Английская Википедия:Benjamin Booker (album)
Benjamin Booker is the debut studio album by American musician Benjamin Booker. It was released on 9 August 2014 by ATO Records and Rough Trade Records.[1]
Recording and production
The album was recorded in December 2013 in engineer/producer Andrija Tokic's all-analog Bomb Shelter in East Nashville, Andrija Tokic who has produced recordings for Hurray for the Riff Raff and Alabama Shakes. The Bomb shelter was recommend to Booker as a place to record his album by Alynda Lee Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff and by Sam Doores of The Deslondes.[2] Booker chose The Bomb Shelter as the place to record his album, as he wanted to record the album in analog like he stated in an interview: "Шаблон:Cquote
Booker arrived for the recording of the album with his only band mate, Max Norton, from Tampa, FL. The recording of the album was done using a RCA overhead on Norton’s kit, a Neumann U 87 on kick, and a Shure 57 on snare. Booker’s vocal chain usually included a Neumann U 67 with an Altec tube preamp and a UA 175 compressor, recording was often done with other instruments such as Sennheiser 441, in rotation to the main instruments used. the main guitars used for recording were 60s hollow-body Super Lynx Deluxe Vox, and an ’80s Ibanez Matsumoku Roadster. After recording started Tokic started bring in bass players and keyboardists to "flesh out recordings".[3] The album was mixed on Tokic's MCI JH600 console.
Reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Upon its release Benjamin Booker's self-titled album Benjamin Booker received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[4]
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[5]
- John Baldwin – mastering
- Benjamin Booker – bass, composer, guitar, primary artist, vocals
- Jem Cohen – bass, vocals Шаблон:Small
- Eduardo Duquesne – bass, vocals Шаблон:Small
- Mitch Jones – organ
- Rob Jones – design
- Peter Keys – Fender Rhodes, organ
- Max Norton – drums, organ, mandolin, photography
- Andrija Tokic – engineer, mixing, producer
- Ben Trimble – bass, mellotron
Charts
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[6] | 187 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[7] | 59 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[8] | 80 |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 46 |
| US Alternative Albums[10] | 10 |
| US Rock Albums[11] | 15 |
| Tastemaker Albums[12] | 10 |
| Independent Albums[13] | 7 |
| Top Album Sales[14] | 46 |
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