Avalanche (Thea Gilmore album)

Avalanche
Studio album by Thea Gilmore
Released 9 September 2003
Studio The Forge, Oswestry; The Loft, Liverpool; Chapel Studios, South Thoresby, Lincs
Genre Rock, folk
Length 46:46
Label Hungry Dog
Producer Nigel Stonier
Thea Gilmore chronology
Songs From The Gutter
(2002)		 Avalanche
(2003)		 Loft Music
(2003)

Avalanche is the fifth album by English singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore. It was released on 9 September 2003 on the Hungry Dog record label. The album peaked at number 63 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] Uncut magazine ranked Avalanche at number 59 of its "Albums of the Year" for 2003 and said of Gilmore: "You can here her growing in stature with every record she makes."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Thea Gilmore, except where noted.

  1. "Rags and Bones" – 3:38
  2. "Have You Heard" – 3:26
  3. "Juliet (Keep That in Mind)" – 3:52
  4. "Avalanche" – 4:21
  5. "Mainstream" (Gilmore, Nigel Stonier) – 3:12
  6. "Pirate Moon" – 4:20
  7. "Apparition #13" – 3:27
  8. "Razor Valentine" – 3:46
  9. "God Knows" – 3:49
  10. "Heads Will Roll" – 2:33
  11. "Eight Months" – 5:33
  12. "The Cracks" – 4:49

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent(favourable)[5]
Mojo[2]
musicOMH(highly favourable)[6]
No Depression(mixed)[7]
Q[2]
The Sunday Times(favourable)[8]
Time Out

The Independent considered the album to be Gilmore taking "the final step to the forefront of British singer-songwriters, with 12 songs that establish her as the most prolific and intelligent wordsmith of her generation".[5] AllMusic's Hal Horowitz gave it four stars, stating the album saw her "moving a bit closer to the mainstream", also calling the songs "some of her best".[3] Adam Sweeting, for The Guardian, also gave it four stars, writing that it saw her "blazing her own path towards classic status as a songwriter".[4] Billboard's Steve Adams called it "an astonishingly literate collection of songs that marks another career leap".[9]

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Thea Gilmore", Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2018
  2. 1 2 3 "Thea Gilmore – Avalanche CD Album" > "Product Reviews". Muze/CD Universe. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal. "Thea Gilmore Avalanche". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 Sweeting, Adam (2003) "Thea Gilmore: Avalanche", The Guardian, 22 August 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2018
  5. 1 2 Staff writer (8 August 2003). "Album: Thea Gilmore, Avalanche, Hungry Dog". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Millington, Scott (11 August 2003). "Thea Gilmore – Avalanche". musicOMH. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Archive (staff writer) (31 October 2003). "Thea Gilmore – Avalanche". No Depression. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Edwards, Mark (2003) "Thea Gilmore Avalanche", The Sunday Times, 10 August 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2018
  9. ↑ Adams, Steve (2003) "Swept Away by Gilmore's 'Avalanche'", Billboard, 2 August 2003, p. 51. Retrieved 17 January 2018 via Google Books
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