Wish Bone (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Wish Bone

| type = studio

| artist = Oh Land

| cover = Oh Land Wish Bone Cover Art.png

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2013|9|16|df=yes}}

| recorded = 2012–13

| venue =

| studio = {{flatlist|

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=14}}

| label = {{flatlist|

  • Tusk or Tooth
  • A:larm

}}

| producer = {{flatlist|

| prev_title = Oh Land

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Earth Sick

| next_year = 2014

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Wish Bone

| type = studio

| single1 = Renaissance Girls

| single1date = 20 May 2013

| single2 = Pyromaniac

| single2date = 2 September 2013

| single3 = Cherry on Top

| single3date = 20 April 2014

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 72/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/wishbone/oh-land |title=Wishbone – Oh Land |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive |access-date=15 October 2013}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Monger |first=James Christopher |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wishbone-mw0002578110 |title=Wishbone – Oh Land |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=21 September 2012}}

| rev2 = Gaffa

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Michael Jose |url=http://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/75207 |title=Oh Land: Wishbone |language=da |work=Gaffa |date=14 September 2013 |access-date=21 September 2013 |archive-date=16 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916072332/http://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/75207 |url-status=dead }}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=MacInnes |first=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/14/oh-land-wish-bone-review |title=Oh Land: Wish Bone – review |work=The Guardian |date=14 November 2013 |access-date=15 March 2014}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Monk |first=Christopher |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6001/Oh-Land-Wishbone.aspx |title=Oh Land – Wish Bone |work=Mojo |date=7 October 2013 |access-date=15 October 2013}}

| rev5 = Q

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Leonie |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6001/Oh-Land-Wishbone.aspx |title=Oh Land – 'Wish Bone' |work=Q |publisher=IPC Media |date=8 November 2013 |access-date=15 March 2014}}

| rev6 = Slant Magazine

| rev6Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Cataldo |first=Jesse |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/oh-land-wishbone |title=Oh Land: Wishbone |publisher=Slant Magazine |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=26 September 2013}}

}}

Wish Bone is the third studio album by Danish recording artist Oh Land, released on 16 September 2013 by Tusk or Tooth and A:larm Music. The album features production by Oh Land herself, along with David Andrew Sitek of TV on the Radio, Dan Carey and Grant "WNDRBRD" Michaels. It was preceded by the singles "Renaissance Girls" and "Pyromaniac".

Background and release

In 2012, Oh Land announced that she was developing new music in the studio.

On 10 July 2013, the track "My Boxer" premiered on Spin.com as the first taste of the album.{{cite web |last=McGovern |first=Kyle |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/07/oh-land-my-boxer-wish-bone-stream/ |title=Hear Oh Land's Sinewy 'My Boxer' |work=Spin |date=10 July 2013 |access-date=21 September 2013}} "Renaissance Girls" was released as the album's official lead single in Denmark on 20 May 2013 and in the United States on 6 August.{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/dk/album/renaissance-girls-single/645537251 |title=Renaissance Girls – Single by Oh Land |date=January 2013 |publisher=iTunes Store Denmark. Apple |access-date=16 June 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/renaissance-girls-single/id681682645 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922183214/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/renaissance-girls-single/id681682645 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |title=Renaissance Girls – Single by Oh Land |publisher=iTunes Store US. Apple |access-date=21 September 2013}} The accompanying music video debuted on 6 August 2013 and features Oh Land, along with four backing dancers, dancing in an empty warehouse.{{cite magazine |last=Musacchio |first=Lauren |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/oh-land-celebrates-fun-in-renaissance-girls-premiere-20130806 |title=Oh Land Celebrates Fun in 'Renaissance Girls' – Premiere |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=21 September 2013 |archive-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126204732/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/oh-land-celebrates-fun-in-renaissance-girls-premiere-20130806 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=McGovern |first=Kyle |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/08/oh-land-renaissance-girls-video/ |title=Oh Land's 'Renaissance Girls' Video Is a Women's Studies Dance Party |work=Spin |date=7 August 2013 |access-date=21 September 2013}} "Pyromaniac" was released on 2 September 2013 as the second single from the album.{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/dk/album/pyromaniac-single/1444631097 |title=Pyromaniac – Single by Oh Land |date=January 2013 |publisher=iTunes Store Denmark. Apple |access-date=18 September 2013}}

The New York Times featured Wish Bone on its Press Play blog, previewing several of the tracks on the website.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html?_r=0 |title=Press Play |work=The New York Times |access-date=19 September 2013}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Bird in an Aeroplane

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

| extra1 = Sitek

| length1 = 4:00

| title2 = Renaissance Girls

| writer2 = Fabricius

| extra2 = Sitek

| length2 = 3:10

| title3 = Cherry on Top

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

| extra3 = Sitek

| length3 = 3:48

| title4 = 3 Chances

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

  • Fabricius
  • Julian Bunetta}}

| extra4 = Fabricius

| length4 = 2:28

| title5 = My Boxer

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

| extra5 = Carey

| length5 = 2:50

| title6 = Love a Man Dead

| writer6 = Fabricius

| extra6 = Sitek

| length6 = 3:58

| title7 = Next Summer

| writer7 = Fabricius

| extra7 = Sitek

| length7 = 2:32

| title8 = Sleepy Town

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

  • Fabricius
  • Sitek
  • David Poe}}

| extra8 = Sitek

| length8 = 5:00

| title9 = Pyromaniac

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

| extra9 = Sitek

| length9 = 3:42

| title10 = Green Card

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

| extra10 = WNDRBRD

| length10 = 4:07

| title11 = Kill My Darling

| writer11 = {{flatlist|

  • Fabricius
  • Michaels}}

| extra11 = WNDRBRD

| length11 = 3:56

| title12 = Love You Better

| writer12 = {{flatlist|

  • Fabricius
  • Poe}}

| extra12 = Fabricius

| length12 = 3:43

| title13 = First to Say Goodnight

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

| extra13 = Sitek

| length13 = 4:00

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Wish Bone.{{cite AV media notes |title=Wish Bone |type=CD liner notes |others=Oh Land |publisher=Tusk or Tooth |year=2013 |id=TOTCD001}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

