9 (Damien Rice album)

Damien Rice had originally intended to record only one album, O, but he ended up releasing 9 at the insistence of his record company. He later said in an interview: "Now I regret that, because I would take half the songs that are on 9 off. I just don't think it's as good a record as it could be".{{cite news|last=Tyaransen|first=Olaf|title=Cri de Coeur|newspaper=Hot Press Annual|date=December 2009|pages=26–31}}

"Elephant" was originally titled "The Blower's Daughter Part 2". "The Blower's Daughter" is a song on Rice's first album O.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 64/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/9/damien-rice |title=9 – Damien Rice |website=Metacritic. CBS Interactive |access-date=7 November 2014}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r930482|first=Marisa|last=Brown}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|author=Mat Snow |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/reviews/story/0,,1937833,00.html |title=CD: Damien Rice, 9 Crimes |work=The Guardian |date=3 November 2006 |access-date=2 September 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614070241/http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/reviews/story/0%2C%2C1937833%2C00.html |archive-date=14 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}

| rev3 = The Independent

| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news |url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1949042.ece |title=Ford Fiesta overtakes VW Golf as Europe's favorite drive – Motoring, Life & Style|work=The Independent |date=20 April 2010 |access-date=2 September 2011 |location=London |first=Andy |last=Gill }}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| rev4 = The New York Times{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/20/arts/music/20choi.html | work=The New York Times | title=New CDs | date=20 November 2006}}

| rev4Score = n/a

| rev5 = Okayplayer

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/nineteen_eighty_three1/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014021636/http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/nineteen_eighty_three1/ |date=14 October 2007 }}

| rev6 = Pitchfork Media

| rev6Score = (1.9/10)[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9641-9/ Damien Rice: 9 {{pipe}} Album Reviews {{pipe}} Pitchfork] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015175137/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9641-9/ |date=15 October 2013 }}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.eskimofriends.com/reviews.asp ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116135938/http://www.eskimofriends.com/reviews.asp |date=16 January 2010 }}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/damienrice/albums/album/12133036/review/12451297/9 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003010659/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/damienrice/albums/album/12133036/review/12451297/9 |date=3 October 2009 }}

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

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The album was released to mixed critical and fan reaction. NME gave the album 4/10, describing it as "IKEA rock". Hot Press wrote "If Rice really was a nervous wounded-wing, there's no way he'd skirt as close to Nick Drake comparisons as he does on 'The Animals Are Gone'", and, in a reference to the 'noise' preceding the first track, "there's another noise that can be made out faintly but distinctly – the sound of the Grays, LaMontagnes, Johnsons and the Blunts of this world breaking their pencil tips on their jotters in sheer envy and frustration."

Both Mojo and Q gave the album 4/5. The Sunday Times made it their 'Album of the Week'. It was People's Critic Choice in November 2006.

The album reached number 4 in the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com |title=UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts |publisher=everyHit.com |date=16 March 2000 |access-date=2 September 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023423/http://www.everyhit.com/| archive-date= 23 July 2011 | url-status= live}} In the US, it was on the Billboard 200 for 10 weeks, peaking on its debut at number 22.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Damien Rice

| title1 = 9 Crimes

| note1 = Contains the hidden track "9 Crimes (Demo)" in the pregap to the first CD track. It is a rough demo of "9 Crimes" with all vocals by Rice.

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = The Animals Were Gone

| length2 = 5:41

| title3 = Elephant

| length3 = 5:57

| title4 = Rootless Tree

| length4 = 4:22

| title5 = Dogs

| length5 = 4:11

| title6 = Coconut Skins

| length6 = 3:45

| title7 = Me, My Yoke + I

| length7 = 5:57

| title8 = Grey Room

| length8 = 5:43

| title9 = Accidental Babies

| length9 = 6:34

| title10 = Sleep Don't Weep

| note10 = The song ends with 16 minutes of wine glasses and a Tibetan singing bowl played by Rice.

| length10 = 21:54

| total_length = 70:27

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• Daisy – drawing, painting
• Shane Fitzsimons – bass, double bass
• Lisa Hannigan – backing vocals
• Vyvienne Long – cello
• Cora Venus Lunny – viola, violin
• Tom Osander – drums, glasses
• Damien Rice – clarinet, Fender Rhodes, guitar, percussion, piano, production, singing bowls, vocals, wurlitzer
• Joel Shearer – electric guitar

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• {{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/damien-rice/24400|title=Damien Rice reveals new album|date=20 September 2006|work=NME |location=UK |access-date=11 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701064720/http://www.nme.com/news/damien-rice/24400|archive-date=1 July 2013}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.damienrice.com/music/discography/cd/default.aspx?albumId=853f0938-36ea-4633-8283-5581fd0407d8|title=9|publisher=damienrice.com|access-date=11 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428200114/http://www.damienrice.com/music/discography/cd/default.aspx?albumId=853f0938-36ea-4633-8283-5581fd0407d8|archive-date=28 April 2012}}

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