Jarvis (album)

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Jarvis
Jarvis cover
Studio album by Jarvis Cocker
Released November 14, 2006 (UK)
April 3, 2007 (US)
Recorded Yellow Arch Studios, KPI Studios, Angel Studios
Genre Britpop
Length 74:25
Label Rough Trade Records
Producer Graham Sutton, Jarvis Cocker
Professional reviews
Jarvis Cocker chronology
Jarvis
(2006)		 TBA

Jarvis (also known as The Jarvis Cocker Record) is the debut solo album by Pulp vocalist and musician Jarvis Cocker, released in the UK on November 13, 2006. The album was leaked on the internet in its entirety on October 25, 2006.

The record peaked at number 37 on the UK charts, holding the position for one week.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 1)" - 0:29
  2. "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" - 4:09
  3. "Black Magic" - 4:21
  4. "Heavy Weather" - 3:49
  5. "I Will Kill Again" - 3:45
  6. "Baby's Coming Back to Me" - 4:09
  7. "Fat Children" - 3:23
  8. "From Auschwitz to Ipswich" - 3:49
  9. "Disney Time" - 3:04
  10. "Tonite" - 3:56
  11. "Big Julie" - 4:41
  12. "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 2)" - 0:29
  13. "Quantum Theory" - 4:40
    "Running the World" - 4:50
    • "Running the World" is included as a hidden track on the CD, 30 minutes on from the end of "Quantum Theory". The vinyl version of the album features the track on a separate 45 rpm single.

[edit] Credits and personnel

[edit] Band

  • Jarvis Cocker - vocals, guitar, synthesiser, piano, percussion, bass, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, glockenspiel
  • Richard Hawley - guitar, lyre, vocals, piano, celeste, percussion, vibraphone
  • Steve Mackey - bass, guitar, vibraphone
  • Ross Orton - drums, timpani, percussion, guitar

[edit] Musicians

  • Jason Buckle - keyboards, synthesiser
  • Antony Genn - vocals
  • Richard B Humphries - storm recording
  • Alasdair Malloy - percussion, conga, percussion arrangement, marimba, glockenspiel
  • Philip Sheppard - string arrangement, choral arrangement
  • Martin Slattery - piano, saxophone
  • Graham Sutton - string arrangement, keyboards

[edit] Strings

  • Violins - Martin Burgess, Harriet Davies, Harvey De Souza, Takane Funatsu, Jo Godden, Janice Graham, David Juritz, Julian Leaper, Steve Morris, Celia Sheen, Amanda Smith, Simon Smith, Julian Tear
  • Violas - Catherine Bradshaw, Jane Atkins, William Hawkes, Richard Nelson, Bob Smissen
  • Cellos - Adrian Bradbury, David Cohen, Stephen Orton, Jonathan Williams
  • Double Bass - Chris Laurence, Stephen Mair

[edit] Choir

  • Karla Obeydan
  • Emma Brain-Gabbott
  • Julia Doyle
  • Ildiko Allen
  • Andrew Busher
  • Emer McParland
  • Margaret Cameron
  • Clinton Tebu
  • Adam Willett
  • Tom More
  • Maisie Williams

[edit] Reception

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The album itself was released to varying critical acclaim, with The Guardian newspaper hailing the album as an "idiosyncratic triumph",[2] whilst a BBC reviewer called the album "plodding and bland... good, but it's not great".[3]

[edit] Miscellany

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Official UK Charts Company : TOP 40 ALBUMS ARCHIVE :: WEEK 17 : 18/11/2006 - 24/11/2006
  2. ^ Jarvis, Jarvis - Pop - Guardian Unlimited Music - The Guardian
  3. ^ Rock/Indie review - Jarvis, Jarvis - BBC

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