Regions of Light and Sound of God

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Consequence of Sound[3]
The Independent[4]
The Observer[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
Pitchfork7.8/10[8]
Paste Magazine8.3/10[9]
A.V. ClubC+[10]

Regions of Light and Sound of God is the debut solo album by My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, first released on February 5, 2013.

Title

The name of the album comes from Lynd Ward's 1929 wordless novel Gods' Man, which was given to James while he was considering recording a solo album.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)"5:17
2."Know Til Now"6:26
3."Dear One"3:10
4."A New Life"4:28
5."Exploding"2:00
6."Of the Mother Again"3:53
7."Actress"4:38
8."All Is Forgiven"4:56
9."God's Love to Deliver"3:36

Personnel

  • Jim James - Composer, Producer, Engineering, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Various Instruments
  • Jenice Heo - Art Direction
  • Gary Burden - Art Direction
  • Carl Broemel - Cover Photo
  • David Givan - Drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9
  • Emily Hagihara - Percussion
  • Rick Kwan - Mixing
  • Bob Ludwig - Mastering
  • Tucker Martine - Engineer
  • Adriana Molello - Strings
  • Scott Moore - Strings
  • Kevin Ratterman - Mixing assistant
  • Ben Sollee - Strings
  • Knaht Voy Yilom - Photography
  • "Of the Mother Again" contains a sample of "Fat Dog" by Dr. Dog

References

  1. ^ "Regions of Light and Sound of God". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Regions of Light and Sound of God". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  3. ^ Bray, Ryan (2013-02-05). "Album Review: Jim James – Regions of Light and Sound of God". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  4. ^ a b Gill, Andy (2013-02-01). "Album review: Jim James, Regions of Light and Sound of God". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  5. ^ Empire, Kitty (2013-02-03). "Jim James: Regions of Light and Sound of God – review". The Observer (The Guardian). Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  6. ^ David Fricke (2013-02-05). "Jim James, Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  7. ^ Scheinmann, Ted (2013-01-31). "Album review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  8. ^ Harvey, Eric (2013-02-04). "Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  9. ^ Wyeth, Wyndham (2013-02-05). "Album review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  10. ^ Zaleski, Annie (2013-02-05). "Review". A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
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