Damned Devotion

Damned Devotion is the fifth regular studio album by American musician Joan As Police Woman, released on February 9, 2018 by PIAS Recordings.[7]

Damned Devotion
Studio album by
Joan As Police Woman
ReleasedFebruary 9, 2018 (2018-02-09)
Length43:06
LabelPIAS
Producer
Joan As Police Woman chronology
Let It Be You
(2016)		 Damned Devotion
(2018)		 Cover Two
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound7/10[3]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[4]
MusicOMH[5]
The Observer[6]

Release

On November 2, 2017, Wasser announced the release of her new album, along with the single "Warning Bell".[7]

Critical reception

Damned Devotion was met with "universal acclaim" 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 81 based on 11 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joan Wasser

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Wonderful"3:33
2."Warning Bell"3:16
3."Tell Me"3:37
4."Steed (For Jean Genet)"4:07
5."Damned Devotion"3:12
6."The Silence"4:42
Side B
No.TitleLength
7."Valid Jagger"3:27
8."Rely On"2:42
9."What Was It Like"4:11
10."Talk About It Later"2:35
11."Silly Me"3:38
12."I Don't Mind"4:06
Total length:43:06

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Damned Devotion liner notes.[9]

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 84
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 47
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 57

References
  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  2. Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  3. Johnson, Eugenie (February 9, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  4. Hyland, Abigail (February 8, 2018). "Joan As Police Woman's Damned Devotion is a brilliant self help tome". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  5. White, Chris (February 9, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  6. Mackay, Emily (February 4, 2018). "Joan As Police Woman: Damned Devotion review – edgily lascivious". The Observer. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  7. Hannah, Andrew (November 2, 2017). "Joan As Police Woman announces new album with the stately, swaying "Warning Bell"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  8. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  9. Damned Devotion (CD booklet). Joan As Police Woman. PIAS Recordings. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. "Austriancharts.at – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
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