Woodland Echoes | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 4 August 2017 [1] | |||
Genre | Rock, pop, alternative, indie | |||
Length | 42:04 | |||
Label | Gladsome Hawk | |||
Producer | Nick Heyward, Phillip Taylor, Ian Shaw, Oliver Heyward | |||
Nick Heyward chronology | ||||
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Woodland Echoes is the ninth solo album by English singer-songwriter Nick Heyward. It was released on 4 August 2017 on Gladsome Hawk Records. He has described it as accidentally biographical and influenced by "love, nature, togetherness, ‘70s’ pop, America, open spaces and afternoon tea". [2]
The first single is a double A-side with the songs 'Baby Blue Sky' and 'Mountaintop' and was released on 30 June 2017. [1] The video for 'Baby Blue Sky' was exclusively premiered by Music-News.com on 18 July 2017. [3]
The second single, 'Perfect Sunday Sun', was premiered by Billboard on 31 October 2017. [4] Heyward describes the song as "my interpretation of indecision, idealism and havering – a kind of trilogy, like Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours film series". [5] "It starts off in Richmond, goes to Bedford Falls in It's A Wonderful Life, to San Francisco to Hitchcock". [4]
'The Stars', described by Mojo magazine as a top 10 single and the best track on the album, [6] was announced as the third single in conjunction with Record Store Day UK on 6 March 2018. [7] It will be available on 10" vinyl with an exclusive b-side, 'Everyone & Everything'. [8]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100 [9] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Classic Pop | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mojo | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Observer | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PopMatters | 9/10 [13] |
Record Collector | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sunday Express | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uncut | 8/10 [16] |
Rated at 82 in Metacritic's Best Albums of 2017, [9] it's described as a "tonic for life" [13] and "an aural injection of Vitamin D." [11] The album's pastoral sound [16] and unmistakable Englishness [6] has garnered comparisons to Lennon and McCartney, [14] Paul Weller [11] and Teenage Fanclub. [16]
All tracks are written by Nick Heyward
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Love Is the Key by the Sea" | Nick Heyward, Phillip Taylor, Oliver Heyward | 4:22 |
2. | "Mountaintop" | Ian Shaw, N Heyward | 3:28 |
3. | "The Stars" | N Heyward, Taylor, O Heyward | 3:45 |
4. | "Beautiful Morning" | Taylor, N Heyward | 4:28 |
5. | "Who?" | Taylor, N Heyward | 3:10 |
6. | "Forest of Love" | Taylor, N Heyward | 3:15 |
7. | "Baby Blue Sky" | Shaw, N Heyward | 3:11 |
8. | "I Can See Her" | Shaw, N Heyward | 3:09 |
9. | "Perfect Sunday Sun" | Shaw, N Heyward | 3:17 |
10. | "New Beginning" | O Heyward | 3:30 |
11. | "I Got a Lot" | Shaw, N Heyward, O Heyward | 3:31 |
12. | "For Always" | Shaw, N Heyward | 2:57 |
Total length: | 42:04 |
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums ( OCC) [17] | 73 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [18] | 89 |
UK Independent Albums ( OCC) [19] | 4 |
UK Vinyl Albums ( OCC) [20] | 32 |
Woodland Echoes | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 4 August 2017 [1] | |||
Genre | Rock, pop, alternative, indie | |||
Length | 42:04 | |||
Label | Gladsome Hawk | |||
Producer | Nick Heyward, Phillip Taylor, Ian Shaw, Oliver Heyward | |||
Nick Heyward chronology | ||||
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Woodland Echoes is the ninth solo album by English singer-songwriter Nick Heyward. It was released on 4 August 2017 on Gladsome Hawk Records. He has described it as accidentally biographical and influenced by "love, nature, togetherness, ‘70s’ pop, America, open spaces and afternoon tea". [2]
The first single is a double A-side with the songs 'Baby Blue Sky' and 'Mountaintop' and was released on 30 June 2017. [1] The video for 'Baby Blue Sky' was exclusively premiered by Music-News.com on 18 July 2017. [3]
The second single, 'Perfect Sunday Sun', was premiered by Billboard on 31 October 2017. [4] Heyward describes the song as "my interpretation of indecision, idealism and havering – a kind of trilogy, like Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours film series". [5] "It starts off in Richmond, goes to Bedford Falls in It's A Wonderful Life, to San Francisco to Hitchcock". [4]
'The Stars', described by Mojo magazine as a top 10 single and the best track on the album, [6] was announced as the third single in conjunction with Record Store Day UK on 6 March 2018. [7] It will be available on 10" vinyl with an exclusive b-side, 'Everyone & Everything'. [8]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100 [9] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Classic Pop | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mojo | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Observer | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PopMatters | 9/10 [13] |
Record Collector | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sunday Express | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uncut | 8/10 [16] |
Rated at 82 in Metacritic's Best Albums of 2017, [9] it's described as a "tonic for life" [13] and "an aural injection of Vitamin D." [11] The album's pastoral sound [16] and unmistakable Englishness [6] has garnered comparisons to Lennon and McCartney, [14] Paul Weller [11] and Teenage Fanclub. [16]
All tracks are written by Nick Heyward
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Love Is the Key by the Sea" | Nick Heyward, Phillip Taylor, Oliver Heyward | 4:22 |
2. | "Mountaintop" | Ian Shaw, N Heyward | 3:28 |
3. | "The Stars" | N Heyward, Taylor, O Heyward | 3:45 |
4. | "Beautiful Morning" | Taylor, N Heyward | 4:28 |
5. | "Who?" | Taylor, N Heyward | 3:10 |
6. | "Forest of Love" | Taylor, N Heyward | 3:15 |
7. | "Baby Blue Sky" | Shaw, N Heyward | 3:11 |
8. | "I Can See Her" | Shaw, N Heyward | 3:09 |
9. | "Perfect Sunday Sun" | Shaw, N Heyward | 3:17 |
10. | "New Beginning" | O Heyward | 3:30 |
11. | "I Got a Lot" | Shaw, N Heyward, O Heyward | 3:31 |
12. | "For Always" | Shaw, N Heyward | 2:57 |
Total length: | 42:04 |
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums ( OCC) [17] | 73 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [18] | 89 |
UK Independent Albums ( OCC) [19] | 4 |
UK Vinyl Albums ( OCC) [20] | 32 |