Damned Devotion

Damned Devotion
Studio album by
Joan As Police Woman
ReleasedFebruary 9, 2018 (2018-02-09)
Length43:06
LabelPIAS
Producer
Joan As Police Woman chronology
Let It Be You
(2016) 		Damned Devotion
(2018) 		Cover Two
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound7/10[3]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[4]
MusicOMH[5]
The Observer[6]

Damned Devotion is the fifth studio album by American musician Joan As Police Woman, released on February 9, 2018 by PIAS Recordings.[7]

Release

On November 2, 2017, Wasser announced the release of her new album, along with the single "Warning Bell".[7]

Critical reception

Damned Devotion was met with "universal acclaim" 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 81 based on 11 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joan Wasser

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Wonderful"3:33
2."Warning Bell"3:16
3."Tell Me"3:37
4."Steed (For Jean Genet)"4:07
5."Damned Devotion"3:12
6."The Silence"4:42
Side B
No.TitleLength
7."Valid Jagger"3:27
8."Rely On"2:42
9."What Was It Like"4:11
10."Talk About It Later"2:35
11."Silly Me"3:38
12."I Don't Mind"4:06
Total length:43:06

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Damned Devotion liner notes.[9]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 84
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 47
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 57

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Johnson, Eugenie (February 9, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Hyland, Abigail (February 8, 2018). "Joan As Police Woman's Damned Devotion is a brilliant self help tome". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  5. ^ White, Chris (February 9, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  6. ^ Mackay, Emily (February 4, 2018). "Joan As Police Woman: Damned Devotion review – edgily lascivious". The Observer. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Hannah, Andrew (November 2, 2017). "Joan As Police Woman announces new album with the stately, swaying "Warning Bell"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  9. ^ Damned Devotion (CD booklet). Joan As Police Woman. PIAS Recordings. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2018.