A Joyful Noise (Gossip album)

A Joyful Noise
Studio album by Gossip
Released May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11)
Recorded
Genre
Length 44:04
Label Columbia
Producer Brian Higgins
Gossip chronology
Music for Men
(2009)		 A Joyful Noise
(2012)
Singles from A Joyful Noise
  1. "Perfect World"
    Released: March 13, 2012[1]
  2. "Move in the Right Direction"
    Released: June 29, 2012[2]
  3. "Get a Job"
    Released: April 5, 2013[3]

A Joyful Noise is the fifth and final studio album by American indie rock band Gossip,. It was released on May 11, 2012, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Xenomania founder Brian Higgins.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Clash6/10[6]
Drowned in Sound4/10[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[8]
The Guardian[9]
The Independent[10]
NME3/10[11]
Pitchfork5.9/10[12]
PopMatters[13]
Slant Magazine[14]

A Joyful Noise received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 60, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[4] 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".[10] 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."[9] However, Priya Elan of NME felt that "[g]ood moments are squandered by unsatisfying choruses and/or weak lyrics."[11] 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."[15]

Commercial performance

A Joyful Noise debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in its first week.[16] In Europe, the album debuted at number 47 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 2,822 copies,[17] while reaching number one in Switzerland, number two in Germany, number three in France, number four in Austria and number eight in Belgium.[18] The album has sold 71,900 copies in France alone.[19]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."Melody Emergency"3:51
2."Perfect World" (writers: Gossip, Brian Higgins, Luke Fitton, Toby Scott)4:27
3."Get a Job"4:59
4."Move in the Right Direction" (writers: Gossip, Xenomania)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

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Joyful Noise.[24]

Gossip

  • Gossip – additional production
  • Beth Ditto – vocals
  • Hannah Blilie – drums, percussion
  • Nathan Howdeshell – guitar, keyboards, live bass, programming

Additional personnel

  • Jerry Bouthier – additional programming
  • Rich Costey – mixing (tracks 1–3)
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Fred Falke – additional programming (all tracks); additional composition (track 4)
  • Luke Fitton – additional programming
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing (track 8)
  • Andrea Gorgerino – additional programming
  • Matt Gray – additional programming (all tracks); mixing (tracks 4–7, 9–10)
  • John Hanes – mix engineering (track 8)
  • Brian Higgins – additional programming, production (all tracks); additional composition (track 4); mixing (tracks 4–7, 9–11)
  • Joshua Jenkin – additional programming
  • Kieran Jones – additional programming (all tracks); additional composition (track 4)
  • Chris Kasych – logic engineering (tracks 1–3)
  • Mike Larremore – additional photography
  • Jeri Lynn – art direction
  • Sam Martin – additional programming
  • Owen Parker – additional programming
  • Tara Perkins – management
  • Rankin – photography
  • Jason Resch – additional programming (all tracks); additional composition (track 4)
  • Toby Scott – additional programming, engineering, special production assistant (all tracks); additional composition (track 4); mixing (tracks 4–7, 9–11)
  • Phil Seaford – assistant engineering (track 8)
  • Jeremy Sherrer – additional percussion, engineering
  • Ben Taylor – assistant recording engineering

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
France (SNEP)[52] Gold 113,300[19]
Germany (BVMI)[53] Gold 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[54] Gold 15,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Edition Label Ref.
Germany May 11, 2012 Standard Sony [22][55]
Ireland
  • CD
  • digital download
 Columbia [56][57]
France May 14, 2012
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 Sony [58][59][60]
United Kingdom Columbia [61][62][63]
Australia May 18, 2012
  • CD
  • digital download
 Sony [64][65]
United States May 22, 2012 Columbia [66][67]
Japan June 13, 2012 CD Sony [23]
Germany November 2, 2012
  • 2-CD
  • digital download
 Extended [22][68]

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