"Julia Holter: 'I feel bombarbed by the loudness of gossip, "Julia Holter – Loud City Song – Reviews", "Reviews for Loud City Song by Julia Holter", "Album Review: Julia Holter – Loud City Song", "Julia Holter – Loud City Song (album review 3)", "Ultratop.be – Julia Holter – Loud City Song", "Dutchcharts.nl – Julia Holter – Loud City Song", "Norwegiancharts.com – Julia Holter – Loud City Song", "Swisscharts.com – Julia Holter – Loud City Song", "Julia Holter Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loud_City_Song&oldid=982135822, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Album chart usages for BillboardHeatseekers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 11:02. Instead of discarding the song, Holter used the concepts behind it as inspiration for creating her next album. [4], The album marked the first time that Holter employed session musicians to record many of instruments heard on the album. On International Women’s Day last year, shesaid.so, the community of women and gender minorities in the music industry, female-focused NGO She Is The Music, and Universal Production Music, the sync and licensing arm of Universal Media Group, came together to launch ‘100% Her’. The album was preceded by the singles "World" and "In the Green Wild". "[23] Harriet Gibsone of The Guardian stated, "Barbara Lewis's soul classic "Hello Stranger" gets a chillout makeover, which doesn't quite work; but any faults are obliterated by the album's closer, "City Appearing". Despite the song's innocent and catchy pop stylings, the tune is based on Gilder's experiences witnessing child prostitution. [8], Heather Phares of AllMusic stated, "Loud City Song is Holter's most polished work to date, and another example of how she upholds and redefines what it means to be an avant-garde singer/songwriter. Opening track and single, "World" follows a character journeying through a cityscape at night, while quietly observing its inhabitants. "[11] Rob Hakimian of Beats Per Minute said, "Loud City Song is a true achievement from Julia Holter.
"[4], Fourth track and second single, "In the Green Wild" shows Holter's character learning to cope with the stresses of living within the city. It was recorded by Holter while playing a game of tag with a friend, on a building where she lived in Echo Park. That is the question that Soulmate, the blues band from Shillong, continues to throw up with the release of their fourth album ‘Give Love’.
In an interview with The Quietus leading up to album's release, Holter stated that, "We live in a very loud world now. It was not his first No. "[22] Lindsay Zoladz of Pitchfork stated, "Though it draws upon the distant past, Julia Holter's made a timeless people-watching soundtrack: an acutely felt ode to the mysteries of a million passersby, all the stars of their own silent musicals. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher – in the guise of an innocent pop song.
Having previously produced records for Ariel Pink and Beck, Grief-Neill's experience working alongside musicians with a background in home recordings made him ideal for the role. Talking about the song with Interview, Holter stated that "it seems like there's always a celebrity culture. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. There is no shortage of producers flipping Bollywood-samples, though a good few of them treat the... Not a lot of mixes can leave a lump in your throat – less so, within a minute of them. I myself am not the child coming of age – I don't think! Loud City Song is the third studio album by American musician Julia Holter.
"[13] Laura Snapes of NME said, "This is wild music, a celestial cabaret that absorbs and unsettles.
It went to No. At Metacritic, the album has received an average score of 88, based on 30 reviews. Nary is there a hook on the album, but the richness and vividness that she brings to the songs musically and lyrically will hook you more effectively anyway. 1 both in Canada (October 14, 1978) and in the United States (October 28, 1978). "I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. She described it as a "journal of a person looking out into his/her city, thinking about how it relates to them and reflecting on the themes addressed later on in the record. to produce the album and bring in session musicians to flesh-out her arrangements. It was first recorded and made popular by the American duo Jan and Dean in 1963, and their single became the first surf song to become a national number-one hit.. [2][3][4] He won 2 Juno Awards in Canada and a People's Choice Award in the US. So it's very mysterious..."[6], The album concludes with its longest song, "City Appearing". Loud City Song may not be loud, but the echo it makes is unforgettable. [10] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? All songs written by Julia Holter, except where noted. "[21] Robin Smith of PopMatters stated, "It's an impressive record to listen to—the compositions are even more beautiful than Ekstasis, even though they're often more fragmented—but it's also a frightening depiction of what it feels like to have a whole population making you up in its head. And the song is called "I Remember It Well", but the joke is that they don't remember it very well. It looks like they're going to kill them... ...That's what "Horns Surrounding Me" is about. 1 both in Canada (October 14, 1978) and in the United States (October 28, 1978). Mac McCaughan of Superchunk and singer-songwriter Kelly Hogan performed a version of the song in August 2013 for The A.V. [6], List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1978 (U.S.), "The Number Ones: Nick Glider's "Hot Child in the City, "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada", "Mac McCaughan and Kelly Hogan cover Nick Gilder", Charts.nz – Nick Gilder – Hot Child in the City", "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 4, 1978", "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. Today it's way more extreme and in your face—that's why the record is called Loud City Song. The track "Maxim's I" had been written during the sessions but Holter felt the song didn't fit in with the themes of the album. And it's very easy to place a character in today's world who is disenchanted with it and running away, because loudness can be claustrophobic. "Hot Child in the City" is a song by English-Canadian musician Nick Gilder.
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