Beautiful Thing (Alexis Taylor album)

Beautiful Thing is the fourth studio album by British musician Alexis Taylor. It was released on 20 April 2018, under Domino Recording Company.[13]

Beautiful Thing
Studio album by
Alexis Taylor
Released20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)
Length47:45
LabelDomino
Producer
Alexis Taylor chronology
Listen With(out) Piano
(2017)		 Beautiful Thing
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.7/10[1]
Metacritic71/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Clash7/10[4]
DIY[5]
Dork[6]
Drowned in Sound6/10[7]
The Line of Best Fit7/10[8]
Loud and Quiet7/10[9]
MusicOMH[10]
NME[11]
Pitchfork6.8/10[12]

The album was produced by Tim Goldsworthy.[14]

Singles

On 22 March 2018, Alexis released the single "Oh Baby". It was produced by Joe Goddard, and features Alexis' Hot Chip band members.[15]

Alexis Taylor said of the single:

"[Oh Baby] is an exuberant love song, with a nod to the music I love by the likes of Alex Chilton and Paul McCartney. It was produced by Joe Goddard and features John Coxon on guitar and some Hot Chip bandmembers playing on it too. I wrote it in about the time it takes to listen to it, and the finished performance was recorded live in the studio.[16]

Critical reception

Beautiful Thing 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 71, based on 20 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 71 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 20 reviews.[17]

Track listing
Beautiful Thing track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Dreaming Another Life"5:22
2."Beautiful Thing"5:35
3."Deep Cut"3:25
4."Roll on Blank Tapes"5:04
5."Suspicious of Me"3:31
6."A Hit Song"5:24
7."Oh Baby"3:25
8."There's Nothing to Hide"6:16
9."I Feel You"4:26
10."Out of Time"5:17

Personnel

References
  1. "AnyDecentMusic Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. Winstanely, Luke (17 April 2018). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. Johnson, Eugenie. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. Steward, Ciarán (17 April 2018). "Dork Magazine Review". Dork. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. Duncan, Conrad (25 April 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  8. Wesley, Nathan (19 April 2018). "Beautiful Thing shows a gorgeous other side to Alexis Taylor". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. Vinti, Mike (18 April 2018). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  10. Ashton-Smith, Alan (16 April 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  11. Smith, Thomas (18 April 2018). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  12. Dorris, Jesse (20 April 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  13. Murray, Robin (20 February 2018). "Alexis Taylor Announces Solo Album 'Beautiful Thing'". Clash. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. "Alexis Taylor Announces New Album 'Beautiful Thing'". DIY. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  15. "Alexis Taylor Shares A New Video "Oh Baby"". DIY. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  16. "Alexis Taylor Shares New Song 'Oh Baby' from forthcoming album". Domino Recording Company. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  17. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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