Ys (album)
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Ys is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter and folk musician Joanna Newsom . It was released in November 2006 on the indie label Drag City and was produced by Van Dyke Parks and Newsom. It is named after the mythical city of the same name in Brittany .
Track list
All songs are written by Joanna Newsom .
- Emily - 12:07
- Monkey & Bear - 9:29
- Sawdust & Diamonds - 9:54
- Only Skin - 16:53
- Cosmia - 7:15
style
The album contains five pieces over a playing time of just over 55 minutes. Musically it moves between contemporary folk and chamber music . and Newsom's voice and harp play are in the foreground , but a 29-piece orchestra is also used in four of the five songs. Van Dyke Parks, producer of the album alongside Newsom, also plays the accordion.
Rock musician and former Big Black front man Steve Albini was involved in the recording as a sound engineer .
orchestra
Joanne Newson and her studio band were accompanied by the following orchestral musicians:
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production
- Steve Albini - sound engineer
- Tim Boyle - sound engineer
- TJ Doherty - Mixing
- Richard Good - design
- Joanna Newsom - production
- Jim O'Rourke - Mixing
- Van Dyke Parks - producer, conductor , orchestral arrangements
- John Rosenberg - conductor
- William T. Stromberg - Copyist
- Benjamin A. Vierling - Artwork ( Album Cover )
- Nick Webb - Mastering
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Ys received mostly very good reviews from the press. The renowned music critic Robert Christgau , on the other hand, only gave the album an average grade of C + and the trade magazine Rolling Stone only gave it 2 out of 5 stars. The album's metascore is 85 out of 100 possible points.
Pitchfork Media voted Ys 83rd out of the 200 best albums of the 2000s. In the selection of the 100 best albums from 1969 to 2009 by the German music magazine Musikexpress , it reached number 92.
The album was included in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize.
Year lists
The album is featured in numerous annual lists. A selection can be found in the following overview:
- 1st place: Plattentests.de
- 2nd place: Rolling Stone (Germany)
- 3rd place: Pitchfork Media
- 4th place: Spex
- 7th place: Musikexpress
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Review by Heather Phares on Allmusic (accessed November 15, 2018)
- ↑ a b Review by Christian Hoard on Rolling Stone (archived) (accessed November 15, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Alexis Petridis on The Guardian (accessed November 15, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Chris Dahlen on Pitchfork Media (accessed November 15, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Pat Long on New Musical Express (accessed November 15, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Mikael Wood, in: Spin 12/2006, p. 95.
- ↑ Review by John Mulvey on Uncut (accessed November 15, 2018)
- ↑ Consumer Guide Reviews: Joanna Newsom on Robert Christgau
- ↑ Metascore: Ys on Metacritic (accessed November 15, 2018)
- ↑ The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s on Pitchfork Media (accessed November 15, 2018)