Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Studio album by Sophie
Released 15 June 2018
Genre
Length 39:55
Label
Producer Sophie
Sophie chronology
Product
(2015)Product2015		 Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
(2018)
Singles from Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
  1. "It's Okay to Cry"
    Released: 23 October 2017[4]
  2. "Ponyboy"
    Released: 8 December 2017[5]
  3. "Faceshopping"
    Released: 16 February 2018[6]

Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (stylised in all caps) is the debut studio album by Scottish electronic music producer Sophie. It was released on 15 June 2018[7] by her own label, MSMSMSM, along Future Classic and Transgressive.

Singles

Three singles have been released off the album—"It's Okay to Cry", "Ponyboy", and "Faceshopping".[8] The first single, "It's Okay to Cry", was a ballad in which Sophie included her own vocals for the first time.[9]

The second single, "Ponyboy", was released in December 2017. For its music video, Sophie worked with performance collective FlucT to choreograph "a dramatized ménage à trois".[10] The most recent single, "Faceshopping", deals with gender, beauty, and the body. Its accompanying music video distorts 3D renderings of Sophie's face, intercut with strobing images.[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Exclaim!9/10[14]
The Guardian[15]
NME[16]
The Observer[17]
Pitchfork8.6/10[2]
Q[18]
Rolling Stone[1]
The Times[19]
ViceA−[20]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides received an average score of 86, based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[12] Writing for Pitchfork, Sasha Geffen praised the album as "sprawling and beautiful, while still keeping the disorienting, latex-pop feel of her fascinating production technique" and said that while Sophie's "early singles exhibited a keen feel for economy and a killer sense of humor, OIL makes a bid for transcendent beauty."[2] Peter Boulos of Exclaim! said, "For all the praise that could be heaped on the bulk of Sophie's output, the best that comes to mind is that it sounds like no one else could have made Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides. This is the kind of music that, in 20 years, we may look back on as a pivotal point in changing the trajectory of the pop music sound."[14]

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Heather Phares compared it favorably to Sophie's preceding release Product, claiming "Sophie is never indecisive as she takes her sounds and concepts to extremes. Where Product felt like a collection of alien pop hits, Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides abounds with interludes, passages, and major statements that allow her to dig deeper on the album's second half."[13] Joe Rivers of Clash wrote, "Sophie manages to incorporate the personal without detracting from what set her apart in the first place, and it makes for a record that's as affecting as it is thrilling."[21]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Sophie; all tracks except track 1, 6 and 7 feature uncredited lead vocals by Cecile Believe; credits adapted from Qobuz.[22]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."It's Okay to Cry"Sophie XeonSophie3:51
2."Ponyboy"Xeon
3:15
3."Faceshopping"
  • Sophie
  • Cecile Believe
3:57
4."Is It Cold in the Water?"Xeon
  • Sophie
  • Cecile Believe
3:32
5."Infatuation"Xeon
  • Sophie
  • Cecile Believe
4:40
6."Not Okay"XeonSophie1:49
7."Pretending"XeonSophie5:53
8."Immaterial"Xeon
  • Sophie
  • Cecile Believe
3:53
9."Whole New World / Pretend World"Xeon
  • Sophie
  • Cecile Believe
9:08
Total length:39:55

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[23] 6
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[24] 87
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[25] 7
UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)[26] 20
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[27] 21
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[28] 20

References

  1. 1 2 Weingarten, Christopher R. (15 June 2018). "Review: Sophie's 'Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides' Is An Avant-Pop Gem". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Geffen, Sasha (15 June 2018). "SOPHIE: OIL OF EVERY PEARL's UN-INSIDES". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Ravens, Chal (2018). "SOPHIE: Earthly Pleasures". Crack Magazine. No. 88. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "charts.org.nz - Sophie [UK] - It's Okay To Cry". charts.org.nz.
  5. ↑ "charts.org.nz - Sophie [UK] - Ponyboy". charts.org.nz.
  6. ↑ "charts.org.nz - Sophie [UK] - Faceshopping". charts.org.nz.
  7. ↑ "Sophie's 'OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES out now". Transgressive. June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ Yoo, Noah (5 June 2018). "SOPHIE Announces New Album OIL OF EVERY PEARL's UN-INSIDES". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Lhooq, Michelle (7 December 2017). "Pop Producer SOPHIE on Anonymity, Honesty, and Artifice". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Kaye, Ben (7 December 2017). "Sophie shares video for cacophonous new single 'Pony Boy': Watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  11. ↑ Schwartz, Erin (6 April 2018). "Sophie Performs Surreal Plastic Surgery in a New Video for 'Faceshopping'". Garage Magazine. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides by SOPHIE". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  13. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides – SOPHIE". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  14. 1 2 Boulos, Peter (19 June 2018). "SOPHIE: Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides". Exclaim!. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  15. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (15 June 2018). "Sophie: Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides review – taking it to sexy extremes". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  16. ↑ Hunt, El (18 June 2018). "SOPHIE – 'Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides' review". NME. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  17. ↑ Empire, Kitty (17 June 2018). "Sophie: Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides review – hyper-lush, but a touch wafty". The Observer. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  18. ↑ Barton, Laura (Summer 2018). "Electric Dreams". Q (387): 117.
  19. ↑ Hodgkinson, Will (15 June 2018). "Pop review: Sophie: Oil of Every Pearl's Un‑Insides". The Times. Retrieved 18 August 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  20. ↑ Christgau, Robert (21 July 2018). "Robert Christgau on SOPHIE's Sweet Clarity". Vice. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  21. ↑ Rivers, Joe (18 June 2018). "SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL's UN-INSIDES". Clash. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  22. ↑ "OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES - Sophie". Qobuz. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  23. ↑ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  24. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com.
  25. ↑ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40 - Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com.
  26. ↑ "Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  27. ↑ "Sophie Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  28. ↑ "Sophie Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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