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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (album)

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Released
  
June 8, 2010

Release date
  
8 June 2010

Length
  
51:09

Label
  
Hollywood Records


Live in Skowhegan (2008)
  
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (2010)

Artist
  
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Genres
  
Rock and roll, Roots rock, Hard rock

Similar
  
The Lion the Beast the Beat, This Is Somewhere, Nothing But the Water, Live from the Legendar, Original Soul

Grace potter and the nocturnals paris ooh la la


Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is the eponymous third studio album by American rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, released on June 8, 2010. The album is the band's first release since the inclusion of two new members, rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco and bassist Catherine Popper. The album was originally titled "Medicine" after the third track on the album, and was promoted as such in numerous interviews and early reviews, but was changed shortly after the replacement of producer T-Bone Burnett in favor of Mark Batson.

Contents

The album debuted at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010.

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Critical reception

The album was released to generally favorable reviews, scoring a 63 on metacritic. Billboard magazine gave the album a positive review, stating that "Grace Potter & the Nocturnals' new self-titled release finds frontwoman Potter and her band in full bloom, hammering out hook-heavy rock tracks with a confident, natural sound." Giving the album three out of five stars, Rolling Stone magazine comments, "Potter's youthfulness can make for flower-soup lyrics but backlit by a no-nonsense band that massages Memphis grooves, light rock and pinot-noir reggae, it all bursts with promise." The Guardian enjoyed the band's harder rocking songs while criticizing some of the slower ones. The Guardian remarks that "[g]enerally, the bluesy, Southernised rockers (Medicine, Only Love) make more of an impression than the power balladry (Colors), while an anomalous wallow in country-rock sentimentality (Things I Never Needed) feels like it was tacked on because they realised they needed a slow one."

Track listing

All songs written by Grace Potter and Mark Batson, except where noted.

  1. "Paris (Ooh La La)" (Potter) - 3:15
  2. "Oasis" - 4:41
  3. "Medicine" (Potter, Matt Burr, Scott Tournet) - 4:06
  4. "Goodbye Kiss" (Potter) - 3:33
  5. "Tiny Light" - 4:43
  6. "Colors" (Potter) - 5:15
  7. "Only Love" - 3:22
  8. "Money" (Potter, David Poe) - 2:54
  9. "One Short Night" (Potter) - 3:50
  10. "Low Road" - 4:39
  11. "That Phone" - 3:18
  12. "Hot Summer Night" - 3:22
  13. "Things I Never Needed" (Potter) - 4:11
  14. "Fooling Myself" (iTunes Bonus Track) (Potter) - 5:25
  • The songs "Paris (Ooh La La)" and "That Phone" were used in the CW show Hart of Dixie (2011).
  • "Paris (Ooh La La)" and "Hot Summer Night" were used in an episode of MTV hit TV show "Awkward" (2011).
  • "Paris (Ooh La La)" was used in a Rizzoli & Isles commercial.

    • Personnel

    The Nocturnals

  • Grace Potter - Vocals, guitar (tracks 1 and 9), piano (tracks 6, 8 and 13), organ (tracks 2-12)
  • Scott Tournet - Guitar, lap steel (tracks 4, 8-9 and 13), loops (track 3), harmonica (track 4), vocals (track 3)
  • Benny Yurco - Guitar
  • Catherine Popper - Bass guitar
  • Matt Burr - Drums, percussion (track 3)

    • Additional personnel

  • Mark Batson - Piano (tracks 5 and 11), drum machine (track 8), hand claps (track 12), string arrangement (track 6)
  • Janna Jacoby - Violin (track 6)
  • Kathleen Robertson - Violin (track 6)
  • Thomas Tally - Viola (track 6)
  • Peggy Baldwin - Cello (track 6)

    • Songs

    1Paris (Ooh La La)3:16
    2Oasis4:41
    3Medicine4:07

    References

    Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (album) Wikipedia
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