| Sweet Disarray | ||||
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| Released | 10 March 2014 | |||
| Length | 38:18 | |||
| Label | Deram | |||
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Sweet Disarray is the debut studio album by British recording artist Dan Croll. It was released on 10 March 2014 by Deram Records in the United Kingdom.
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Composition
The closing track, "Home", is a sweet, jangly folk-pop tune that was inspired by Croll's days as a broke student, coming home after an ill-advised and ill-prepared-for winter weekend getaway to Berlin.[1]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 59/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Clash | 6/10[4] |
| Consequence of Sound | D+[5] |
| DIY | [6] |
| Filter | 82%[7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| The Irish Times | [9] |
| The Independent | [10] |
| The Independent on Sunday | [11] |
| Under the Radar |   [12] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a rated mean out of 100 from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 59, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[2] Writing for AllMusic, Timothy Monger gave the album four out of five stars, calling Sweet Disarray a "colorful and immaculately produced debut album" which "proves [that] Croll has both a forward-looking experimentalism and pretty solid songwriting chops to boot. In spite of the extremely high expectations, he has managed a pretty neat debut that will please fans who have been waiting since his early singles".[3] In her review for The Guardian, Caroline Sullivan compared Croll to American singer-songwriter Jack Johnson and declared Sweet Disarray "a pretty good album" that "conflates lilting Scousepop and electronica into a warm nether-genre, with added sleek choruses that sound equally right on 6Music and Radio 1.[8] Filter magazine journalist Laura Studarus called Sweet Disarray "a rare debut, as well crafted as it is likeable". She praised its "sound that suggests Paul McCartney with a taste for Afro-pop, rock, electronics and the occasional grand-sweeping, Paul Simon–style folk gesture."[7]
DIY author Emma Swann felt that "despite [its] variety, not once does the record feel disjointed, or out of place. It’s a skill, but Croll’s soothing vocals, as well as he and his team’s spot-on engineering of the whole lot means it can slide from that soaring single to Croll’s inner Justin Timberlake via steel guitars and ukulele without missing a beat. It’s pleasantly pristine stuff from the still relative newcomer".[6] Joe Rivers, writing for Clash magazine, found that Sweet Disarray was "patchy" and that it "would be an unremarkable singer-songwriter album were it not for Croll's welcome smatterings of electronica, soul and, most intriguingly, Afrobeat throughout.[4] In his The Independent review, Andy Gill wrote that Croll's "ambitious arrangements need more disarray, and less sweetness".[10] Similarly, Kate Wills from sister newspaper The Independent on Sunday concluded that Sweet Disarray "won’t frighten the horses, but it might encourage you to buy an overpriced T-shirt. Job’s a good ’un."[11] Less impressed, Randall Colburn from Consequence of Sound felt that the album "reads more like a college thesis designed to satiate a panel of professors than it does an original document". He added that it "sounds like a who’s who of Spotify buzz bands, a time-stamped memo alerting music executives to the mainstream’s idea of indie rock [...] Croll remains a mystery, a patchwork of influences content to blend in, not to stand out."[5]
Commercial performance
Sweet Disarray debuted and peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart in the week of 16 March 2014.[13] In the United States, it reached number 12 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[14]
Track listing
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sweet Disarray.[15]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "From Nowhere" |
|
| 3:17 |
| 2. | "Thinkin Aboutchu" |
|
| 2:59 |
| 3. | "Wanna Know" |
| 2:35 | |
| 4. | "In/Out" |
|
| 3:14 |
| 5. | "Compliment Your Soul" |
|
| 3:02 |
| 6. | "Only Ghost" |
|
| 3:00 |
| 7. | "Can You Hear Me" |
|
| 3:31 |
| 8. | "Sweet Disarray" |
|
| 3:25 |
| 9. | "Maway" |
|
| 3:14 |
| 10. | "Must Be Leaving" |
|
| 3:00 |
| 11. | "Always Like This" |
|
| 3:12 |
| 12. | "Home" |
|
| 3:49 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Nobody Knows (Edit)" (featuring The Very Best) |
|
| 3:26 |
| 14. | "Nobody Knows" (featuring The Very Best) |
|
| 3:41 |
| 15. | "If You Want Me (Edit)" |
| Lehne | 3:36 |
| 16. | "If You Want Me" |
| Lehne | 4:13 |
| 17. | "Hello My Baby" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo) |
|
| 4:29 |
| 18. | "Maway" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo) |
|
| 2:36 |
| 19. | "Home" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo) |
|
| 3:52 |
| 20. | "Cinnamon" |
| Wills | 2:59 |
| 21. | "Ever At Your Side" | Croll | Wills | 3:12 |
| 22. | "Eyes Together" | Croll | Wills | 2:56 |
| Total length: | 73:07 | |||
Charts
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 26 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] | 12 |
References
- ^ "It's Good To Gather Moss: A Young Artist On Missing 'Home'". NPR.corg. 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ^ a b "Sweet Disarray Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ^ a b Monger, Timothy. "Sweet Disarray - Dan Croll". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ^ a b Rivers, Joe (14 March 2014). "Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray". Clash. Music Republic Ltd. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ a b Colburn, Randall (2014-04-04). "Album Review: Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ^ a b Swann, Emma. "Dan Croll - Sweet Disarray". Thisisfakediy.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ^ a b Studarus, Laura (2014-03-12). "Album Review". Filtermagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ^ a b Sullivan, Caroline (6 March 2014). "Dan Croll: Sweet Disarray review – Sleek, vibrant Scousepop". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Dan Croll: Sweet Disarray". The Irish Times. March 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015
- ^ a b Gill, Andy (9 March 2014). "Album reviews: Metronomy, Dan Croll, Joan As Police Woman, Micah P. Hinson, Christine Tobin, Dean Wareham". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26.
- ^ a b "Album reviews: Elbow, Mo, Dan Croll, Ann Peebles, Arve Henriksen". The Independent on Sunday. 2014-03-09. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ Hamilton, Billy (31 March 2014). "Dan Croll: Sweet Disarray (Capitol) Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Dan Croll Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ Sweet Disarray (Media notes). Dan Croll. Deram Records. 2014.
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External links
- DanCroll.com — official site
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