A Joyful Noise (Gossip album) explained

A Joyful Noise
Type:studio
Artist:Gossip
Cover:Gossip - A Joyful Noise.png
Studio:
  • KBC (Portland, Oregon)
  • Xenomania (Kent, England)
Label:Columbia
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A Joyful Noise is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Gossip, released on May 11, 2012, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Xenomania founder Brian Higgins.

Critical reception

A Joyful Noise received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 60, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[1] Andy Gill of The Independent gave the album four out of five stars, writing that "the involvement of Brian Higgins on A Joyful Noise enables the group to break new ground with confidence".[2] The Guardians Caroline Sullivan gave the album three out of five stars and stated that "it's Girls Aloud producer Higgins to the rescue, with a sound influenced by Abba and Madonna. Having said that, Gossip—especially Beth Ditto, in waspishly fine voice here—seem very much at home with it."[3] However, Priya Elan of NME felt that "[g]ood moments are squandered by unsatisfying choruses and/or weak lyrics."[4] The Independent on Sundays Simon Price expressed that after a few years of career, Ditto "already feels like a footnote", adding that the band pairing up with Higgins "should be a stroke of genius, but Higgins has caught Ditto & co at a point where they appear to have disastrously lost their fire."[5]

Commercial performance

A Joyful Noise debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in its first week.[6] In Europe, the album debuted at number 47 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 2,822 copies,[7] while reaching number one in Switzerland, number two in Germany, number three in France, number four in Austria and number eight in Belgium.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Joyful Noise.[8]

Gossip

Additional musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[9] 10
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[10] 87
Greek Albums (IFPI)[11] 39

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)! scope="col"
Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 92
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 62
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 42

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatEditionLabel
GermanyMay 11, 2012StandardSony[18] [19]
IrelandColumbia[20] [21]
FranceMay 14, 2012Sony[22] [23] [24]
United KingdomColumbia[25] [26] [27]
AustraliaMay 18, 2012Sony[28] [29]
United StatesMay 22, 2012Columbia[30] [31]
JapanJune 13, 2012CDSony[32]
GermanyNovember 2, 2012Extended[33]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Critic Reviews for A Joyful Noise . . May 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: Gill . Andy . Album: Gossip, A Joyful Noise (Columbia) . . May 12, 2012 . May 30, 2012.
  3. Web site: Sullivan . Caroline . Gossip: A Joyful Noise – review . . May 10, 2012 . June 16, 2014.
  4. Web site: Priya . Elan . Gossip – 'A Joyful Noise' . . May 15, 2012 . May 30, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103172729/http://www.nme.com/reviews/gossip/13140 . November 3, 2012.
  5. Web site: Price . Simon . Album: Gossip, A Joyful Noise (Columbia) . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515011811/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-gossip-a-joyful-noise-columbia-7742269.html . 2012-05-15 . limited . live . The Independent on Sunday . May 13, 2012 . May 30, 2012.
  6. Caulfield . Keith . Chart Moves: Kimbra Debuts in Top 20 on Billboard 200, McCartney's 'Ram' Returns . . June 1, 2012 . June 1, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014103044/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1095059/chart-moves-kimbra-debuts-in-top-20-on-billboard-200-mccartneys-ram . October 14, 2013.
  7. Web site: Jones . Alan . Official Charts Analysis: UK suffers lowest album sales week since 1996 . . May 21, 2012 . June 1, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120723062133/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-uk-suffers-lowest-album-sales-week-since-1996/048945 . July 23, 2012.
  8. A Joyful Noise . liner notes . . . 2012 . 88691982652.
  9. Web site: Ranking Semanal Pop . Spanish . . May 20, 2012 . April 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110035036/http://adminlic.capif.org.ar/sis_resultados_rankings_web.aspx . November 10, 2011. Note: Define search parameters as "Ranking Semanal Pop" and "20/05/2012".
  10. Web site: Albums : Top 100 . https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html . usurped . December 26, 2004 . . May 23, 2012 . June 1, 2012 .
  11. Web site: Top-75 Albums Sales Chart – Εβδομάδα 20/2012 . el . . June 1, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606041439/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm . June 6, 2012.
  12. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2012 . austriancharts.at . de . August 1, 2015.
  13. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2012 – Albums . nl . . December 23, 2012.
  14. Web site: Rapports annuels 2012 – Albums . fr . Ultratop . December 23, 2012.
  15. Web site: Top Albums annuel (physique + téléchargement + streaming) – 2012 . fr . . December 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180817214319/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-album-megafusion-annuel/?ye=2012 . August 17, 2018.
  16. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2012 . de . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . August 1, 2015.
  17. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2012 . hitparade.ch . de . April 1, 2022.
  18. Web site: Gossip – A Joyful Noise – Extended Edition . de . . December 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130117052951/http://www.sonymusic.de/Gossip/A-Joyful-Noise-Extended-Edition/P/2654475 . January 17, 2013.
  19. Web site: A Joyful Noise: Gossip: MP3-Downloads . Amazon . de . Germany . June 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305132125/http://www.amazon.de/A-Joyful-Noise-Gossip/dp/B007XUK21C . March 5, 2016.
  20. Web site: A Joyful Noise – Gossip (CD) . . August 1, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801212914/http://www.hmv.ie/A-joyful-noise-Gossip/movies-games-entertainment/pd/67471 . August 1, 2015.
  21. Web site: A Joyful Noise by Gossip . 7digital . Ireland . June 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130708112909/http://ie.7digital.com/artist/gossip/release/a-joyful-noise . July 8, 2013.
  22. Web site: A joyful noise – Gossip – CD album . fr . . June 16, 2014.
  23. Web site: A joyful noise – Gossip – Vinyle album . fr . Fnac . December 4, 2017.
  24. Web site: A Joyful Noise: Gossip: Téléchargements MP3 . Amazon . fr . France . June 16, 2014.
  25. Web site: A Joyful Noise [CD]

    Gossip ]

    . Amazon . United Kingdom . December 4, 2017.
  26. Web site: A Joyful Noise [Vinyl]

    Gossip ]

    . Amazon . United Kingdom . December 4, 2017.
  27. Web site: A Joyful Noise: Gossip: MP3 Downloads . Amazon . United Kingdom . June 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322171540/http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Joyful-Noise-Gossip/dp/B007XQ3XR6 . March 22, 2016.
  28. Web site: A Joyful Noise . . June 16, 2014.
  29. Web site: A Joyful Noise by Gossip . . June 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801213159/https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/gossip/release/a-joyful-noise . August 1, 2015.
  30. Web site: A Joyful Noise: Gossip . Amazon . United States . December 4, 2017.
  31. Web site: A Joyful Noise: Gossip: MP3 Downloads . Amazon . United States . June 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320223152/http://www.amazon.com/A-Joyful-Noise-Gossip/dp/B0083HBAMO . March 20, 2016.
  32. Web site: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/thegossip/discography/SICP-3492 . ja:ア・ジョイフル・ノイズ . A Joyful Noise . ja . . June 16, 2014.
  33. Web site: A Joyful Noise – Extended Edition: Gossip: MP3-Downloads . Amazon . de . Germany . December 4, 2017.

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