Mirrorwriting
{{For|the writing technique|mirror writing}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mirrorwriting
| type = studio
| artist = Jamie Woon
| cover = Mirrorwritingjamiewoon.jpg
| alt =
| released = 18 April 2011
| recorded =
| studio = The Way, River Recording
(London, England)
| genre =
| length = 45:51
| label = {{hlist|Candent Songs|Polydor}}
| producer = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Will Bevan|Royce Wood, Jr.|Luke Buttery}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Making Time
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mirrorwriting
| type = studio
| single1 = Night Air
| single1date = 22 October 2010
| single2 = Lady Luck
| single2date = 21 February 2011
}}
}}
Mirrorwriting is the debut studio album by British singer Jamie Woon. It was released in Europe on 18 April 2011 through Polydor Records. The album started to receive hype after Woon ended fourth on BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2011/artists/jamiewoon/|title=4th place for London producer Woon|publisher=BBC|access-date=2011-04-11}} It was preceded by the lead single, "Night Air" on 22 October 2010.
Critical reception
Paul Clarke of BBC Music gave the album a positive review by saying: "Things would probably be quite different for Woon had he'd got his act together sooner. In 2007, his fragile cover of an old folk spiritual placed him pretty much alone at the crossroads between rural blues and urban electronica, a 20-something Robert Johnson from London who'd sold his soul to dubstep instead of the Devil. Today, though, he shares this space with The xx and James Blake; and overshadowed by The xx's Mercury Prize victory and Blake's own debut album of earlier in 2011, Woon's music could now be in danger of sounding wearily familiar rather than darkly mysterious".
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = BBC Music
| rev1Score = (positive)[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/ww8r BBC - Music - Review of Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting]
| rev2 = The Daily Telegraph
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/apr/14/jamie-woon-mirrorwriting-review | location=London | work=The Guardian| first=Hazel | last=Sheffield | title=Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting - review | date=14 April 2011}}
| rev4 = The Independent
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6Score = (8.0/10)[http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15309-mirrorwriting/ Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting]
| rev7 = musicOMH
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/jamie-woon-mirrorwriting Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting | album reviews | musicOMH]
| rev8 = The Observer
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/apr/17/jamie-woon-mirrirwriting-review | location=London | work=The Guardian| first=Kitty | last=Empire | title=Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting – review | date=17 April 2011}}
| rev9 = Virgin Music
| rev9Score = (7/10)[https://web.archive.org/web/20110415093832/http://www.virgin.com/music/reviews/jamie-woon-mirrorwriting/ Jamie Woon review - Mirrorwriting - Reviews - Music - Virgin.com]
| rev5 = Loud and Quiet
| rev5Score = (6/10){{cite magazine |first= Sam |last= Walton |title= Jamie Woon – Mirrorwriting |magazine= Loud and Quiet |url= http://www.loudandquiet.com/2011/05/jamie-woon-mirrorwriting/ |access-date= 27 July 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160814224109/http://www.loudandquiet.com/2011/05/jamie-woon-mirrorwriting/ |archive-date= 14 August 2016 |url-status= dead }}
}}
Commercial performance
{{as of|2012|January}} UK sales stand at 30,000 copies according to The Guardian.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jan/16/indie-rock-slow-painful-death?newsfeed=true|work=The Guardian|title=Indie rock's slow and painful death|first=Dorian|last=Lynskey|date=16 January 2012|access-date=14 February 2019}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Night Air
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|John O'Kane}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Will Bevan}}
| length1 = 5:22
| title2 = Street
| writer2 = {{hlist|Woon|O'Kane}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Will Bevan}}
| length2 = 3:10
| title3 = Lady Luck
| writer3 = {{hlist|Woon|Nemo Jones}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Will Bevan|Royce Wood, Jr.}}
| length3 = 4:08
| title4 = Shoulda
| writer4 = {{hlist|Woon|O'Kane|Steven Camden}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Royce Wood, Jr.}}
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Middle
| writer5 = {{hlist|Woon|James Wood}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Royce Wood, Jr.}}
| length5 = 4:38
| title6 = Spirits
| writer6 = {{hlist|Woon|Brian Barry}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Royce Wood, Jr.}}
| length6 = 3:47
| title7 = Echoes
| writer7 = {{hlist|Woon|Camden}}
| extra7 = Jamie Woon
| length7 = 2:17
| title8 = Spiral
| writer8 = Woon
| extra8 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Luke Buttery}}
| length8 = 5:25
| title9 = TMRW
| writer9 = {{hlist|Woon|O'Kane}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Jamie Woon|Royce Wood, Jr.}}
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Secondbreath
| writer10 = Woon
| extra10 = Jamie Woon
| length10 = 0:47
| title11 = Gravity
| writer11 = Woon
| extra11 = Jamie Woon
| length11 = 5:07
| title12 = Waterfront
| writer12 = Woon
| extra12 = Jamie Woon
| length12 = 3:51
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = iTunes bonus tracks[https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mirrorwriting/427566228 Mirrorwriting by Jamie Woon – Download Mirrorwriting on iTunes]
| title13 = Missing Person
| note13 = Recorded as part of promotion in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House
| writer13 = Woon
| length13 = 3:55
| title14 = Spirits
| note14 = YouTube Version
| writer14 = {{hlist|Woon|Barry}}
| length14 = 5:54
}}
Charts
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col"|Chart (2011) !scope="col"|Position |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=a|title=JAAROVERZICHTEN 2011|website=Ultratop |language=Dutch|access-date=2011-12-29}}
| style="text-align:center;"|55 |
References
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