with Crosby, Stills & Nash. With songs that rarely inspire and titles like "Wild Horses" that are a no-go. "
“Where on“ Wildness ”the wildness promised in the title is supposed to lie is the secret of Snow Patrols. As on the two previous releases, it goes further away from the guitar walls of the big breakthrough album »Eyes Open« from 2005, towards more introspection, introvertedness, pleasant feeling. When it comes to songwriting, Snow Patrol are moving further away from their previous standard formulas: They expect their fans to be less popular. As far as the implementation of the song ideas is concerned, the band was not put off by the mixed reviews of its predecessor »Fallen Empires«, which with its indietronic sounds sometimes had a »Achtung, Baby« touch. [...] Snow Patrol consistently continue on this path: The synths chirp, pluck and thump, but now fit better and less obtrusively into the bold sound of the mostly strong songs. Only with a few pieces does one get the feeling that the excessive use of studio technology and sound effects is supposed to cover up a lack of musical substance (»Soon«). Less guitars, more bombast: Snow Patrol have never strayed as far from their previous sound as they did on »Wildness«. With that they may not have created their best, but at least the most versatile album. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wildness In: snowpatrol.com (English)
- ^ A b Matthew Strauss: Snow Patrol Detail Wildness, First New Album in 7 Years. In: Pitchfork . March 8, 2018, accessed May 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Kathy Giddins: When is Snow Patrol's new album Wildness out in the UK, when was Chasing Cars released and why did the band take a break? In: The Sun . News Group Newspapers, May 25, 2018, accessed May 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Enwie Kej: Snow Patrol show themselves pensive on WILDNESS. In: The Vinylist. March 22, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
- ↑ a b “Wilderness”: Snow Patrol are back with a new album after a seven year break. In: bigFM . March 13, 2018, accessed May 17, 2018 .
- ^ After years of Ed Sheeran's collabos, Snow Patrol returns with new album "Wildness". In: WIKY. March 8, 2018, accessed May 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Snow Patrol are releasing an album again after seven years. In: evening newspaper . Abendzeitung München Verlags-GmbH, March 23, 2018, accessed on May 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Review by Allmusic , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ^ Review by Musikexpress , accessed on May 26, 2018
- ↑ Review by musicOMH , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Review by The Times , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Review by Drowned in Sound , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Review by Raidió Teilifís Éireann , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Review by The Independent , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ^ Review at laut.de , accessed on May 26, 2018
- ↑ Review by Hot Press , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Review by Belfast Telegraph , accessed May 26, 2018
- ↑ Review by Sputnikmusic , accessed on May 26, 2018 (English)
- ↑ a b Kerstin Kratochwill: Liberation trip with the handbrake on. In: laut.de . Retrieved May 26, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Marcel Anders: Snow Patrol - Wildness. In: Musikexpress . Axel Springer Mediahouse Berlin GmbH, May 24, 2018, accessed on May 26, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Till Stop Hagen: "Wildness" - Snow Patrol. In: Intro . INTRO GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne), May 24, 2018, accessed on May 26, 2018 .