Queen of Denmark | |
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Studio album by John Grant | |
Released | April 19, 2010 |
Recorded | July–October 2008 and May–July 2009 in Denton, Texas |
Genre | Indie folk |
Length | 51:16 |
Label | Bella Union |
Producer | John Grant, Paul Alexander, Eric Pulido |
Queen of Denmark is the debut solo album by former The Czars frontman John Grant, released on April 19, 2010 on the Bella Union label.[1] Queen of Denmark is a collaboration between Grant and American folk rock band Midlake and produced by Grant himself in collaboration with Midlake members Paul Alexander and Eric Pulido. It was recorded over two four-months periods, July to October 2008 and May to July 2009, in Midlake's recording studio in Denton, Texas.[2]
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The Line of Best Fit | (recommended)[7] |
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In the May 2010 issue of Mojo, the album received the seldom-awarded Instant Classic label. Following Joanna Newsom's Have One On Me, it is the second album to receive this honor since Fleet Foxes in 2008. The reviewer wrote: "If Queen of Denmark were only comprised of ... self-lacerating ballads it would still be a work of transcendent beauty, but the second half of the album finds Grant confronting romantic loss with astonishing depth of feeling."[2] In December, the magazine selected Queen of Denmark as its choice for the Best Album of 2010.[11]
The BBC Music review website described the album as "One of the most deeply satisfying debut albums of recent times", and concluded: "Queen of Denmark transcends the sum of its influences by concentrating on the irresistible appeal of sad yet optimistic love songs, classy arrangements and a dark and handsome croon. Midlake’s only mistake is making John Grant’s startling debut better than their own records."[4]
Mark Edwards wrote in The Sunday Times, "One listen to 'Where Dreams Go to Die', for example, and you’ll realise that while Grant can’t attain perfection in his actual life, he gets pretty close in his art."[10]
The Guardian reviewer wrote that "after descending into a personal hell of booze, drugs and giving up music for waiting tables, the Coloradan [John Grant] has emerged with a colossus. Backed by superfans Midlake, these are songs of impossible love, near-suicide and redemption, with an air of vastness and contemplation recalling Dennis Wilson's masterpiece, Pacific Ocean Blue."[5]
In The Independent, Andy Gill, wrote of the album: "a near-perfect marriage of his warm baritone with their lush woodwind and keyboard textures, bring to tender life Grant's tales of growing up gay in the midwest."[6]
Irish musician Sinéad O'Connor covered "Queen of Denmark" on her 2012 album How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?.
All songs written and composed by John Grant.
No. | Title | Length | |
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1. | "TC and Honeybear" | 5:04 | |
2. | "I Wanna Go To Marz" | 3:56 | |
3. | "Where Dreams Go to Die" | 6:02 | |
4. | "Sigourney Weaver" | 3:29 | |
5. | "Chicken Bones" | 3:36 | |
6. | "Silver Platter Club" | 4:09 | |
7. | "It's Easier" | 4:36 | |
8. | "Outer Space" | 3:13 | |
9. | "Jesus Hates Faggots" | 3:46 | |
10. | "Caramel" | 3:33 | |
11. | "Leopard and Lamb" | 4:39 | |
12. | "Queen of Denmark" | 4:47 | |
Total length:
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51:16 |
Limited Edition bonus disc | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
1. | "That’s the Good News" | 4:12 | ||||||||
2. | "Supernatural Defibrillator" | 2:51 | ||||||||
3. | "Fireflies" | 3:41 | ||||||||
4. | "What Time?" | 7:52 | ||||||||
Total length:
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18:48 |
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Denmark (i/ˈdɛnmɑːrk/; Danish: Danmark [ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊]), officially the Kingdom of Denmark is a country in Northern Europe. The southernmost of the Nordic countries, it is southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark is part of Scandinavia, together with Sweden and Norway. It is a sovereign state that comprises Denmark and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper has an area of 42,924 square kilometres (16,573 sq mi), and a population of 5,707,251 in January 2016. The country consists of a peninsula – Jutland – and an archipelago of 443 named islands, of which around 70 are inhabited. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate.
Coordinates: 56°27′32″N 9°37′57″E / 56.45889°N 9.63250°E
Ø is a piece of land in the valley of the Nørreå in the eastern part of Jutland, Denmark. Its name means island (ø in the Danish language) and probably comes from the island-like approach to this piece of land, although it is completely landlocked and surrounded by meadows.
Ø is famous among lexicographers for the extreme brevity of its name: the single letter Øand for the people there.
Danmark (English: Denmark) is an islet located near Sandvika in the Municipality of Bærum, Norway.
Whilst the original meaning is not exactly verified, the name of the islet reflects Norwegians' (friendly) joking with the relatively small geographical size of Denmark proper. Alike Denmark, this islet is flat, small, and located oversea south of Bærum. The name predates 1814, when the personal union known as Denmark–Norway was dissolved. In a sale of land in the 1780s, it was mentioned that the sale included 'a little island called Denmark' (Danish: en lille ø kaldet Danmark).