Further (Richard Hawley album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Further
| type = studio
| artist = Richard Hawley
| cover = Richard Hawley - Further.png
| alt =
| released = 31 May 2019
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 35:50
| label = BMG Rights Management
| producer =
- Collin Elliot
- Shez Sheridan
| prev_title = Hollow Meadows
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = In This City They Call You Love
| next_year = 2024
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Further
| type = studio
| single1 = Off My Mind
| single1date = 6 March 2019
| single2 = My Little Treasures
| single2date = 12 April 2019
| single3 = Alone
| single3date = 19 April 2019
}}
}}
Further is the ninth studio album by English singer-songwriter Richard Hawley. It was released on 31 May 2019 by BMG Rights Management.{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Robin |title=Richard Hawley Returns With New Album 'Further' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/richard-hawley-returns-with-new-album-further |website=Clash |accessdate=4 June 2019 |date=6 March 2019}} The album is the first by Hawley not to be named after a location or landmark in his local city of Sheffield.{{cite news |last=Sweeney |first=Eamon |title=Richard Hawley: Further review – Another fine record |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/richard-hawley-further-review-another-fine-record-1.3898424 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=24 May 2019 |accessdate=4 June 2019}}{{cite news |first=Emily |last=Mackay |title=Richard Hawley: Further review – all swagger and croon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/02/richard-hawley-further-review |newspaper=The Observer |date=2 June 2019 |accessdate=7 June 2019}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 81/100{{cite web |title=Further by Richard Hawley |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/further/richard-hawley |website=Metacritic |accessdate=8 June 2019}}
| rev1 = The Guardian
| rev2 = Mojo
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Richard Hawley – Further |magazine=Mojo |page=90 |date=July 2019}}
| rev3 = Q
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}
| rev4 = Record Collector
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |first=Inky |last=Tuscadero |title=Richard Hawley – Further |magazine=Record Collector |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/further |issue=493 |date=June 2019 |accessdate=7 June 2019}}
| rev5 = Uncut
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Richard Hawley – Further |magazine=Uncut |page=29 |date=July 2019}}
}}
Reviews of Further were generally positive. Guy Oddy of The Arts Desk described the record as "Roy Orbison fronting Phil Spector's famous Wall of Sound", and stated that "while Richard Hawley has little to say about the stuff that causes a stir in the media, there is plenty about the things that everyone comes across while drifting into middle age and realising that youthful vitality is no longer powering life – and that’s pretty universal".{{cite web |first=Guy |last=Oddy |title=CD: Richard Hawley – Further |url=https://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-richard-hawley-further |website=The Arts Desk |date=27 May 2019 |accessdate=7 June 2019}} The Guardian{{'}}s Dave Simpson observed that Hawley "seems to forever find unexpected new themes to inspire him" and that "Hawley certainly isn't tearing up the blueprint, but within the boundaries of his domain, nobody does it better".{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Simpson |title=Richard Hawley: Further review – mellow fellow keeps it rocking |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/31/richard-hawley-further-review |newspaper=The Guardian |date=31 May 2019 |accessdate=7 June 2019}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Further track listing
| all_writing = Richard Hawley; "Not Lonely" co-written by Mark Sheridan
| title1 = Off My Mind
| length1 = 2:41
| title2 = Alone
| length2 = 2:48
| title3 = My Little Treasures
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = Further
| length4 = 3:35
| title5 = Emilina Says
| length5 = 3:03
| title6 = Is There a Pill?
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = Galley Girl
| length7 = 3:05
| title8 = Not Lonely
| length8 = 3:04
| title9 = Time Is
| length9 = 4:01
| title10 = Midnight Train
| length10 = 3:37
| title11 = Doors
| length11 = 2:58
| total_length = 35:50
}}
Charts
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|+Chart performance for Further ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Flanders|20|artist=Richard Hawley|album=Further|rowheader=true|access-date=14 June 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|126|artist=Richard Hawley|album=Further|rowheader=true|access-date=14 June 2019}} |
| {{album chart|France|103|artist=Richard Hawley|album=Further|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland2|18|artist=Richard Hawley|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20190607|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|38|artist=Richard Hawley|album=Further|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|3|date=20190607|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2019}} |