| Things Take Time, Take Time | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Courtney Barnett |
| Cover: | Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time.png |
| Recorded: | 2020–2021 |
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| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 33:58 |
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| Chronology: | Courtney Barnett |
| Prev Title: | Tell Me How You Really Feel |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | End of the Day |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
Things Take Time, Take Time is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett. It was released on 12 November 2021 by Milk! Records, Mom + Pop Music and Marathon Artists.
At the AIR Awards of 2022, the album was nominated for Independent Album of the Year and won Best Independent Rock Album or EP.[1] [2]
At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the album earned Barnett a nomination for Best Solo Artist and was nominated for Best Independent Release and Best Produced Album.[3]
The album was recorded in Melbourne and Sydney from late 2020 to early 2021 with producer/drummer Stella Mozgawa.[4] The Vinyl Factory called the album "a finely-woven collage of snapshots" and said it "dives into Barnett's own psyche to explore love, renewal, healing and self-discovering".[5] The first single, "Rae Street", was released on 7 July 2021; the music video follows the residents of a suburban street, all of whom are played by Barnett.[6] Later that day, Barnett released the 13-second non-album song "All Eyes on the Pavement" under the pseudonym Oliver Paul, the name of the protagonist of her 2015 song "Elevator Operator".[7] The song was also released through a record label called A Crabby Mettle Neutron, an anagram of Barnett's full name.
The second single, "Before You Gotta Go", was released on 11 August; its music video was released on 13 September.[8] The third single, "Write a List of Things to Look Forward to", was released with a music video on 29 September.[9] "If I Don't Hear from You Tonight" was released on 9 November 2021, as the album's fourth single alongside 2022 Australian tour announcement.[10]
At Metacritic, Things Take Time, Take Time holds a score of 79/100, indicating generally favourable reviews. El Hunt from NME said "Partly as a consequence of being written and recorded during the pandemic Things Take Time, Take Time is sparer than Barnett's previous records, pairing jangly, lackadaisical indie-rock with scatterings of drum machine; programmed in collaboration with Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa. Though it lacks the more immediate bite of Barnett's previous work, its softness gives it a more tender focus."
| List | Rank | |||
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| Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2021 |
"Write A List of Things To Look Forward To" was included on Barack Obama's list of his favorite songs of 2021.
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[11]
Musicians
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| Peak position | |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] | 18 |
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