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Mirrorwriting by Jamie Woon Studio album by Jamie Woon Released 18 April 2011 Recorded The Way, River Recording
(London, England)Genre R&B,[1] soul,[2] pop[3] Length 45:51 Label Candent Songs, Polydor Producer Jamie Woon, Will Bevan, Royce Wood, Jr., Luke Buttery Singles from Mirrorwriting - "Night Air"
Released: 22 October 2010 - "Lady Luck"
Released: 21 February 2011
Mirrorwriting is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Jamie Woon. It was released in Europe on 18 April 2011 through Polydor Records. The album started to receive hype after Woon ended fourth on BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[4] It was preceded by the lead single, "Night Air" on 22 October 2010.
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Critical reception
Paul Clarke of BBC Music gave the album a positive review by saying: "Things would probably be quite different for Woon had he’d got his act together sooner. In 2007, his fragile cover of an old folk spiritual placed him pretty much alone at the crossroads between rural blues and urban electronica, a 20-something Robert Johnson from London who’d sold his soul to dubstep instead of the Devil. Today, though, he shares this space with The xx and James Blake; and overshadowed by The xx’s Mercury Prize victory and Blake’s own debut album of earlier in 2011, Woon’s music could now be in danger of sounding wearily familiar rather than darkly mysterious".[5]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating BBC Music (positive)[2] The Daily Telegraph [6] The Guardian [3] The Independent (favourable)[7] Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)[8] musicOMH [9] The Observer [1] Virgin Music (7/10)[10] Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Night Air" Jamie Woon, John O'Kane Jamie Woon, Will Bevan 5:22 2. "Street" Woon, O'Kane Jamie Woon, Will Bevan 3:10 3. "Lady Luck" Woon, Nemo Jones Jamie Woon, Will Bevan, Royce Wood, Jr. 4:08 4. "Shoulda" Woon, O'Kane, Steven Camden Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr. 3:49 5. "Middle" Woon, James Wood Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr. 4:38 6. "Spirits" Woon, Brian Barry Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr. 3:47 7. "Echoes" Woon, Camden Jamie Woon 2:17 8. "Spiral" Woon Jamie Woon, Luke Buttery 5:25 9. "TMRW" Woon, O'Kane Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr. 3:30 10. "Secondbreath" Woon Jamie Woon 0:47 11. "Gravity" Woon Jamie Woon 5:07 12. "Waterfront" Woon Jamie Woon 3:51 iTunes bonus tracks[11] No. Title Writer(s) Length 13. "Missing Person" (Recorded As Part of Flomotion in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House) Woon 3:55 14. "Spirits" (YouTube Version) Woon, Barry 5:54 Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
positionBelgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[12] 9 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[12] 29 Danish Albums Chart[12] 17 Dutch Albums Chart[12] 38 Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 14 Swiss Albums Chart[12] 50 UK Albums Chart[13] 15 References
- ^ a b Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting – review | Music | The Observer
- ^ a b BBC - Music - Review of Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
- ^ a b Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting - review | Music | The Guardian
- ^ "4th place for London producer Woon". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2011/artists/jamiewoon/. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/ww8r
- ^ Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting, CD of the week - Telegraph
- ^ Album: Jamie Woon, Mirrorwriting (Polydor) - Reviews, Music - The Independent
- ^ Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting
- ^ Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting | album reviews | musicOMH
- ^ Jamie Woon review - Mirrorwriting - Reviews - Music - Virgin.com
- ^ Mirrorwriting by Jamie Woon - Download Mirrorwriting on iTunes
- ^ a b c d e f "ultratop.be - Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting" (in Dutch). Ultratop. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon&titel=Mirrorwriting&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2011-04-24/. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
Studio albums MirrorwritingExtended plays Wayfaring Stranger · iTunes Festival: LondonSingles "Night Air" · "Lady Luck"Related articles Polydor Records · BBC Sound of 2011Categories:- 2011 albums
- Debut albums
- Polydor Records albums
- 2010s album stubs
- Rhythm and blues album stubs
- "Night Air"
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