Mirrorwriting
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| Released | 18 April 2011 | |||
| Studio | The Way, River Recording (London, England) | |||
| Length | 45:51 | |||
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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.
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]Paul 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
[edit | edit source]As of January 2012[update] UK sales stand at 30,000 copies according to The Guardian.[11]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Missing Person" (Recorded as part of promotion in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House) | Woon | 3:55 |
| 14. | "Spirits" (YouTube Version) |
| 5:54 |
Charts
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]| Chart (2011) | Position |
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| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[15] | 55 |
References
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- ^ Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting | album reviews | musicOMH
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