| In This City They Call You Love | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Richard Hawley |
| Cover: | Richard Hawley - In This City They Call You Love.png |
| Alt: | Hawley walking through a lit-up tunnel past a hooded person underneath a building with a roof illuminated in blue |
| Length: | 42:06 |
| Label: | BMG Rights Management |
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| Prev Title: | Further |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
In This City They Call You Love is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter Richard Hawley, released on 31 May 2024 through BMG Rights Management. The album was preceded by the release of the singles "Two for His Heels", "Heavy Rain" and "Prism in Jeans".[1] It received positive reviews from critics.
In This City They Call You Love received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator based on four critics' reviews, which the website categorised as "universal acclaim". Mojo wrote that "Hawley continues to enchant" on the album, while Uncut felt that it "rests on his strengths. His balladeer's voice is a steadying comfort on 'Heavy Rain', adding subtle Orbison shivers on 'I'll Never Get Over You'. Duane Eddy-like twangs judder through murder ballad 'Two for His Heels', and a guitar solo scorches 'Deep Space'. The album's beating heart, though, is 'People', a supernal acoustic tribute to Sheffield".
John Murphy of MusicOMH described the album as "the usual mix of spine-tingling ballads and uproarious rockers. It seems a bit more wistful than his last couple of albums [...] with a return to the luxurious strings that saw Coles Corner become a timeless classic". Clashs Richard Bowes wrote that In This City They Call You Love "bristles with ideas" and called it "an album of universal themes and tones, and one of Richard Hawley's finest".
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| Peak position | |
| Croatian International Albums (HDU)[2] | 27 |
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