  • Nanna Øland Fabricius – vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}; vocal arrangements {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5–13)}}; instruments {{small|(tracks 1–3, 6–9, 13)}}; production {{small|(tracks 4, 12)}}; executive producer
  • b14 – graphic design
  • Owen Beverly – guitar, engineering {{small|(track 10)}}
  • Dan Carey – engineering, mixing, production {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Asger Carlsen – cover photo
  • Vincent Chauncey – French horn {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Danny Cheung – engineering {{small|(track 12)}}
  • Andrew Dunn – trombone {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Josh Edmondson – additional engineering {{small|(track 10)}}
  • Katrine Muff Enevoldsen – choir singer {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Bendt Fabricius – harp and choir arrangement {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Matty Green – mixing {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Eske Kath – Wish Bone font, paintings
  • Dana Leong – trombone {{small|(track 10)}}
  • Farra Mathews – executive production
  • Nathaniel Morton – drums {{small|(tracks 3, 9)}}

{{col-2}}

  • Anna Mose – choir singer {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Tore Nissen – engineering, mixing {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Carolina Parra – piano {{small|(track 7)}}
  • David Poe – guitar {{small|(track 12)}}
  • Andros Rodriguez – engineering {{small|(track 10)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 10, 11)}}
  • Maylen Rusti – choir singer {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Michael Shobe – trumpet {{small|(tracks 10, 11)}}; brass arrangement {{small|(track 11)}}
  • Todd Simon – brass {{small|(track 9)}}
  • David Andrew Sitek – instruments, production {{small|(tracks 1–3, 6–9, 13)}}; mixing {{small|(track 7)}}
  • Zeph Sowers – engineering {{small|(tracks 1–3, 6–9, 13)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 6–9, 13)}}
  • David Stoller – engineering {{small|(tracks 10, 11)}}
  • Lillian Törnqvist – harp {{small|(track 4)}}
  • Qarin Wikström – choir singer {{small|(track 4)}}
  • WNDRBRD – engineering, production {{small|(tracks 10, 11)}}
  • Sophie Ziedoy – choir singer {{small|(track 4)}}

{{col-end}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Chart (2013)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Danish Albums Chart{{cite web |url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Oh+Land&titel=Wish+Bone&cat=a |title=Oh Land – Wish Bone |publisher=danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien |access-date=4 October 2013}}

|4

scope="row"|US Heatseekers Albums{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=oh land|chart=Heatseekers Albums}} |title=Oh Land – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=4 October 2013}}

|32

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label

scope="row"|Denmark

  • {{cite web |url=http://cdon.dk/musik/oh_land/wish_bone-24996327 |title=Wish Bone – Album – Oh Land |language=da |publisher=CDON.dk |access-date=21 September 2013}}
  • {{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/dk/album/wish-bone/id689797803 |title=Wishbone by Oh Land |publisher=iTunes Store Denmark. Apple |access-date=6 November 2013}}

|16 September 2013

|{{flatlist|

|{{flatlist|

  • Tusk or Tooth
  • A:larm Music}}
scope="row"|Australia{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/wishbone/id692924139 |title=Wishbone by Oh Land |publisher=iTunes Store Australia. Apple |access-date=6 November 2013}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|rowspan="4"|24 September 2013

|rowspan="3"|Digital download

|rowspan="6"|Federal Prism

scope="row"|Germany{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/wishbone/id692924139?l=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111133552/https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/wishbone/id692924139?l=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |title=Wishbone by Oh Land |publisher=iTunes Store Germany. Apple |access-date=6 November 2013}}
scope="row"|United Kingdom{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/wishbone/id692924139 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928054556/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/wishbone/id692924139 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |title=Wishbone by Oh Land |publisher=iTunes Store UK. Apple |access-date=6 November 2013}}
scope="row"|United States

  • {{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EFYAZJI |title=Wishbone |website=Amazon |access-date=21 September 2013}}
  • {{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wishbone/id692924139 |title=Wishbone by Oh Land |publisher=iTunes Store US. Apple |access-date=6 November 2013}}

|{{flatlist|

  • CD
  • digital download}}
scope="row"|Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/alternative/wish-bone/690604 |title=Wish Bone – Oh Land |publisher=JB Hi-Fi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307202216/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/alternative/wish-bone/690604 |archive-date=7 March 2014 |access-date=21 September 2013}}

|1 November 2013

|rowspan="3"|CD

scope="row"|United Kingdom{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EFYAZJI |title=Wishbone |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=6 November 2013}}

|4 November 2013

scope="row"|Germany{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00EFYAZJI |title=Wish Bone |language=de |publisher=Amazon.de |access-date=6 November 2013}}

|15 November 2013

|Rykodisc

References