Away from the World

Away from the World
Studio album by
Dave Matthews Band
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2012
RecordedJanuary–May 2012
StudioStudio Litho (Seattle)
GenreAlternative rock
Length53:59
LabelRCA
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band chronology
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King
(2009) 		Away from the World
(2012) 		Come Tomorrow
(2018)
Singles from Away from the World
  1. "Mercy"
    Released: July 16, 2012
  2. "If Only"
    Released: September 11, 2012

Away from the World is the eighth studio album by the American rock band Dave Matthews Band. It was released on September 11, 2012 through RCA Records. The album was primarily recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington from January to May 2012 and is the band's first to be produced by Steve Lillywhite since Before These Crowded Streets (1998). It is the band's last album to feature full participation from violinist Boyd Tinsley before his departure in 2018.

The album was a commercial success, becoming the band's sixth straight number-one album on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released—"Mercy" and "If Only"—which both found success on Adult Alternative radio. Critical reception was positive, with many reviewers praising the album's production, band interplay, and fusion of multiple genres, and multiple publications including the album on year-end lists of the best albums of 2012.

Recording

Away from the World is the band's first album to be produced by Lillywhite since 1998, although he also worked with the band on their ill-fated "Lillywhite Sessions" in 2000, most of the songs from which were re-recorded with Stephen Harris for the band's 2002 release Busted Stuff. Frequent collaborator John Alagía also contributed, co-producing the tracks "Broken Things", "Mercy", and "Rooftop".[1] Recording began at Studio Litho (established by Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam) in January 2012 and concluded in May of that year. On the band's recording process, Tinsley stated:

Some of the songs that you hear on this album, the basic tracks came out, like, the first or second time we played them. Dave would come in with part of a song. We’d get into the control room and we’d finish it, putting in a chorus or bridge here and working out arrangements. And then we went to the studio, and we just played.[2]

Tower of Power's Roger Smith played Hammond organ on "If Only", while a youth chorus provided vocals on "Gaucho".[1]

Release and reception

On April 24, Matthews debuted soon-to-be lead single "Mercy" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In May, "Gaucho" was made available for download from the band's website for members of the Warehouse Fan Association, although the song did not receive an official single release. Numerous tracks that would be included on the album—"Mercy", "Gaucho", "Sweet", "If Only", "The Riff", "Rooftop", "Snow Outside", and "Belly Belly Nice"—were all played on the band's 2012 summer tour. During the week leading up to the album's release, it was available to stream for free on iTunes. The album's title was taken from a lyric in "The Riff": "Sitting in a box/away from the world out there", which, according to Matthews, relates to the idea that "we are born and die alone" and that "our body is our box".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200 with album sales of 266,000 in its first week, becoming the band's sixth consecutive album to top the chart.[3] By the end of December 2012, the album had sold 458,000 copies.[4] The album also peaked at the top of Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, and reached No. 3 in Canada.[5]

"Mercy" was released as the album's lead single on July 16. It became a number-one hit on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart, and also reached No. 95 on the Hot 100 and No. 30 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.[5] The second single, "If Only", was also successful on the AAA chart, reaching number 11.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Billboard[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB[9]
Rolling Stone[10]

Away from the World received a positive reception from critics. Billboard awarded the album four stars out of five, and called the band "as intriguing and adventurous now as it was when the Lillywhite-produced Under the Table and Dreaming came out [in 1994]."[8] Rolling Stone praised Lillywhite's production and the interplay between band members, highlighting the album's fusion of "New Orleans R&B, lithe jazz fusion and nimbly driving jam rock".[10] Megan Ritt of Consequence also gave praise to Lillywhite's production and the album's simplified sound, saying "despite having more players in studio than ever, DMB manages to sound stripped down — and more like itself than it has in a long time."[11] Ritt considered primarily acoustic tracks such as "Sweet" and "Belly Full" to be among the album's highlights, saying that their stripped-back arrangements "unearth a simple truth: these are genuine craftsmen."[11] Writing for The Boston Globe, Scott McLennan singled out album opener "Broken Things" and "The Riff" as highlights, praising the former's "tension-building contrast between desire and darkness" and feeling the latter "wends through fears and hopes and ultimately reveals the breadth of the band’s prowess".[12]

Classic Rock praised "Mercy"'s "tender John Martyn soul", while saying "The Riff" "merits its title" and referring to "If Only" as "just lovely".[13] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine also gave the album a rating of four stars out of five.[7] Erlewine felt "there's no denying he's the best producer for the band", commending him for "articulating [the band's] elasticity with clarity and reigning in their excesses."[7] He praised the album's diversity, saying it contains "a little of everything that the Dave Matthews Band does, condensed to a relatively tight 53 minutes", and summed it up as "a rare thing: a return to form lacking an ounce of nostalgia".[7]

The album was listed at No. 29 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying its "political entreaties made for some of 2012's best GOTV rock."[14] The Chicago Tribune also included the album in their list of the best releases of the year.[15]

Track listing

Away from the World
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Broken Things"
3:49
2."Belly Belly Nice"
3:53
3."Mercy"Matthews4:29
4."Gaucho"
4:26
5."Sweet"Matthews4:12
6."The Riff"
  • Matthews
  • Ross
5:36
7."Belly Full"
  • Matthews
  • Alagía
1:44
8."If Only"Matthews5:38
9."Rooftop"Matthews4:12
10."Snow Outside"
6:12
11."Drunken Soldier"
  • Beauford
  • Lessard
  • Matthews
  • Tinsley
  • Coffin
  • Reynolds
  • Ross
9:48
Total length:53:59

Personnel

Dave Matthews Band

Guest musicians

Production

  • Steve Lillywhite – producer, mixing (tracks 5, 7, 10)
  • John Alagía – co-producer (tracks 1, 3, 9), additional recording
  • Floyd Reitsma – engineer, mixing (tracks 5, 7, 10)
  • Lars Fox – Pro Tools engineer
  • Steven Aguilar – assistant engineer
  • Michael H. Brauer – mixing
  • Ryan Gilligan – mix assistant and Pro Tools engineer
  • Justin Armstrong – additional engineering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts

References

  1. ^ a b Dave Matthews Band (11 September 2012). Away from the World (liner notes). RCA Records.
  2. ^ "Boyd Tinsley: The DMBnews.net Interview". DMBnews.net. July 19, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Dave Matthews Band - LetsSingIt Lyrics". LetsSingIt.
  4. ^ "Grammy Nominations Shut-Outs: A Look at the Numbers Behind Justin Bieber, One Direction, Lionel Richie, More". Billboard.
  5. ^ a b c "Dave Matthews Band Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Reviews for Away from the World by Dave Matthews Band". Metacritic. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Away from the World – Dave Matthews Band / Dave Matthews". AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Dave Matthews Band, 'Away From the World': Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. September 11, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  9. ^ Anderson, Kyle; Tucker, Ken (September 7, 2012). "Albums: Sept. 14/21, 2012". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  10. ^ a b Dolan, Jon (September 11, 2012). "Away From the World". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  11. ^ a b Ritt, Megan (14 September 2012). "Album Review: Dave Matthews Band – Away from the World". Consequence. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  12. ^ McLennan, Scott (11 September 2012). "Dave Matthews Band, 'Away from the World'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  13. ^ Roberts, Chris (17 July 2013). "Dave Matthews Band: Away from the World". Louder Sound. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  14. ^ "50 Best Albums of 2012". Rolling Stone.
  15. ^ Buckley, Michael (27 December 2012). "Sorting Out the Top Albums of 2012". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  17. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dave Matthews Band – Away from the World" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  18. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  19. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  20. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  21. ^ "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

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