Making Time (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Making Time
| type = studio
| artist = Jamie Woon
| cover = Jamie Woon - Making Time.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2015|11|06|df=yes}}
| recorded = Konk Studios, Hornsey; Ameraycan Studios, Hollywood; Osea Island Studio, Essex; The Black Lodge Studio, Leeds
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 41:08
| label = Polydor
| producer = Jamie Woon, Lexxx
| prev_title = Mirrorwriting
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Making Time
| type = studio
| single1 = Sharpness
| single1date = 21 August 2015
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 71/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/making-time/jamie-woon|title=Making Time by Jamie Woon|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=7 January 2017}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/making-time-mw0002885163|title=Jamie Woon - Making Time|website=AllMusic|first=Andy|last=Kellman|access-date=7 January 2017}}
| rev2 = Clash
| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/jamie-woon-making-time|title=Jamie Woon - Making Time|website=Clash|first=Joe|last=Rivers|date=2 November 2015|access-date=7 January 2017}}
| rev3 = Drowned in Sound
| rev3score = 6/10{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19135/reviews/4149615|title=Jamie Woon - Making Time|website=Drowned in Sound|first=Christopher T.|last=Sharpe|date=1 December 2015|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-date=2 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502134553/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19135/reviews/4149615|url-status=dead}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/05/jamie-woon-making-time-review-excellent-soul-styled-second-album|title=Jamie Woon: Making Time review – excellent, soul-styled second album|website=The Guardian|first=Lanre|last=Bakare|date=5 November 2015|access-date=7 January 2017}}
| rev5 = NME
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-jamie-woon-16322|title=Jamie Woon – ‘Making Time’|website=NME|first=Chris|last=Cottingham|date=4 November 2015|access-date=7 January 2017}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6score = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21163-making-time/|title=Jamie Woon: Making Time|website=Pitchfork|first=Britt|last=Julious|date=17 November 2015|access-date=7 January 2017}}
}}
Making Time is the second studio album by British singer Jamie Woon. It was released on 6 November 2015 through Polydor Records. It was preceded by the single "Sharpness" on 21 August 2015. Making Time was nominated for the 2016 Mercury Prize.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Making Time received an average score of 71 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Britt Julious of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, describing it as "a testament to the strength of traditional music composition: simple guitars, slinky bass lines, and sophisticated songwriting." Lanre Bakare of The Guardian gave the album 4 stars out of 5, writing, "Woon might have been expected to return with a dancefloor-focused second album, but instead he's taken the soul road, and it sounds like a brilliant statement of intent."
NPR named it one of the "Top 10 Slept-On R&B Albums of 2015".{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/23/460807791/top-10-slept-on-r-b-albums-of-2015|title=Top 10 Slept-On R&B Albums Of 2015|website=NPR|first1=Kiana|last=Fitzgerald|first2=Bobby|last2=Carter|date=23 December 2015|access-date=7 January 2017}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Making Time track listing
| title1 = Message
| writer1=Dan See, Jamie Woon, John O'Kane
| length1 = 4:29
| writer2=Jamie Woon, John O'Kane
| title2 = Movement
| length2 = 5:12
| title3 = Sharpness
| note3 = featuring Robin Hannibal
| writer3=Jamie Woon, Robin Hannibal
| length3 = 3:27
| title4 = Celebration
| note4 = featuring Willy Mason
| writer4=Jamie Woon, Willy Mason
| length4 = 4:50
| title5 = Lament
| note5 = featuring Royce Wood Junior
| writer5=Jamie Woon, James Wood
| length5 = 3:37
| title6 = Forgiven
| writer6=Jamie Woon, Willy Mason
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = Little Wonder
| writer7=Jamie Woon, Nemo Jones
| length7 = 3:07
| title8 = Thunder
| writer8=Jamie Woon, Paul White
| length8 = 3:12
| title9 = Skin
| writer9=Jamie Woon
| length9 = 3:01
| title10 = Dedication
| writer10=Jamie Woon, Dan Gulino, Dan See
| length10 = 6:52
}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Making Time ! scope="col"| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Flanders|52|artist=Jamie Woon|album=Making Time|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|136|artist=Jamie Woon|album=Making Time|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|51|artist=Jamie Woon|album=Making Time|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|50|date=20151113|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 September 2020}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|932715|Making Time}}
{{Jamie Woon}}
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