Desperate Man (album)

Desperate Man
Studio album by Eric Church
Released October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)
Genre Outlaw country[1]
Length 36:41
Label EMI Nashville • Snakefarm Records (International)
Producer Jay Joyce
Eric Church chronology
Mr. Misunderstood
(2015)		 Desperate Man
(2018)

Desperate Man is the sixth album by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released via EMI Nashville and Snakefarm Records on October 5, 2018. The album's lead single is its title track.

History

Church announced the album's release on July 13, 2018, via a livestream to his fanclub, the Church Choir. The lead single, which is the title track, was shipped to radio a day prior to this announcement. The album consists of 11 songs, and Church revealed the tracklisting on a pre-order page on his website. As with all of his previous albums, it was produced by Jay Joyce.[2] Church said that the album's title came from the emotions he felt after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting; he told Rolling Stone that "I got a little bit desperate in there to just find an album, because it was not fucking happening."[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Pitchfork7.6/10[5]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated it 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "Instead of going big, the way he did on 2014's burly Outsiders, he's keeping things small, a decision that highlights the many savvy ways he expands American musical traditions even as he adheres to them. Perhaps these variations on themes are subtle, but this confident sense of sonic adventure -- when combined with Church's expert craft -- results in a satisfying album."[4] Erlewine also reviewed the album for Pitchfork, where he called it one of the "most modest but poignant albums" of Church's career and "the sound of a renegade settling into his mature period".[5] Erlewine also noted that the "deliberate decision not to indulge in a grand gesture—combined with the consciously compact scale of Desperate Man—means this album seems smaller than every record he's made since 2011's Chief. That modesty is the key to its very appeal: This is an album designed not for the moment but the long haul."[5] Vulture reviewer Craig Jenkins wote that Church "excellence out of ordinary threads", while highlighting it as Church's "quietest" record to date and praising many of the songs' lyrics.[6]

Track listing

  1. "The Snake" (Eric Church, Jeremy Nathan Spillman, Travis Meadows) – 4:00
  2. "Hangin' Around" (Church, Jeff Hyde) – 2:29
  3. "Heart Like a Wheel" (Church) – 3:15
  4. "Some of It" (Church, Hyde, Clint Daniels, Bobby Pinson) – 3:15
  5. "Monsters" (Church, Hyde) – 3:20
  6. "Hippie Radio" (Church) – 2:54
  7. "Higher Wire" (Church, Casey Beathard, Scooter Carusoe) – 2:43
  8. "Desperate Man" (Church, Ray Wylie Hubbard) – 3:28
  9. "Solid" (Church, Anders Osborne) – 4:18
  10. "Jukebox and a Bar" (Church) – 3:12
  11. "Drowning Man" (Church, Beathard) – 3:47

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 63
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] 34

References

  1. ↑ "Desperate Man". AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Liptak, Carena (July 12, 2018). "Everything We Know About Eric Church's New Album, 'Desperate Man'". The Boot. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ Moss, Marisa (July 12, 2018). "Eric Church on New Song 'Desperate Man: 'I Was a Little Lost for a While'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Desperate Man – Eric Church | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (October 23, 2018). "Eric Church: Desperate Man Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/review-eric-churchs-album-a-desperate-man.html
  7. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #494". auspOp. October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
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