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| language = English
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| label = [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]]
| label = [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]]
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| producer = Madeleine Peyroux
| prev_title = [[Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: Best of Madeleine Peyroux]]
| prev_title = [[Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: Best of Madeleine Peyroux]]
| prev_year = 2014
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Editors at ''[[AnyDecentMusic?]]'' rated this album a 7.2 out of 10, aggregating six scores.<ref name="adm" /> {{MCalbum|Secular Hymns|positive|79|six}}<ref name="mc" />
Editors at ''[[AnyDecentMusic?]]'' rated this album a 7.2 out of 10, aggregating six scores.<ref name="adm" /> {{MCalbum|Secular Hymns|positive|79|six}}<ref name="mc" />


Editors at [[AllMusic]] rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Matt Collar writing that this album "finds the vocalist/guitarist delivering a stripped-down, largely acoustic set of warm, eclectic cover tunes... that's a 180-degree turn from her previous effort, 2013's ambitious homage to Ray Charles, ''The Blue Room''.<ref name="amg" />
Editors at [[AllMusic]] rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Matt Collar writing that this album "finds the vocalist/guitarist delivering a stripped-down, largely acoustic set of warm, eclectic cover tunes... that's a 180-degree turn from her previous effort, 2013's ambitious homage to Ray Charles, ''The Blue Room''.<ref name="amg" /> At ''[[The Arts Desk]]'', Mark Kidel rated this album 3 out of 5 stars and characterized Peyroux as a "sultry cabaret chanteuse with shades of late-night jazz and the endemic melancholy of the blues" but complains that "this is blues lite, too clean for comfort".<ref name="tad" />


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#"Got You on My Mind" (Howard Biggs and Joe "Cornbread" Thomas)&nbsp;–4:30
#"Got You on My Mind" (Howard Biggs and Joe "Cornbread" Thomas)&nbsp;– 4:30
#"Tango Till They’re Sore" ([[Tom Waits|Thomas Alan Waits]])&nbsp;–3:24
#"Tango Till They’re Sore" ([[Tom Waits|Thomas Alan Waits]])&nbsp;– 3:24
#"The Highway Kind" ([[Townes Van Zandt]])&nbsp;–2:47
#"The Highway Kind" ([[Townes Van Zandt]])&nbsp;– 2:47
#"Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)" ([[Allen Toussaint]])&nbsp;–3:16
#"Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)" ([[Allen Toussaint]])&nbsp;– 3:16
#"If the Sea Was Whiskey" ([[Leonard Caston]] and [[Willie Dixon]])&nbsp;–3:07
#"If the Sea Was Whiskey" ([[Leonard Caston]] and [[Willie Dixon]])&nbsp;– 3:07
#"Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster)&nbsp;–4:17
#"Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster)&nbsp;– 4:17
#"Hello Babe" (Lil Green and Kansas Joe McCoy)&nbsp;–3:11
#"Hello Babe" (Lil Green and Kansas Joe McCoy)&nbsp;– 3:11
#"More Time" (Linton Kwesi Johnson)&nbsp;–3:23
#"More Time" (Linton Kwesi Johnson)&nbsp;– 3:23
#"Shout Sister Shout" (Bill Doggett, Lucky Millinder, and [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]])&nbsp;–2:42
#"Shout Sister Shout" (Bill Doggett, Lucky Millinder, and [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]])&nbsp;– 2:42
#"Trampin’" (traditional)&nbsp;–3:01
#"Trampin’" (traditional)&nbsp;– 3:01


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
'''Additional musicians'''
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*[[Madeleine Peyroux]]&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, vocals, [[music arrangement|arrangement]] on "Trampin'", [[record producer|production]], [[liner notes]]
Barak Mori
*Jon Herington&nbsp;– electric guitar, vocals, arrangement on "Hard Times Come Again No More"
Bass (Upright), Vocals
*Barak Mori&nbsp;– [[upright bass]], vocals
Cynthia Herbst
Session Coordinator
Daniel Herst
Session Assistant
Doug Dawson
Audio Engineer
Farida Bachir
Session Coordinator
Francesca Burton
Session Assistant
Fred Gillham
Session Coordinator
Joe Jones
Assistant Engineer
Jon Herington
Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Madeleine Peyroux
Arranger, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
Mary Maurer
Design
Michael Lau Robles
Design
Shervin Lainez
Photography
Staurt Bruce
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
Yves Beauvais
Sequencing


