| Widdershins | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Grant-Lee Phillips |
| Cover: | Widdershins (album).jpg |
| Studio: | Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| Length: | 41:18 |
| Label: | Yep Roc |
| Producer: | Grant-Lee Phillips |
| Prev Title: | The Narrows |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
Widdershins is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips. It was released on February 23, 2018 under Yep Roc Records.[1]
The album was recorded over a four-day period at the Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] It was mixed by Tucker Martine and engineered by Mike Stankiewicz.[2]
Widdershins was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 8 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 5 reviews.
Mark Deming of AllMusic said the album "is full of joy and purpose, and Phillips has married them to a great set of hooky tunes with a folk-rock slant. He hasn't entirely abandoned the moody undertow that's always been a part of his music, but the unspoken message behind these songs is that this is not a time to brood, and Phillips has rarely sounded quite this lively and direct." Chris Roberts from Classic Rock said: "Whether it’s sideways social comment blazing with guitars, or poignant self-reflection with undulating melodies, this showcases his soulful, vulnerable voice, which never fails to catch every colour in a song. Locating the sweet spot where spontaneity and polish meet, Widdershins swings in all the right directions."
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