Only Sparrows
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{{Infobox album
| name = Only Sparrows
| type = studio
| artist = Josh Pyke
| cover = Only_Sparrows_by_Josh_Pyke.png
| alt =
| released = 19 August 2011{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/only-sparrows/444650954|title=Josh Pyke - Only Sparrows on iTunes|website=Apple|access-date=23 June 2015}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative, folk, contemporary
| length = 53:30
| label = Ivy League Records
| producer = Wayne Connolly
| prev_title = Chimney's Afire
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = The Beginning and the End of Everything
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Only Sparrows
| type = studio
| single1 = No One Wants a Lover
| single1date = June 2011{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/no-one-wants-a-lover-single/443373225|title=No One Wants a Lover - single|website=Apple Music|date=June 2011|accessdate=30 June 2020}}
| single2 = The World Is a Picture
| single2date = 12 September 2011
}}
}}
Only Sparrows is the third studio album by Australian musician, Josh Pyke. It was released on the 19 of August 2011 by Ivy League Records and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, the album was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album.{{cite web|url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/search?term=Josh%20Pyke|title = ARIA Awards Search Results – Josh Pyke|work = ARIA Awards|publisher = ARIA Awards|accessdate = 29 June 2020}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/only-sparrows-mw0002202522 |title=Only Sparrows - Josh Pyke |website=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |last=O'Brien |first=Jon |accessdate=November 30, 2019}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Jon O'Brien from AllMusic said "Inspired by a soul-searching trip to New York, Sydney singer/songwriter Josh Pyke abandons his usual one-man band style of recording and for the first time, relinquishes some control to additional musicians... it's an approach which has resulted in a more expansive sound". O'Brien said "Opener 'Clovis Son' is a gorgeous fusion of gently strummed acoustics, twinkling glockenspiels, and dreamy West Coast harmonies which shows that his ability to tug at the heartstrings hasn't deserted him during his three-year solo absence, a quality also perfectly showcased on 'Punch in the Heart', a somber, stripped-back ballad featuring the ethereal vocals of Little Birdy's Katy Steele, while the melancholic 'Particles' begins with a brooding alt-rock hook before merging with an array of clattering rhythms and skittering synths on a surprisingly convincing attempt at folktronica."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Clovis' Son
| length1 = 5:12
| title2 = Coffee Cups
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = No One Wants a Lover
| length3 = 3:23
| title4 = The World Is a Picture
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Diet of Worms
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Punch in the Heart
| length6 = 2:38
| title7 = Break, Shatter, Make, Matter
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Good Head Start
| length8 = 4:16
| title9 = Factory Fires
| length9 = 4:04
| title10 = Particles
| length10 = 4:13
| title11 = Follow Me Down
| length11 = 3:32
| title12 = Love Lies
| length12 = 5:22
| title13 = Tapping on a Secret
| length13 = 3:14
| title14 = All Those Other Lives
| length14 = 3:15
}}
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Australia|4|artist=Josh Pyke|album=Only Sparrows|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2020}} |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Catalogue |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia
| 19 August 2011 | {{flat list| }} | IVY115 |
References
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Category:Ivy League Records albums
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