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Strict Joy

{{Short description|2009 studio album by the Swell Season}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Strict Joy

| type = studio

| artist = The Swell Season

| cover = StrictJoy.SS.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2009|10|23}} (Ireland)

| recorded = Late 2008–2009

| studio = Tarquin Studios, Bridgeport, Connecticut

| genre = Indie folk

| length =

| label = Plateau Records (Ireland), Anti- (Europe & North America)

| producer = Glen Hansard, Peter Katis

| prev_title = The Swell Season

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1629205/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = American Music Channel

|rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[http://americanmusicchannel.com/features/reviews/11-13-2009/strict-joy American Music Channel review]

|rev3 = Blare Magazine

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://blaremagazine.com/2009/11/10/album-reviews-9-11-09 BLARE Magazine review]

|rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev4score = B[https://web.archive.org/web/20091104112153/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20315894,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]

|rev5 = Pitchfork

|rev5score = 6.5/10[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13624-strict-joy Pitchfork Media review]

|rev6 = Spin

|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.spin.com/reviews/swell-season-strict-joy-anti Spin review]

}}

Strict Joy is the second album by The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová). It was released in Ireland on October 23, 2009, the rest of Europe on October 26, and on October 27 in North America on the Anti- record label.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1629205|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=allmusic.com|title=Overview:Strict Joy -The Swell Season|accessdate=2009-07-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theswellseason.com/news/ |title=News |publisher=The Swell Season |date=2012-02-21 |accessdate=2012-03-10}} The title of the album was derived from a 1931 book of poems written by Irish poet James Stephens.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2009/07/10/the-swell-season-shares-a-bit-of-strict-joy/|publisher=consequence.net|title=The Swell Season shares a bit of strict joy|author=Young, Alex|date=2009-07-10|accessdate=2009-07-24}}

The album reached number 15 on the Billboard 200.

Promotion

"In These Arms", the first single from the album was released on iTunes on August 18, 2009, and began streaming on spinner.com during the same week.{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/the-swell-season-streams-new-single-preps-strict-j.html|title=The Swell Season streams new single|accessdate=2009-09-01}}

The Swell Season performed six of the new songs on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert on the August 10th show.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111679769|publisher=npr.org|title=The Swell Season: Tiny Desk Concert: NPR|accessdate=2009-09-01}}

Track listing

  1. "Low Rising" (Glen Hansard) – 3:59
  2. "Feeling the Pull" (Glen Hansard) – 2:20
  3. "In These Arms" (Glen Hansard) – 3:33
  4. "The Rain" (Glen Hansard) – 3:40
  5. "Fantasy Man" (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) – 5:04
  6. "Paper Cup" (Glen Hansard) – 3:21
  7. "High Horses" (Glen Hansard) – 5:00
  8. "The Verb" (Glen Hansard) – 4:32
  9. "I Have Loved You Wrong" (Markéta Irglová) – 5:04
  10. "Love That Conquers" (Glen Hansard) – 3:56
  11. "Two Tongues" (Glen Hansard) – 3:44
  12. "Back Broke" (Glen Hansard) – 4:03
  13. "Somebody Good" (Japan and Korea bonus track)
  14. "When Your Mind's Made Up" (Live) (Brazil bonus track)
  15. "Falling Slowly" (Live) (Brazil bonus track)
  16. "Lies" (Live) (Brazil bonus track)

Special edition live disc{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/samples/B002HWUU2C|title=The Swell Season: Strict Joy (Deluxe Version)|website=Amazon |accessdate=2010-06-20}}

  1. "All the Way Down"
  2. "Lies"
  3. "This Low"
  4. "Drown Out"
  5. "When Your Mind's Made Up"
  6. "I Have Loved You Wrong"
  7. "Falling Slowly"
  8. "Leave"
  9. "What Happens When the Heart Just Stops"
  10. "Lay Me Down"
  11. "Once"
  12. "If You Want Me"
  13. "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy"
  14. "Fitzcarraldo"

Special edition DVD (One Step Away - Live from the Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI. May 8, 2008)

  1. "Say It to Me Now"
  2. "All the Way Down"
  3. "When Your Mind's Made Up"
  4. "Lay Me Down"
  5. "Falling Slowly"
  6. "Gigantic" (Pixies cover)
  7. "Loved You Wrong"
  8. "Fitzcarraldo"
  9. "Once"

Personnel

=Musicians=

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Strict Joy

! scope="col"| Chart (2009)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=273}}

| 88

{{album chart|Ireland2|19|artist=The Sweet Season|rowheader=true|access-date=20 October 2022}}
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2009-11-14/|title=Billboard 200: Week of November 14, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 October 2022}}

| 15

References

{{Reflist|2}}

External links

  • [http://www.theswellseason.com/ theswellseason.com]
  • [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=70699583&blogId=499417777 The Swell Season MySpace Blog]

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