Mirrorwriting is the debut studio album by British singer Jamie Woon. It was released in Europe on 18 April 2011 through Polydor Records. The album started to receive hype after Woon ended fourth on BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[1] It was preceded by the lead single, "Night Air" on 22 October 2010.
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| Released | 18 April 2011 | |||
| Studio | The Way, River Recording (London, England) | |||
| Length | 45:51 | |||
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| Singles from Mirrorwriting | ||||
Critical reception
editPaul Clarke of BBC Music gave the album a positive review by saying: "Things would probably be quite different for Woon had he'd got his act together sooner. In 2007, his fragile cover of an old folk spiritual placed him pretty much alone at the crossroads between rural blues and urban electronica, a 20-something Robert Johnson from London who'd sold his soul to dubstep instead of the Devil. Today, though, he shares this space with The xx and James Blake; and overshadowed by The xx's Mercury Prize victory and Blake's own debut album of earlier in 2011, Woon's music could now be in danger of sounding wearily familiar rather than darkly mysterious".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| BBC Music | (positive)[2] |
| The Daily Telegraph |   [3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| The Independent | (favourable)[5] |
| Loud and Quiet | (6/10)[10] |
| Pitchfork | (8.0/10)[6] |
| musicOMH | [7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
| Virgin Music | (7/10)[9] |
Commercial performance
editAs of January 2012[update] UK sales stand at 30,000 copies according to The Guardian.[11]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Night Air" |
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| 5:22 |
| 2. | "Street" |
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| 3:10 |
| 3. | "Lady Luck" |
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| 4:08 |
| 4. | "Shoulda" |
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| 3:49 |
| 5. | "Middle" |
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| 4:38 |
| 6. | "Spirits" |
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| 3:47 |
| 7. | "Echoes" |
| Jamie Woon | 2:17 |
| 8. | "Spiral" | Woon |
| 5:25 |
| 9. | "TMRW" |
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| 3:30 |
| 10. | "Secondbreath" | Woon | Jamie Woon | 0:47 |
| 11. | "Gravity" | Woon | Jamie Woon | 5:07 |
| 12. | "Waterfront" | Woon | Jamie Woon | 3:51 |
Charts
edit| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] | 9 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[13] | 29 |
| Danish Albums Chart[13] | 17 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[13] | 38 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[13] | 14 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[13] | 50 |
| UK Albums Chart[14] | 15 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (2011) | Position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[15] | 55 |
References
edit- ^ "4th place for London producer Woon". BBC. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ a b BBC - Music - Review of Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
- ^ Green, Thomas H (15 April 2011). "Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting, CD of the week". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ Sheffield, Hazel (14 April 2011). "Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting - review". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Price, Simon (10 April 2011). "Album: Jamie Woon, Mirrorwriting (Polydor) - Reviews, Music - The Independent". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.
- ^ Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting
- ^ Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting | album reviews | musicOMH
- ^ Empire, Kitty (17 April 2011). "Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting – review". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Jamie Woon review - Mirrorwriting - Reviews - Music - Virgin.com
- ^ Walton, Sam. "Jamie Woon – Mirrorwriting". Loud and Quiet. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (16 January 2012). "Indie rock's slow and painful death". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ Mirrorwriting by Jamie Woon – Download Mirrorwriting on iTunes
- ^ a b c d e f "ultratop.be - Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting". Ultratop (in Dutch). ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Archive Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "JAAROVERZICHTEN 2011". Ultratop (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 December 2011.
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