Designer
Studio album by
Aldous Harding
Released26 April 2019 (2019-04-26)
StudioRockfield Studios (Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales)
Length40:32
Label4AD
ProducerJohn Parish
Aldous Harding chronology
Party
(2017)		 Designer
(2019)		 Warm Chris
(2022)
Singles from Designer
  1. "The Barrel"
    Released: 2019
  2. "Fixture Picture"
    Released: 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.2/10[1]
Metacritic88/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent[5]
Mojo[6]
NME[7]
The Observer[8]
Pitchfork8.0/10[9]
Q[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut8/10[12]

Designer is the third studio album by the New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, released on 26 April 2019 by 4AD.[13] The song "The Barrel" won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award.[14]

Accolades

Accolades for Designer
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Billboard Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year) —
Exclaim! Top 29 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
28
Gorilla vs. Bear Top 20 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
6
Paste Top 25 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
23
Rolling Stone Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year) —

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aldous Harding

Designer track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Fixture Picture"4:07
2."Designer"4:16
3."Zoo Eyes"5:17
4."Treasure"4:11
5."The Barrel"4:59
6."Damn"6:27
7."Weight of the Planets"4:43
8."Heaven Is Empty"3:19
9."Pilot"3:13
Total length:40:32

Personnel

  • Aldous Harding – vocals, acoustic and classical guitar
  • John Parish – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, mixing
  • H. Hawkline – bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, vocal percussion, design, layout
  • Gwion Llewelyn – drums, vocals
  • Stephen Black – tenor, baritone and alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Clare Mactaggart – violin
  • Jared Samuel – celesta on "Damn"

Charts

Chart performance for Designer
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 53
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 96
French Albums (SNEP)[24] 101
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 98
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 5
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[27] 27
Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 89
UK Albums (OCC)[30] 33
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[31] 3
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[32] 7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[33] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[34] 29

References

  1. ↑ "Designer by Aldous Harding reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Designer by Aldous Harding Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Designer – Aldous Harding". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (25 April 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer review – cryptic charm and shimmering psychedelic pop". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ↑ O'Connor, Roisin; Bray, Elisa (25 April 2019). "Album reviews: Aldous Harding, The Cranberries, Soak, and Catfish and the Bottlemen". The Independent. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Segal, Victoria (May 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer". Mojo. No. 306. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Trendell, Andrew (25 April 2019). "Aldous Harding – 'Designer' review". NME. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Empire, Kitty (28 April 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer review – a true original". The Observer. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Horn, Olivia (26 April 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer". Pitchfork. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  10. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (June 2019). "Immaculate Design". Q. No. 398. p. 117.
  11. ↑ Hermes, Will (25 April 2019). "Review: The Fetching Surrealism of Aldous Harding's 'Designer'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. ↑ Osmon, Erin (May 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer". Uncut. No. 264. p. 33.
  13. ↑ "Aldous Harding : New Album 'Designer' Details, Plus Incredible 'The Barrel' Video Out Now". 4AD. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  14. ↑ "Aldous Harding takes top gong at 2019 Silver Scroll Awards". Stuff. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Billboard. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  16. ↑ "Exclaim!'s Top 29 Albums of 2019 So Far". Exclaim!. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  17. ↑ "2019 - Top Albums of Mid-year 2019". Gorilla vs. Bear. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  18. ↑ "The 25 Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)". Paste. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  19. ↑ "50 Best Albums of 2019 So Far". Rolling Stone. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  20. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (5 May 2019). "Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  21. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Aldous Harding – Designer" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Aldous Harding – Designer" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Aldous Harding – Designer" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  25. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Aldous Harding – {{{album}}}" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  26. ↑ "Charts.nz – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  27. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  28. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  29. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  30. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  31. ↑ "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  32. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  33. ↑ "Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  34. ↑ "Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.