Nostalgia (Annie Lennox album)

Nostalgia
Studio album by Annie Lennox
Released 30 September 2014 (2014-09-30) (Vinyl)
21 October 2014 (2014-10-21) (USA)
27 October 2014 (2014-10-27) (Worldwide)
Recorded October 2013 – mid-2014
Genre
Label Island
Producer
Annie Lennox chronology
A Christmas Cornucopia
(2010)		 Nostalgia
(2014)
Singles from Nostalgia
  1. "I Put a Spell on You"
    Released: 15 September 2014
  2. "Summertime"
    Released: 30 September 2014

Nostalgia is the sixth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released on 23 October 2014 by Island Records.[1] It is Lennox's first album in four years, and her third album of covers. The album consists of cover versions of compositions from the Great American Songbook; researched and learned by Lennox as she studied archival footage uploaded to YouTube.[2]

Nostalgia debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 32,000 copies, earning Lennox her third US top ten solo album, as well as her first-ever number-one album on both Billboard's Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts.[3] It has sold 139,000 copies in the US as of April 2015.[4] The album debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Lennox's fifth UK top ten solo album. Nostalgia peaked inside the top ten in Austria, Canada, Italy and Switzerland. The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 57th Grammy Awards.[5]

Background and release

On 15 August 2014, Lennox published a blog post on her official website announcing the upcoming release of Nostalgia. She stated that the album would initially be released on vinyl LP format[1] on 30 September 2014 as a three-week vinyl exclusive.[2]

Nostalgia was previewed to a small audience at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on 12 August 2014.[2]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The Boston Globepositive[8]
Chicago Tribune[9]
The Guardian[10]
Mojo[11]
New York Daily News[12]
PopMatters7/10[13]
Rolling Stone[14]

The album has met with generally favourable reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album has a score of 68 out of 100 based on 8 reviews.

Mojo gave the album a positive review, stating it was "Straight and true, without a trace of rear-view-mirror sentimentality." Mike Wass of Idolator wrote that Lennox "breathes new life into the much-covered gems with perhaps the best vocal performance of her long and varied career," noting the assistance given by the "haunting arrangements". He stated that it would be an understatement to call the album "a departure from Annie's usual oeuvre," and that Lennox "puts her own inimitable spin" on the tracks.[15] In a mixed review, The Guardian stated "Lennox can't hope to approach the anguish or disgust of Billie Holiday's original "Strange Fruit", so why even try, unless you're going to totally reinvent the song like the Cocteau Twins did? Lennox is at her best when she sounds most involved, and her beautiful takes on "Georgia on My Mind", "God Bless the Child" and "You Belong to Me" are full of poignancy and yearning."[10]

Promotion

Lennox has explained that she does not plan to tour as extensively as she did in support of her album Songs of Mass Destruction (2007). She told Billboard, "at this point in time, less is more for me. I'm more about quality than quantity, and I think this is quite a niche place to be."[2]

The single "I Put a Spell On You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2.[16] Lennox performed the song at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in 2015, and coupled with the inclusion of the track as the opening song of the hit film Fifty Shades of Grey pushed it into the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2015. It also entered the UK Singles Chart at 63 the same month.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Memphis in June"  
 2:47
2. "Georgia on My Mind"  
 3:55
3. "I Put a Spell on You"  Screamin' Jay Hawkins 3:32
4. "Summertime"  George Gershwin 5:12
5. "I Cover The Waterfront"  
 2:59
6. "Strange Fruit"  Abel Meeropol 3:46
7. "God Bless the Child"  
 3:03
8. "You Belong to Me"  
 3:22
9. "September in the Rain"  
 2:53
10. "I Can Dream, Can't I?"  
 2:56
11. "The Nearness of You"  
 2:32
12. "Mood Indigo"  
 5:34

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 16
Australian Jazz Albums (ARIA)[18] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 24
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[22] 9
Croatian Albums (HDU)[23] 16
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[24] 17
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[25] 13
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[26] 34
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 75
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 15
Greek Albums (IFPI)[29] 8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[30] 16
Italian Albums (FIMI)[31] 7
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32] 17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[33] 25
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[34] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[35] 7
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[36] 70
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[39] 9
US Billboard 200[40] 10
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[41] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Australian Jazz Albums (ARIA)[42] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[43] 71
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[44] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] Gold 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Edition Label Ref.
United States 30 September 2014 LP Standard Blue Note [46]
21 October 2014 CD + DVD Limited (Amazon exclusive) [47]
Digital download Standard [48]
Germany 24 October 2014
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 Universal [49][50][51]
CD + DVD Deluxe [52]
France 27 October 2014
  • CD
  • digital download
 Standard [53][54]
Digital download Deluxe [55]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 Standard Island [56][57][58]
  • CD + DVD
  • digital download
 Deluxe [59][60]
Australia 31 October 2014
  • CD
  • digital download
 Standard Universal [61][62]
Digital download Deluxe [63]

References

  1. 1 2 Lennox, Annie (15 August 2014). "New Album – Nostalgia – Coming Soon". annielennox.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hampp, Andrew (14 August 2014). "Exclusive: Annie Lennox Talks Return to Music With 'Nostalgia' Album, Reveals Cover, Track List & More". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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  5. ↑ "Grammys 2015: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Media. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nostalgia Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". metacritic.com. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014.
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  8. ↑ Reed, James (28 Oct 2014). "Music Review: Annie Lennox Nostalgia". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014.
  9. ↑ "Annie Lennox turns nostalgia trip into a dull ride" (Chicago Tribune)
  10. 1 2 The Guardian (Annie Lennox: Nostalgia review – poignant renditions of pre-rock standards)
  11. ↑ [Mojo Magazine (Nov 2014, p.92)
  12. ↑ Farber, Jim (21 October 2014). "CD reviews". NY Daily News. New York Daily News. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  13. ↑ Popmatters
  14. ↑ Hermes, Will (21 Oct 2014). ""Sweet Dreams" diva digs into standards, shows off that voice (Nostalgia review)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 Nov 2014.
  15. ↑ Wass, Mike (13 August 2014). "Annie Lennox Previews New Covers LP 'Nostalgia' At Hollywood Forever Cemetery In LA". Idolator. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Tony Blackburn picks the Tracks of My Years". BBC Radio 2. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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