Typical Music
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{{Use British English|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Typical Music
| type = studio
| artist = Tim Burgess
| cover =Typical Music.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2022|09|23|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio = Rockfield Studios
| genre =
| length = 1:28:10
| label = Bella Union
| producer =
| prev_title = I Love the New Sky
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Typical Music
| type = studio
| single1 = Here Comes the Weekend
| single2 = Typical Music
| single3 = Sure Enough
| single3date = 23 August 2022
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|MC=78/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/typical-music/tim-burgess|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=21 April 2023}}
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=ypical-music-mw0003738298 | title=AllMusic Review |last=Thomas Erlewine |first=Stephen |access-date=21 April 2023 }}
|rev2 = Clash
|rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/tim-burgess-typical-music/|title=Clash Magazine Review|work=Clash|last=Miller|first=Isabella|date=27 September 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
|rev3 = The Guardian
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/23/tim-burgess-typical-music-review|title=Tim Burgess: Typical Music review – eclectic adventure shows boundless lust for life|work=The Guardian|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=23 September 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
|rev4 = Mojo
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/mojo-november-2022/page/94/mode/2up|title=Mojo Magazine Review|page=94|work=Mojo|date=November 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
|rev5 = MusicOMH
|rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/tim-burgess-typical-music|title=MusicOMH Review|website=MusicOMH|last=Hogwood|first=Ben|date=23 September 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
|rev6 = NME
|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/tim-burgess-typical-music-review-ambitious-if-messy-adventures-in-sound-3316971|title=Tim Burgess – 'Typical Music' review: ambitious, if messy, adventures in sound|website=NME|last=Beaumont|first=Mark|date=26 September 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
|rev7 = The Observer
|rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/25/tim-burgess-typical-music-review-freewheeling-friskiness|title=Tim Burgess: Typical Music review – freewheeling friskiness|work=The Observer|last=Morris|first=Damien|date=25 September 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
|rev8 = PopMatters
|rev8score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/tim-burgess-typical-music-review|title=PopMatters Review|work=PopMatters|last=Bergstrom|first=John|date=10 October 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
}}
Typical Music is the sixth studio album by English musician and lead vocalist of The Charlatans Tim Burgess. It was released on 23 September 2022 by Bella Union.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tim-burgess-announces-double-album-typical-music-and-shares-title-track-3241453|title=Tim Burgess announces double album 'Typical Music' and shares title track|website=NME|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|date=7 June 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
The album has produced singles such as "Here Comes the Weekend", "Typical Music" and "Sure Enough"
Background
On 14 April 2022, Tim Burgess released the first single "Here Comes The Weekend", with the music video being directed by Kevin Godley.{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/tim-burgess-shares-bouncy-new-single-here-comes-the-weekend/|title=Tim Burgess Shares Bouncy New Single 'Here Comes The Weekend'|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=14 April 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
Burgess announced the release of the new double album on 6 June 2022, along with the title track "Typical Music".{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/tim-burgess-announces-new-double-album-typical-music/|title=Tim Burgess Announces New Double Album 'Typical Music'|work=Clash|date=6 June 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}} When discussing the album, Burgess said:
{{Blockquote|"I wanted to give people everything that I’d done. And everything that I brought to the studio and worked on with the guys, I coloured them all in equally. Every idea was treated as if it was the best thing and had to be treated with extreme care. I wanted to give everything of myself"}}
The third single "Sure Enough" was released on 23 August 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tim-burgess-releases-new-single-sure-enough-stop-motion-official-video-listen-watch-3296081|title=Tim Burgess shares "old-school" new single 'Sure Enough' with stop-motion video|website=NME|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=23 August 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}}
Critical reception
Typical Music was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 10 reviews.
Writing for The Guardian, Dave Simpson wrote: "Typical Music features Sparks-ish electronic pop, sumptuous arrangements and, on the title track, modern psychedelia. The lyrics are either endearingly gauche or deeply meaningful."
=Accolades=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Publications' year-end list appearances for Typical Music !Critic/Publication !List !Rank !Ref |
| scope="row"| MusicOMH
| MusicOMH{{'s}} Top 50 Albums of 2022 | style="text-align:center;" | 49 | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/top-50-albums-of-2022-musicomh|title=MusicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2022|website=MusicOMH|last=Hubbard|first=Michael|date=21 December 2022|access-date=22 April 2023}} |
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Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline = Disc One
|title1=Here Comes the Weekend
|length1=4:35
|title2=Curiosity
|length2=3:10
|title3=Time That We Call Time
|length3=3:45
|title4=Flamingo
|length4=3:20
|title5=Revenge Through Art
|length5=2:13
|title6=Kinectic Connection
|length6=3:40
|title7=Typical Music
|length7=3:03
|title8=Take Me With You
|length8=2:24
|title9=After This
|length9=4:24
|title10=The Centre of Me (Is a Symphony of You)
|length10=4:23
|title11=When I See You
|length11=6:58
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Disc Two
|title1=Magic Rising
|length1=4:56
|title2=Tender Hooks
|length2=3:30
|title3=L.O.S.T Lost/Will You Take a Look at My Hand Please
|length3=7:10
|title4=A Bloody Nose
|length4=3:20
|title5=In May
|length5=3:05
|title6=Slacker (Than I've Ever Been)
|length6=4:10
|title7=View From Above
|length7=5:09
|title8=A Quarter to Eight
|length8=3:57
|title9=Sooner Than Yesterday
|length9=2:44
|title10=Sure Enough
|length10=3:26
|title11=What's Meant for You Won't Pass by You
|length11=4:48
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for Typical Music ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Scotland|18|date=20221006|rowheader=true|access-date=21 April 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|90|date=20221006|rowheader=true|access-date=21 April 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UKIndependent|7|date=20221006|rowheader=true|access-date=21 April 2023}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|2800061|type=album}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=926386a2-3740-4981-9902-f44dd4745bb1|name=Typical Music}}
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