Man About Town (album) explained

Man About Town
Type:studio
Artist:Mayer Hawthorne
Cover:Mayer Hawthorne Man About Town.jpg
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Man About Town is the fourth studio album by American singer Mayer Hawthorne. It was released on April 8, 2016, by BMG Rights Management and Vagrant Records.

Singles

The album's lead single, "Cosmic Love", was released on January 14, 2016,[1] its music video was released on February 11, 2016.[2]

Critical reception

Man About Town was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on eight reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Mark Deming of AllMusic said, "Man About Town doesn't boast much in the way of radical steps forward. But it confirms the man is still very good at what he does". Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe said, "Highlights album come when the songs stretch beyond Hawthorne's solo comfort zone".[3] Mackenzie Herd of Exclaim! said, "There is an invigorating energy that shines through the lyrics and tempo of this album, so although lyrics about the finer things of California living aren't necessarily profound or entirely relatable, on Man About Town, Hawthorne's buoyant optimism for beginning anew in 2016 is utterly contagious".

Colin McGuire of PopMatters said, "Like it or not, there aren't many people who can pull off what Mayer Hawthorne does best these days as well as Mayer Hawthorne does it. It fills a very real void in an increasingly crowded and grossly jaded pop music world. It is, in essence, important work". Charles Waring of Record Collector said, "Containing 10 songs and with a running time of 30 minutes, it's tantalisingly brief but never short of quality". Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian said, "For the most part, he remains in relatively banal lyrical territory on this fourth album, but what he's able to do with some aplomb is capture the majestic effortlessness of the Motown sound".

Personnel

Credits for Man About Town adapted from AllMusic.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Listen to Mayer Hawthorne's "Cosmic Love". Pitchfork. Monroe. Jazz. January 14, 2016. May 18, 2019. April 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412003227/https://pitchfork.com/news/62914-listen-to-mayer-hawthornes-cosmic-love/. live.
  2. Web site: Watch Mayer Hawthorne Play Detective in Smooth 'Cosmic Love' Video. Rolling Stone. Legaspi. Althea. February 11, 2016. January 28, 2021. September 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920115849/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-mayer-hawthorne-play-detective-in-smooth-cosmic-love-video-166160/. live.
  3. Web site: Capobianco. Ken. Album review: Mayer Hawthorne, 'Man About Town'. The Boston Globe. April 7, 2016. April 16, 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410075026/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/04/06/album-review-mayer-hawthorne-man-about-town/T84RCw70fiJqOn2xUDJOaM/story.html. April 10, 2016.
  4. Man About Town. Vagrant Records. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160520134746/http://www.allmusic.com/album/man-about-town-mw0002915057/credits. May 20, 2016.
  5. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/493962/products/1172249/1/. ja:マン・アバウト・タウン メイヤー・ホーソーン. Man About Town Mayer Hawthorne. Oricon. ja. July 10, 2021.

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