You Got Me Singing

You Got Me Singing
Studio album by
Amanda Palmer and Jack Palmer
ReleasedJuly 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)
RecordedAugust 2015
StudioDreamland Studio, Hurley, NY
GenreFolk
Length47:48
Label
Amanda Palmer chronology
Theatre Is Evil
(2012) 		You Got Me Singing
(2016) 		I Can Spin a Rainbow
(2017)
Singles from You Got Me Singing
  1. "All I Could Do"
    Released: September 15, 2015
  2. "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
    Released: May 3, 2016

You Got Me Singing is a collaborative studio album by American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer, recorded with her father Jack Palmer. It was released on July 15, 2016, through Amanda Palmer's label 8 ft. Records and Cooking Vinyl. It peaked at 16 on the American Americana/Folk Albums chart.[1]

In August 2015, Palmer and her father went to a cabin in Upstate New York when she was eight months pregnant. Anxious about her impending motherhood and looking to connect with her own father who was absent for most of her early childhood, they decided to record an album of covers together.[2] The album's cover pays homage to Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home.

Promotion

A cover of "So Much Wine" by The Handsome Family was released as a promotional single on December 15, 2015, exclusively on Bandcamp.[3] However, the song did not make it on the album.

A cover of "All I Could Do" by Kimya Dawson was released as the album's first single on September 15, 2015.[4]

A cover of "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" by Richard Thompson was released as the second single on May 3, 2016, alongside an official music video animated by David Mack.[5]

A music video was released for "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" on October 19, 2016.[6] The video was directed by Jim Batt and Kim Boekbinder and features cameos from many of the Palmers' friends including Jason Webley and multiple cast members from the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. An animated music video drawn by Chiara Ambrosio was released on October 31, 2016.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2/10[9]
Metacritic72/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[10]
Drowned in Sound8/10[11]
The Line of Best Fit7.5/10[12]
The Guardian[13]

On Metacritic the albums holds a score of 72 based on reviews from 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Rob Wacey for Allmusic called the album " Beautifully delivered, both father and daughter complement each other's vocals extremely well" and that "for an album of cover songs, the result still feels entirely personal and held dear when hearing the father and daughter pay tribute to their inspirations together."[14] Dan Fielding for The Line of Best Fit said "Standing alone, this a warming set of tastefully executed covers. But see the album in its context and you'll find its beauty – a record of music repairing a once strained relationship."[15]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."You Got Me Singing"Leonard Cohen2:21
2."Wynken, Blynken and Nod"Lucy and Carly Simon3:08
3."Again"Melanie Safka3:21
4."1952 Vincent Black Lightning"Richard Thompson4:34
5."Louise Was Not Half Bad"Tom T Hall3:16
6."Black Boys on Mopeds"Sinéad O'Connor3:55
7."All I Could Do"Kimya Dawson3:36
8."In the Heat of the Summer"Phil Ochs3:01
9."Pink Emerson Radio"Kathleen Edwards4:58
10."Skye Boat Song"Traditional3:52
11."Glacier"John William Grant and Thorarinsson Birgir7:21
12."I Love You So Much"Noah Britton4:25

Personnel

Credits taken from the album liner notes

  • Amanda Palmer – vocals, piano, ukulele, glockenspiel, mellotron, vibraphone, production
  • Jack Palmer – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Costa – tambourine, thundersheet, engineering
  • Kyle Cassidy – photography
  • Emily Weiland – design implementation
  • Joe Costa – recording and mixing
  • Rob Stein – pedal steel
  • Fluid Mastering – mastering

References

  1. ^ "Amanda Palmer Chart History - Americana/Folk Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "You Got Me Singing on Bandcamp". Retrieved July 30, 2019 – via Bandcamp.
  3. ^ "So Much Wine (Jack and Amanda Palmer take) on Bandcamp". Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "All I Could Do – Single by Amanda Palmer & Jack Palmer on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "1952 vincent black lightning on YouTube". Retrieved July 30, 2019 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "WYNKEN, BLYNKEN & NOD (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - JACK & AMANDA PALMER". Retrieved July 30, 2019 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "WYNKEN, BLYNKEN & NOD (CHIARA AMBROSIO ANIMATED VIDEO)". Retrieved July 30, 2019 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  9. ^ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  10. ^ Rob Wacey. "You Got Me Singing". Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  11. ^ Nina Keen. "You Got Me Singing". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  12. ^ Dan Fielding. "You Got Me Singing". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  13. ^ Kate Hutchinson (July 14, 2016). "You Got Me Singing". The Guardian. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  14. ^ Rob Wacey. "You Got Me Singing". Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  15. ^ Dan Fielding. "You Got Me Singing". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 22, 2019.