Strangelet
Studio album by
Grant-Lee Phillips
ReleasedMarch 27, 2007
StudioJupiter Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre
Length47:24
LabelZoë Records
ProducerGrant-Lee Phillips
Grant-Lee Phillips chronology
Nineteeneighties
(2006)		 Strangelet
(2007)		 Little Moon
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The A.V. ClubB+[3]
The Skinny[4]

Strangelet is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips. It was released on March 27, 2007 under Zoë Records.

Critical reception

Strangelet was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 73, based on 10 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 73 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 5 reviews.[5]

Mark Deming of AllMusic noted that Phillip's vocals on the album are "rich and satisfying", while saying "the core of this album is built around a tight and modest rhythm section, but the string and horn arrangements which adorn several tracks add a welcome luster to the melodies which dovetail beautifully with Phillips' voice."[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Grant-Lee Phillips

No.TitleLength
1."Runaway"3:47
2."Soft Asylum (No Way Out)"5:03
3."Fountain of Youth"3:49
4."Hidden Hand"3:36
5."Dream in Color"4:26
6."Chain Lightning"3:48
7."Raise The Spirit"4:59
8."Same Blue Devils"3:32
9."Killing a Dead Man"3:50
10."Johnny Guitar"3:43
11."Return To Love"3:08
12."So Much"3:43

Personnel

Chart

Chart performance for Strangelet
Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6] 44

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ Phipps, Keith (April 24, 2007). "Music in Brief". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ Thomson, Garry (April 11, 2007). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Grant-Lee Phillips Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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