Liquid Spirit

Liquid Spirit
Studio album by Gregory Porter
Released September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
Recorded 2013
Studio Sear Sound, New York City
Genre
Length 61:15
Label Blue Note
Producer Brian Bacchus
Gregory Porter chronology
Be Good
(2012)Be Good2012
Liquid Spirit
(2013)
Take Me to the Alley
(2016)Take Me to the Alley2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
PopMatters[3]

Liquid Spirit is the third studio album by American jazz musician Gregory Porter. It was released through Blue Note Records on September 2, 2013.[4] The album was won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014.[5][6]

Commercial reception

The album entered the US Billboard 200 at No. 192 with around 3,000 copies sold, and peaked at No. 187 on the chart.[7] It peaked at No. 2 on Jazz Albums.[8] The album has sold 43,000 copies in the US as of April 2016.[9]

In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at No. 9 in the chart,[10] and it was certified Platinum by the BPI on July 8, 2016.[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Gregory Porter, except where noted.[12]

No.TitleLength
1."No Love Dying"3:56
2."Liquid Spirit"3:36
3."Lonesome Lover" (Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach)3:11
4."Water Under Bridges"3:32
5."Hey Laura"3:19
6."Musical Genocide"3:45
7."Wolfcry"4:10
8."Free" (Zak Najor, Porter)5:01
9."Brown Grass"4:17
10."Wind Song"3:23
11."The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page)3:37
12."Movin'"4:49
13."When Love Was King"6:52
14."I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)7:47

Personnel

Charts and certifications

References

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  2. Fordham, John (September 5, 2013). "Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit – review". The Guardian. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  3. Layman, Will (September 18, 2013). "Gregory Porter: LIquid Spirit". PopMatters. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  4. "Liquid Spirit by Gregory Porter on iTunes". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  5. "GREGORY PORTER EARNS TWO GRAMMY NOMINATIONS; ANNOUNCES TV PERFORMANCES". Blue Note Records. December 9, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  6. Moreton, Cole (September 20, 2014). "Gregory Porter: 'Jazz got me out of the pain of losing my mother'". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  7. "The Billboard 200". Billboard. October 5, 2013.
  8. "Jazz Albums". Billboard. October 5, 2013.
  9. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016.
  10. "Gregory Porter". The Official Charts Company.
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