Mirrorwriting

Mirrorwriting
Studio album by Jamie Woon
Released	18 April 2011
Recorded	The Way, River Recording (London, England)
Genre	Electronica, trip hop, R&B, soul
Length	45:51
Label	Candent Songs, Polydor
Producer	Jamie Woon, Will Bevan, Royce Wood, Jr., Luke Buttery
Singles from Mirrorwriting
"Night Air" Released: 22 October 2010 "Lady Luck" Released: 21 February 2011

Mirrorwriting is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter 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

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC Music	(positive)[3]
The Daily Telegraph	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
The Independent	(favourable)[6]
Pitchfork Media	(8.0/10)[7]
musicOMH	[8]
The Observer	[9]
Virgin Music	(7/10)[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Night Air"	Jamie Woon, John O'Kane	Jamie Woon, Will Bevan	5:22
2.	"Street"	Woon, O'Kane	Jamie Woon, Will Bevan	3:10
3.	"Lady Luck"	Woon, Nemo Jones	Jamie Woon, Will Bevan, Royce Wood, Jr.	4:08
4.	"Shoulda"	Woon, O'Kane, Steven Camden	Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr.	3:49
5.	"Middle"	Woon, James Wood	Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr.	4:38
6.	"Spirits"	Woon, Brian Barry	Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr.	3:47
7.	"Echoes"	Woon, Camden	Jamie Woon	2:17
8.	"Spiral"	Woon	Jamie Woon, Luke Buttery	5:25
9.	"TMRW"	Woon, O'Kane	Jamie Woon, Royce Wood, Jr.	3:30
10.	"Secondbreath"	Woon	Jamie Woon	0:47
11.	"Gravity"	Woon	Jamie Woon	5:07
12.	"Waterfront"	Woon	Jamie Woon	3:51

iTunes bonus tracks[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Missing Person" (Recorded As Part of Flomotion in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House)	Woon	3:55
14.	"Spirits" (YouTube Version)	Woon, Barry	5:54

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[12]	9
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[12]	29
Danish Albums Chart[12]	17
Dutch Albums Chart[12]	38
Norwegian Albums Chart[12]	14
Swiss Albums Chart[12]	50
UK Albums Chart[13]	15

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[14]	55

References

1. "4th place for London producer Woon". BBC. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/ww8r
3. BBC - Music - Review of Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
4. Green, Thomas H (15 April 2011). "Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting, CD of the week". The Daily Telegraph (London).
5. Sheffield, Hazel (14 April 2011). "Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting - review". The Guardian (London).
6. Price, Simon (10 April 2011). "Album: Jamie Woon, Mirrorwriting (Polydor) - Reviews, Music - The Independent". The Independent (London).
7. Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting
8. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting | album reviews | musicOMH
9. Empire, Kitty (17 April 2011). "Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting – review". The Guardian (London).
10. Jamie Woon review - Mirrorwriting - Reviews - Music - Virgin.com
11. Mirrorwriting by Jamie Woon - Download Mirrorwriting on iTunes
12. "ultratop.be - Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting". Ultratop (in Dutch). ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
13. "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
14. "JAAROVERZICHTEN 2011" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2011-12-29.