Look Long | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 22, 2020 | |||
Recorded | January 2019 [1] | |||
Studio | Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom [2] | |||
Length | 41:43 | |||
Label | Rounder | |||
Producer | John Reynolds | |||
Indigo Girls chronology | ||||
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Look Long is the fifteenth studio album by American folk rock duo Indigo Girls. The album was originally due to be released on April 24, 2020, [3] but was delayed until May 22, 2020. [4] The album has had a positive reception from critics.
The Indigo Girls recorded the album with previous collaborator John Reynolds. [5] The album was preceded by the single "Shit Kickin'" on February 28, 2020 and the announcement of a promotional tour. [3] Tour dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States but the duo performed a series of weekly [6] live-streamed concerts online to raise money for charity as well as promote this release. [1] These events were accompanied by a question and answer session and audience requests for performances. [7] They also performed at a virtual festival of musicians raising money for the United Nations Foundation on Mother's Day, 2020. [6]
Writing for the Associated Press, Pablo Gorondi writes that Look Long is a "a passionate and tuneful collection on which the combined voices of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers sound as instinctive and magical as ever". [2] The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide gave the release 3.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine remarking has several "jolt[s] of color or stylistic experimentation" and that "the album's heart lies within the musical departures". [8] In the Santa Cruz Sentinel, John Malkin notes the variety of themes in the songwriting: "politics and culture including realms like gun violence in America, gender identity, the paradox of love and loss and good ‘old southern living". [6] In No Depression, Carina Liptak also highlighted the diversity of themes as a strength for the album in addition to the tension between the two vocalists' styles. [9]
Indigo Girls
Additional personnel
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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UK Americana Albums ( OCC) [10] | 7 |
UK Independent Albums ( OCC) [11] | 43 |
US Billboard 200 [12] | 159 |
US Folk Albums ( Billboard) [13] | 2 |
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [14] | 21 |
Look Long | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 22, 2020 | |||
Recorded | January 2019 [1] | |||
Studio | Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom [2] | |||
Length | 41:43 | |||
Label | Rounder | |||
Producer | John Reynolds | |||
Indigo Girls chronology | ||||
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Look Long is the fifteenth studio album by American folk rock duo Indigo Girls. The album was originally due to be released on April 24, 2020, [3] but was delayed until May 22, 2020. [4] The album has had a positive reception from critics.
The Indigo Girls recorded the album with previous collaborator John Reynolds. [5] The album was preceded by the single "Shit Kickin'" on February 28, 2020 and the announcement of a promotional tour. [3] Tour dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States but the duo performed a series of weekly [6] live-streamed concerts online to raise money for charity as well as promote this release. [1] These events were accompanied by a question and answer session and audience requests for performances. [7] They also performed at a virtual festival of musicians raising money for the United Nations Foundation on Mother's Day, 2020. [6]
Writing for the Associated Press, Pablo Gorondi writes that Look Long is a "a passionate and tuneful collection on which the combined voices of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers sound as instinctive and magical as ever". [2] The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide gave the release 3.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine remarking has several "jolt[s] of color or stylistic experimentation" and that "the album's heart lies within the musical departures". [8] In the Santa Cruz Sentinel, John Malkin notes the variety of themes in the songwriting: "politics and culture including realms like gun violence in America, gender identity, the paradox of love and loss and good ‘old southern living". [6] In No Depression, Carina Liptak also highlighted the diversity of themes as a strength for the album in addition to the tension between the two vocalists' styles. [9]
Indigo Girls
Additional personnel
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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UK Americana Albums ( OCC) [10] | 7 |
UK Independent Albums ( OCC) [11] | 43 |
US Billboard 200 [12] | 159 |
US Folk Albums ( Billboard) [13] | 2 |
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [14] | 21 |