Gold & Grey

Gold & Grey
Studio album by
Baroness
ReleasedJune 14, 2019
RecordedFebruary–November 2018[1]
StudioTarbox Road
Cassadaga, New York
Genre
Length60:29
LabelAbraxan Hymns
ProducerDave Fridmann[3]
Baroness chronology
Purple
(2015) 		Gold & Grey
(2019) 		Live at Maida Vale – Vol. II
(2020)
Singles from Gold & Grey
  1. "Borderlines"
    Released: March 14, 2019[4]
  2. "Seasons"
    Released: April 10, 2019[5][6]
  3. "Throw Me an Anchor"
    Released: May 15, 2019[7][8]

Gold & Grey is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Baroness. It was released on June 14, 2019, on the band's own label, Abraxan Hymns.[9]

Background

The album is the band's first to feature new guitarist and vocalist Gina Gleason. It was mastered by frequent Flaming Lips collaborator Dave Fridmann, who also produced Baroness' previous album.[10]

"Our goal is, was, and will always be to write increasingly superior, more honest and compelling songs, and to develop a more unique and challenging sound. I'm sure we have just finished our best, most adventurous album to date. We dug incredibly deep, challenged ourselves and recorded a record I'm positive we could never again replicate. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to know Sebastian, Nick and Gina as both my bandmates and my friends. They have pushed me to become a better songwriter, musician and vocalist. We’re all extremely excited for this release, which includes quite a few 'firsts' for the band, and we're thrilled to be back on tour to play these psychotic songs for our fans. Expect some surprises."

— Baizley on the album[10]

The band debuted the album's first single, "Borderlines," in Houston at the start of their co-headlining tour with Deafheaven in March 2019.[11][4] "Seasons" and "Throw Me an Anchor" were released as singles in April and May, respectively. "Front Toward Enemy" debuted on May 3 as part of Adult Swim's Metal Swim 2 compilation.[12][13]

During a European tour in support of Gold & Grey, the band performed songs from the record live in Maida Vale Studios[14] for BBC Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. This session resulted in an extended play titled Live at Maida Vale – Vol. II, which released the following year.[15]

Album title and artwork

In an interview with Revolver, frontman John Baizley explained that the band members were calling the record Orange until the day before it was mastered. He was not fond of the title, and after noticing the phrase "gold and grey" present in lyrics from two of the album's songs, he settled on the Gold & Grey title.[16]

As with all previous releases by the band, the cover art was done by Baizley and echoes themes seen on prior recordings that prominently feature scantily clad woman intertwined with scenes inspired by nature. The art work was leaked by music identifying app Shazam which forced Baizley to release it early on the band's Twitter account.[17][18]

"Here is the full cover painting for our new album, Gold & Grey. This is just the first piece of a much larger puzzle. Like the forthcoming album itself, it is the result of an intense, tireless, and psychotically convoluted creative process. This painting was born from a deeply personal reflection on the past 12 years of this band's history, and will stand as the 6th and final piece in our chromatically-themed records. I hope you all enjoy this album cover (sorry it's not called Orange). Don't look too closely, you might just see all the hidden elements."

— Baizley on the album's artwork[17]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic91/100[19]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[20]
Consequence of SoundA[21]
Exclaim!9/10[22]
The Guardian[23]
NME[24]
Pitchfork8.0/10[2]
PopMatters9/10[25]

Gold & Grey was widely praised by critics on release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 91, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". It is the third highest rated music release of 2019 on the site.[26] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.[27]

Commercial performance

Gold & Grey debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 with roughly 13,000 sales in its first week.[28] It peaked at No. 5 on the Top Album Sales chart, No. 2 on the Hard Rock Albums chart, No. 2 on the Vinyl Albums chart, and it topped the Independent Albums chart.[29] The album also debuted atop the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart, the highest chart position achieved by Baroness to date.[30]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Front Toward Enemy"3:44
2."I'm Already Gone"3:50
3."Seasons"4:26
4."Sevens" (instrumental)2:05
5."Tourniquet"5:45
6."Anchor's Lament"1:39
7."Throw Me an Anchor"4:00
8."I'd Do Anything"4:10
9."Blankets of Ash"1:04
10."Emmett – Radiating Light"4:12
11."Cold-Blooded Angels"5:38
12."Crooked Mile" (instrumental)0:41
13."Broken Halo"4:24
14."Can Oscura" (instrumental)2:01
15."Borderlines"6:17
16."Assault on East Falls" (instrumental)2:19
17."Pale Sun"4:14
Total length:60:29

Personnel

Baroness
  • John Dyer Baizley – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion, piano, artwork
  • Gina Gleason – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals, synthesizer
  • Nick Jost – bass, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Sebastian Thomson – drums
Guests
  • Katie Jones – violin and viola on "Anchor's Lament"
  • Jodi Milbert, Marald van Haasteren, Ben LaFond, Sara Schatz – spoken words on "Blankets of Ash"
  • Isabela Dyer Thompson Baizley – vocals on "Cold-Blooded Angels"
  • LMPD – megaphoning on "Borderlines"

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[31] 52
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[32] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[33] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[34] 124
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[35] 72
French Albums (SNEP)[36] 177
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[37] 14
Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] 35
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[39] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 32
UK Albums (OCC)[41] 64
US Billboard 200[42] 39

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