For All My Sisters is the sixth studio album by English band The Cribs. It was released in Germany on 20 March 2015, in the UK on 23 March and in North America on 24 March. The Cribs announced the album title and track-listing on 19 January 2015, along with the teaser track "An Ivory Hand". The album was recorded in New York with producer Ric Ocasek - the last album he produced before his death in 2019. This is the first Cribs album to not be released by their longtime label Wichita Recordings, as the group signed a deal with Sony RED UK to release recordings under their own label, Sonic Blew.
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Released | 20 March 2015 | |||
Recorded | October 2014 | |||
Studio | Magic Shop, New York City | |||
Genre | Indie rock, punk, indie pop, power pop | |||
Label | Sonic Blew /Sony RED UK Arts & Crafts Hostess | |||
Producer | Ric Ocasek | |||
The Cribs chronology | ||||
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Singles from For All My Sisters | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[7] |
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The first single released from the album was "Burning For No One", on 23 March 2015.
The album entered the UK midweek album chart at number 7[11] eventually charting at number 9 when the UK Albums Chart was announced on Sunday 29 March 2015.[12] For All My Sisters is The Cribs' third top 10 album in a row.
Critical response
editThe album was broadly well received by critics upon release. Writing for the NME, Mark Beaumont called it "delirious, damaged indie-punk greatness." He applauded the band's "real sense of striving to make ‘For All My Sisters’ a one-album greatest hits," and gave it four stars out of five.[13] The Guardian praised the band's "gleefully ramshackle sound towards poppier parameters." They also awarded the record four stars.[14] The Line of Best Fit were perhaps most effusive of For All My Sisters calling it "the year’s most glorious pop album." They were fulsome in their praise of The Cribs calling them "the outstanding British band of the past decade or so." They awarded the album an 8.5/10.[15] Pitchfork were perhaps the only major music publication to be less than enthused by the album. They awarded it a score of 6.7 declaring it a "scruffy, buzzy and very hooky guitar album that doesn’t quite scan as "punk" or "indie.""[16]
Accolades
editPublication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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NME | NME'S Albums of the Year 2015 | 2015 | 45[17]
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Charts
editChart (2015) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart[12] | 9 |
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Finally Free" | 3:39 |
2. | "Different Angle" | 3:38 |
3. | "Burning For No One" | 3:14 |
4. | "Mr. Wrong" | 2:58 |
5. | "An Ivory Hand" | 3:56 |
6. | "Simple Story" | 3:21 |
7. | "City Storms" | 3:54 |
8. | "Pacific Time" | 4:25 |
9. | "Summer Of Chances" | 3:31 |
10. | "Diamond Girl" | 3:17 |
11. | "Spring On Broadway" | 3:50 |
12. | "Pink Snow" | 7:13 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "I See Your Pictures Every Day" | 3:08 |
14. | "Cowlily" | 4:32 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "I See Your Pictures Every Day" | 3:08 |
14. | "Cowlily" | 4:32 |
15. | "Orange Star Rattle" | 4:03 |
16. | "Wish I Knew You In the 90's" | 3:05 |
17. | "Regina, Don't Get Lost" | 4:10 |
Personnel
edit- Gary Jarman – vocals, bass, guitar
- Ryan Jarman – vocals, guitar
- Ross Jarman – drums, percussion
- Ric Ocasek – Record producer
- Sam Bell – co-Record producer
- Kabir Hermon – assistant engineer
- John O'Mahony – mixing engineer
- James Sandom – manager
- Ali Tant – product manager
- Pieter M. van Hattem – photographer
- Nick Scott – Art Direction
References
edit- ^ "For All My Sisters Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (5 March 2015). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Moore, Sam (17 March 2015). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Murphy, John (17 March 2015). "MusicOMH Review". musicOMH. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Mumford, Gwilym (20 March 2015). "The Guardian Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Cohen, Ian (25 March 2015). "Pitchfork Media Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ DIY Magazine, March 2015, Page 71 – review by Stephen Ackroyd
- ^ Goggins, Joe (17 March 2015). "The Line of Best Fit Review". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Zimmerman, Lee (25 March 2015). "PopMatters review". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "James Bay on course for Number 1 with debut album Chaos and the Calm". Official Charts.
- ^ a b "The Cribs, Laura Marling and Courtney Barnett score big in the charts". 29 March 2015.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (5 March 2015). "The Cribs – 'For All My Sisters'". NME. NME. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Mumford, Gwilym (20 March 2015). "The Cribs: For All My Sisters review – powerpop fun, but never too polished". Guardian. Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "The Cribs "For All My Sisters"". The Line of Best Fit. The Line of Best Fit. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "TFor All My Sisters". Pitchfork. Pitchfork. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Alt URL
- ^ "NME'S Albums of the Year 2015". NME. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "For All My Sisters (Deluxe) by the Cribs". 6 November 2015.
- ^ For All My Sisters (Deluxe Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092JRWCF1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_Z6YYF2K5ZZSA53VW4PG5