'''Technical personnel'''
Mixed At – Bruce Audio, Bradford On Avon, UK
*Cynthia Herbst&nbsp;– session coordination
Mastered At – Bruce Audio, Bradford On Avon, UK
*Daniel Herst&nbsp;– session assistance
Designed At – 2310 Design
*Doug Dawson&nbsp;– audio engineering
A&R – Jean-Philippe Allard
*Farida Bachir&nbsp;– session coordination
Compiled By [Album Sequence] – Yves Beauvais
*Francesca Burton&nbsp;– session assistance
Coordinator [Session Assistant] – Daniel Herbst, Francesca Burton
*Fred Gillham&nbsp;– session coordination
Coordinator [Session] – Cynthia Herbst*, Farida Bachir, Fred Gillham
*Joe Jones&nbsp;– assistant engineering
Design – Mary Maurer, Michael Lau-Robles
*Mary Maurer&nbsp;– design at 2310 Design
Double Bass [Upright Bass], Vocals – Barak Mori
*Michael Lau Robles&nbsp;– design at 2310 Design
Electric Guitar, Vocals – John Herington*
*Shervin Lainez&nbsp;– photography
Engineer [Assistant Recording Engineer] – Joe Jones (5)
*Staurt Bruce&nbsp;– [[audio engineering]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], [[audio mastering]] at Bruce Audio, Bradford On Avon, England, United&nbsp;Kingdom
Engineer [Live Audio Engineer] – Doug Dawson
*Yves Beauvais&nbsp;– sequencing
Mixed By, Mastered By, Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Stuart Bruce
Photography By – Shervin Lainez
Producer, Liner Notes – Madeleine Peyroux
Video Editor [Video Stills] – Off TV
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitalele [Guilele] – Madeleine Peyroux

6 Hard Times Come Again No More
Arranged By – Jon Herington
10 Trampin'
Arranged By – Madeleine Peyroux
-->


==See also==
==See also==
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<ref name="mc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/secular-hymns/madeleine-peyroux |title=Secular Hymns by Madeleine Peyroux Reviews and Tracks&nbsp;– Metacritic |language=en-US |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom, Inc.]] |accessdate=2024-04-02 |date=n.d.}}</ref>
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<ref name="tad">{{Cite web |language=en-GB |website=[[The Arts Desk]] |department=Reviews, News, & Interviews |accessdate=2024-04-02 |date=2016-09-14 |url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-madeleine-peyroux-secular-hymns |title=CD: Madeleine Peyroux&nbsp;– Secular Hymns |first=Mark |last=Kidel}}</ref>
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Revision as of 00:03, 3 April 2024

Secular Hymns
A photo with Peyroux seated behind a window
Studio album by
Madeleine Peyroux
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)
RecordedJanuary 12–13, 2016
StudioParish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Great Milton, England, UK
GenreVocal jazz
Length33:31
LanguageEnglish
LabelImpulse!
ProducerMadeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux chronology
Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: Best of Madeleine Peyroux
(2014) 		Secular Hymns
(2016) 		Anthem
(2018)

Secular Hymns is a 2014 studio album by American vocal jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It has received positive reviews by critics.

Reception

Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.2 out of 10, aggregating six scores.[1] According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Secular Hymns received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 from six critic scores.[2]

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Matt Collar writing that this album "finds the vocalist/guitarist delivering a stripped-down, largely acoustic set of warm, eclectic cover tunes... that's a 180-degree turn from her previous effort, 2013's ambitious homage to Ray Charles, The Blue Room.[3] At The Arts Desk, Mark Kidel rated this album 3 out of 5 stars and characterized Peyroux as a "sultry cabaret chanteuse with shades of late-night jazz and the endemic melancholy of the blues" but complains that "this is blues lite, too clean for comfort".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Got You on My Mind" (Howard Biggs and Joe "Cornbread" Thomas) – 4:30
  2. "Tango Till They’re Sore" (Thomas Alan Waits) – 3:24
  3. "The Highway Kind" (Townes Van Zandt) – 2:47
  4. "Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:16
  5. "If the Sea Was Whiskey" (Leonard Caston and Willie Dixon) – 3:07
  6. "Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster) – 4:17
  7. "Hello Babe" (Lil Green and Kansas Joe McCoy) – 3:11
  8. "More Time" (Linton Kwesi Johnson) – 3:23
  9. "Shout Sister Shout" (Bill Doggett, Lucky Millinder, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe) – 2:42
  10. "Trampin’" (traditional) – 3:01

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

  • Cynthia Herbst – session coordination
  • Daniel Herst – session assistance
  • Doug Dawson – audio engineering
  • Farida Bachir – session coordination
  • Francesca Burton – session assistance
  • Fred Gillham – session coordination
  • Joe Jones – assistant engineering
  • Mary Maurer – design at 2310 Design
  • Michael Lau Robles – design at 2310 Design
  • Shervin Lainez – photography
  • Staurt Bruce – audio engineering, mixing, audio mastering at Bruce Audio, Bradford On Avon, England, United Kingdom
  • Yves Beauvais – sequencing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Secular Hymns by Madeleine Peyroux reviews | AnyDecentMusic". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Secular Hymns by Madeleine Peyroux Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Collar, Matt (n.d.). "Secular Hymns – Madeleine Peyroux". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Kidel, Mark (September 14, 2016). "CD: Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns". Reviews, News, & Interviews. The Arts Desk. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
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