To Survive

To Survive
Studio album by Joan as Police Woman
Released June 9, 2008
Length 45:23
Label Reveal Records (UK), Cheap Lullaby (USA), PIAS (EU)
Producer Bryce Goggin and Joan Wasser
Joan as Police Woman chronology
Real Life
(2006)
To Survive
(2008)
Cover
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Pitchfork Media5.7/10 link
Q p 112, June 2008
Spin link

To Survive is the second album by Joan as Police Woman. It was released on June 9, 2008, on CD, LP and digital download.

The album was released by Reveal Records in the United Kingdom, by Cheap Lullaby in the United States and by PIAS in Europe and the rest of the world.

The album received generally favorable reviews, including a metascore of 76 on Metacritic[1] and Paste magazine's Editor's Pick in their July 2008 issue. The album was number #43 in Q's 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008.[2]

The album cover is a reference to Virginia Woolf.

Track listing

  1. "Honor Wishes" (featuring David Sylvian)
  2. "Holiday"
  3. "To Be Loved"
  4. "To Be Lonely"
  5. "Magpies"
  6. "Start of My Heart"
  7. "Hard White Wall"
  8. "Furious"
  9. "To Survive"
  10. "To America" (featuring Rufus Wainwright)

The Japanese version of To Survive includes three bonus tracks:

  1. "No Question" (featuring David Sylvian)
  2. "Take Me"
  3. "Radish (To Be Free)"

References

  1. "Joan As Police Woman: To Survive (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  2. "The 50 Best Albums of 2008". Q. January 2009: 82.
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