Designer (album) explained

Designer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Aldous Harding
Cover:	Aldous Harding Designer.jpg
Studio:	Rockfield Studios (Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales)
Length:	40:32
Label:	4AD
Producer:	John Parish
Prev Title:	Party
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	Warm Chris
Next Year:	2022

Designer is the third studio album by the New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, released on 26 April 2019 by 4AD.^[1] The song "The Barrel" won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award.^[2]

Accolades

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Accolade	Rank
Billboard	Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
Exclaim!	Top 29 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
Gorilla vs. Bear	Top 20 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
Paste	Top 25 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
Rolling Stone	Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)

Personnel

• Aldous Harding – vocals, acoustic and classical guitar
• John Parish – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, mixing
• H. Hawkline – bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, vocal percussion, design, layout
• Gwion Llewelyn – drums, vocals
• Stephen Black – tenor, baritone and alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Clare Mactaggart – violin
• Jared Samuel – celesta on "Damn"

Charts

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Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	53

External links

• • Aldous Harding performs live with six album songs and interview, Morning Becomes Eclectic, 9 May 2019, KCRW

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aldous Harding : New Album 'Designer' Details, Plus Incredible 'The Barrel' Video Out Now. 4AD. 19 February 2019. 19 February 2019.
2. News: Aldous Harding takes top gong at 2019 Silver Scroll Awards . 2 October 2019 . Stuff . 2019-10-18.
3. Web site: Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. 5 May 2019. 26 June 2019.