Released March 17, 2015 Release date 17 March 2015 | Length 46:33 Artist Tobias Jesso Jr. | |
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Nominations Polaris Music Prize, Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year Similar Power in the Blood, Deep in the Iris, I Love You - Honeybear, Sometimes I Sit and Think - an, Joel Plaskett & The Park | ||
Tobias jesso jr goon
Goon is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. released on March 17, 2015 in the United States and Canada. The album was preceded by the two singles "How Could You Babe" and "Hollywood".
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- Tobias jesso jr goon
- Tobias jesso jr how could you babe
- Musical style
- Reception
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The album was a short-listed nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.
Tobias jesso jr how could you babe
Musical style
Jesso's music has been compared to singer/songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s from Randy Newman to Harry Nilsson and Emitt Rhodes. Even though he was a bassist and guitarist for years, his new music was written by him on the piano—an instrument he started playing at the age of 27.
Reception
Goon received universal acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 25 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
Will Hermes of Rolling Stone noted "his debut LP gathers 12 beautifully lean ballads sung in a vulnerable tenor, with vintage studio touches blended by sharp producers including JR White, Patrick Carney and Ariel Rechtshaid."
Personnel
Songs
1Can't Stop Thinking About You3:53
2How Could You Babe3:43
3Without You5:09