Crushing (album)

2019 studio album by Julia Jacklin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Crushing (album)

Crushing is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. It was released in February 2019 under Polyvinyl Record Co., Transgressive Records and Liberation Records.

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Crushing
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Released22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
Length39:24
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ProducerBurke Reid
Julia Jacklin chronology
Don't Let the Kids Win
(2016)
Crushing
(2019)
Pre Pleasure
(2022)
Singles from Crushing
  1. "Body"
    Released: 3 October 2018[1]
  2. "Head Alone"
    Released: 8 November 2018[2]
  3. "Pressure to Party"
    Released: 24 January 2019[3]
  4. "Comfort"
    Released: 14 February 2019[4]
  5. "Don't Know How To Keep Loving You"
    Released: October 2019[5]
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the album was nominated for six awards; Best Female Artist, Best Adult Contemporary Album, Best Independent Release, Producer of the Year, Engineer of the Year and Best Cover Art.[6] At the AIR Awards of 2020, the album won Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP.[7]

Critical reception

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Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[8]
Metacritic85/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Chicago Tribune[11]
The Daily Telegraph[12]
The Independent[13]
Mojo[14]
NME[15]
The Observer[16]
Pitchfork7.7/10[17]
Q[18]
Rolling Stone[19]
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At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 85, based on 24 reviews.[9] Helen Brown of The Independent gave the album a perfect score, calling it "Grunge-rinsed, feminist-flipped, upcycled Fifties guitar an' all: Crushing is a triumph".[13] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph praised the album, giving it a perfect score and saying, "As a body of work, Crushing feels small, intimate and inward. But these are big songs, full of big ideas, from a big talent."[12] Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone described it as a "subdued yet arresting LP that blends sweet indie-pop with folk introspection and delicate piano balladry, as Jacklin offers up concise self-realizations without fuss or fanfare."[19] Adriane Pontecorvo of PopMatters gave the album a positive review, saying, "Life, love, heartbreak: none of it is particularly novel as musical material, but on Crushing, Julia Jacklin lets us learn from her experiences with her heart on her sleeve. There is a valuable perspective here, and truly moving music."[20]

In a year-end essay for Slate, Ann Powers cited Crushing as one of her favorite albums from 2019 and proof that the format is not dead but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis". She added that concept albums had reemerged through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives of artists such as Jacklin, who "redefined the edges of intimacy within the singer-songwriter mode on Crushing, which considers how women set boundaries and constantly face the violation of them, not just in love but in every aspect of their lives".[21]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Body"5:07
2."Head Alone"2:58
3."Pressure to Party"3:02
4."Don't Know How to Keep Loving You"5:32
5."When the Family Flies In"4:00
6."Convention"3:16
7."Good Guy"4:11
8."You Were Right"2:22
9."Turn Me Down"5:49
10."Comfort"3:07
Total length:39:24
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All tracks are written by Julia Jacklin

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[22]

  • Julia Jacklin – vocals, guitar
  • Georgia Mulligan – backing vocals (2, 5)
  • Blain Cunneen – guitar
  • Dominic Rizzo – piano, assistant engineer
  • Clayton Allen – drums
  • Harry Fuller – bass guitar
  • Burke Reid – production, mixing, engineering
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Nick Mckk – photography
  • Mel Baxter – layout

Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23]8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24]156
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25]22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26]29
UK Albums (OCC)[27]67
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