Sinner Get Ready Explained

Sinner Get Ready
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lingua Ignota
Cover:	Sinner Get Ready.png
Studio:	Machines with Magnets (Pawtucket)
Genre:	Avant-garde Appalachian music classical
Length:	55:53
Label:	Sargent House
Chronology:	Kristin Hayter
Prev Title:	Caligula
Prev Year:	2019
Next Title:	Saved!
Next Year:	2023

Sinner Get Ready (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American musician Kristin Hayter, and her last under her alias Lingua Ignota. Created in collaboration with producer and engineer Seth Manchester,^[1] it is the follow-up to Hayter's 2019 album Caligula. It was released on Sargent House on August 6, 2021,^{[2] [3]} and was met with widespread acclaim from music critics.

Critical reception

Sinner Get Ready received widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 83, based on ten reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 8.0 out of 10 score, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Music critic and YouTuber Anthony Fantano gave the album a rare perfect score.^[4]

Accolades

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List	Rank
Beats Per Minute	Top 50 Albums of 2021
Crack	The Top 50 Albums of the Year
Decibel	Top 40 Albums of 2021
Exclaim!	50 Best Albums of 2021
Junkee	The Best Albums of 2021
Kerrang!	The 50 best albums of 2021
Our Culture	The 50 Best Albums of 2021
Paste	The 50 Best Albums of 2021
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2021
PopMatters	The 75 Best Albums of 2021
Rough Trade UK	Albums of the Year 2021
Slant Magazine	The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Track listing

Notes

• All tracks are stylized in all caps. For example, "The Order of Spiritual Virgins" is stylized as "THE ORDER OF SPIRITUAL VIRGINS".
• "The Sacred Linament of Judgment" features audio from televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's "I have sinned" speech.

Personnel

Musicians

• Kristin Hayter – vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 1, 4, 6–9), bowed banjo (1, 6), cello (1, 2, 5), organ (2), bells (2, 3, 6), bowed psaltery (3), mountain dulcimer (3), banjo (5), prepared piano (5, 8)
• Seth Manchester – prepared piano (1, 2, 8); oscillators, extended banjo (1); percussion (2, 4, 5), shruti box (3, 6); guitar, Moog (3); banjo (5), Moog Grandmother (8)
• Ryan Seaton – clarinets (1, 4, 8, 9), saxophones (1, 4, 5, 7–9), melodicas (1–3, 5, 8), castanets (1–3, 8), Tibetan cymbals (1–3), woodwind mouthpieces (1–5, 7, 9); wooden drum with animal skin and single snare, frame drums (1, 4); vocals, Doepfer MS-404, wooden shakers, singing bowl (1); bells (2), cowbell (2, 3), wooden flute (4, 5, 9); pennywhistle, Korg Wavestation (4, 8, 9); trumpet VST, harmonica (4, 9); Moog Voyager (5, 8, 9), saxophone neck (5, 9); mandolins, cello VST (7, 9); FM8 soft synth, Juno 106, Roland TB-303, Wurlitzer, tambourine, electric guitars (8); Eisenberg Vier soft synth (9)
• J. Mamana – banjo (8)

Technical

• Kristin Hayter – production, additional recording
• Seth Manchester – production, mixing, recording
• Ryan Seaton – additional production, additional recording, instrumental arrangements
• Chris Gehringer – mastering

Artwork

• Kristin Hayter – album photography (shooting, editing)
• Alexis Marshall – album photography assistance
• Ashley Rose Couture – mask
• Chimere Noire – layout design

Charts

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Peak position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[5]	36
US Top Current Albums (Billboard)^[6]	21

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6 August 2021. Sinner Get Ready – Lingua Ignota. 16 August 2021. Rough Trade.
2. Web site: Gomez . Jade . Lingua Ignota Announces New Album SINNER GET READY, Shares New Single . . 13 August 2021.
3. Web site: Bloom . Madison . Lingua Ignota Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch . . 13 August 2021.
4. News: Robinson. Caleb. 2021-08-21. The Significance of an Anthony Fantano 10/10. en-US. Record Roundtable. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120055210/https://www.recordroundtable.com/featured-articles/the-significance-of-an-anthony-fantano-10/10-review. 2022-01-20.
5. Web site: Lingua Ignota Chart History (Top Current Album Sales). Billboard. August 19, 2021.
6. Web site: Lingua Ignota Chart History (Top Current Album Sales). Billboard. August 19, 2021.