Take Her Up to Monto explained

Take Her Up to Monto
Type:studio
Artist:Róisín Murphy
Cover:Roisin Murphy - Take Her Up to Monto.png
Recorded:2014–2016
Studio:
  • The Damp Squid and RMS, London
  • Fish Factory, London
Genre:
Label:Play It Again Sam
Producer:Eddie Stevens
Prev Title:Hairless Toys
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:Róisín Machine
Next Year:2020

Take Her Up to Monto is the fourth solo studio album by Irish singer Róisín Murphy. It was released on 8 July 2016 by Play It Again Sam. The album was co-produced with longtime collaborator Eddie Stevens during the same five-week session period that resulted in Murphy's previous album, Hairless Toys (2015).

Background

Take Her Up to Monto was recorded during the same sessions as Murphy's 2015 album Hairless Toys, and included producer and longtime collaborator Eddie Stevens.[2] [3] [4] The title is derived from an Irish folk song of the same name, popularised by The Dubliners in the 1960s, which Murphy's father sang to her as a child.[5] Monto is the nickname of Dublin's old red-light district.[6]

The album's release was preceded by two tracks, "Mastermind" and "Ten Miles High", as well as Murphy's self-directed video for the latter, which was filmed in London.[3] Comparing the album with its predecessor, Murphy stated that "the visual language has changed. Less reference, a more aggressively modern aesthetic. It's about the London that I live in, it's a lot about architecture, it's about building and the future coming, its about here! It's a bit fizzier and more present tense, irreverent, with guerilla filming, montage and crazy shit. I hope it's a realism that makes you feel good about being alive."[6]

Critical reception

Take Her Up to Monto received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 21 reviews. Mixmag described the album as "another reminder of why [Murphy] has more charm, chutzpah and ideas than most of her peers put together," calling it "a complex and endlessly enjoyable record." Now described it as "an album of extremes, following its own wandering logic," suggesting "it feels as though she wants to see how much she can reduce her theatrical pop image into something small and seemingly impermanent." In Exclaim!, Anna Alger wrote "Her songs on this record often feel like symphonies, with multiple movements evolving throughout a five-to-seven-minute period."[7]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Take Her Up to Monto.[8]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 73
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[10] 39
Greek Albums (IFPI)[11] 63

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reseña: Róisín Murphy. IndieSpace. 15 July 2016. 19 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160719235459/http://indiespace.com.mx/resena-roisin-murphy-take-her-up-to-monto/. live.
  2. Web site: Monroe. Jazz. Róisín Murphy Announces New Album Take Her Up To Monto, Shares "Mastermind". Pitchfork. 19 April 2016 . 29 June 2016. 24 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624123526/http://pitchfork.com/news/64910-roisin-murphy-announces-new-album-take-her-up-to-monto-shares-mastermind-listen/. live.
  3. Web site: Ediriwira. Amar. Róisín Murphy exhibits a twisted London in new video 'Ten Miles High'. The Vinyl Factory. 17 May 2016. 5 July 2019. 5 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190705042942/https://thevinylfactory.com/films/roisin-murphy-ten-miles-high-music-video/. live.
  4. Web site: Lobenfeld. Claire. Róisín Murphy announces Take Her Up to Monto, shares track 'Mastermind'. Fact. 19 April 2016 . 29 June 2016. 10 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810130111/http://www.factmag.com/2016/04/19/roisin-murphy-mastermind/. live.
  5. Album Bio: Róisín Murphy – Take Her Up to Monto [Play It Again Sam/PIAS] (Out Friday, 8 July 2016)]. Mushroom Promotions. 29 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820104216/http://mushroompromotions.com/bios/album-bio-roisin-murphy-take-her-up-to-monto-play-it-again-sampias-out-friday-8-july-2016/. 20 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Róisín Murphy Takes Her Up To Monto on new album. RTÉ. 19 April 2016 . 19 July 2016. 17 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817075858/http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/0419/782883-roisin-murphy-takes-em-up-to-monto-on-new-album/. live.
  7. Web site: Alger . Anna . Róisín Murphy – Take Her Up to Monto . . 6 July 2016 . 5 August 2016 . 10 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160710074311/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_is_n_murphy-take_her_up_to_monto . live .
  8. Take Her Up to Monto . liner notes . . . 2016 . PIASR875CDX.
  9. Web site: Chart Watch #377. auspOp. 16 July 2016. 16 July 2016. 4 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804174028/https://www.auspop.com.au/2016/07/chart-watch-377/. live.
  10. Web site: Top Stranih – Tjedan 40. 2016. . Top Foreign – Week 40 of 2016 . Croatian . . 22 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170909192000/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=1701 . 9 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Week: 38/2016) . . 3 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010080756/http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html . live . 10 October 2016.

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