| Only Sparrows | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Josh Pyke |
| Cover: | Only_Sparrows_by_Josh_Pyke.png |
| Released: | 19 August 2011[1] |
| Genre: | Alternative, folk, contemporary |
| Length: | 53:30 |
| Label: | Ivy League Records |
| Producer: | Wayne Connolly |
| Prev Title: | Chimney's Afire |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | The Beginning and the End of Everything |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
Only Sparrows is the third studio album by Australian musician, Josh Pyke. It was released on the 19 of August 2011 by Ivy League Records and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, the album was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album.[2]
Jon O'Brien from AllMusic said "Inspired by a soul-searching trip to New York, Sydney singer/songwriter Josh Pyke abandons his usual one-man band style of recording and for the first time, relinquishes some control to additional musicians... it's an approach which has resulted in a more expansive sound". O'Brien said "Opener 'Clovis Son' is a gorgeous fusion of gently strummed acoustics, twinkling glockenspiels, and dreamy West Coast harmonies which shows that his ability to tug at the heartstrings hasn't deserted him during his three-year solo absence, a quality also perfectly showcased on 'Punch in the Heart', a somber, stripped-back ballad featuring the ethereal vocals of Little Birdy's Katy Steele, while the melancholic 'Particles' begins with a brooding alt-rock hook before merging with an array of clattering rhythms and skittering synths on a surprisingly convincing attempt at folktronica."