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Only Sparrows
2011 studio album by Josh Pyke
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.
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| Released | 19 August 2011[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative, folk, contemporary | |||
| Length | 53:30 | |||
| Label | Ivy League Records | |||
| Producer | Wayne Connolly | |||
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album.[3]
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."[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Clovis' Son" | 5:12 |
| 2. | "Coffee Cups" | 3:05 |
| 3. | "No One Wants a Lover" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "The World Is a Picture" | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Diet of Worms" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Punch in the Heart" | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Break, Shatter, Make, Matter" | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Good Head Start" | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Factory Fires" | 4:04 |
| 10. | "Particles" | 4:13 |
| 11. | "Follow Me Down" | 3:32 |
| 12. | "Love Lies" | 5:22 |
| 13. | "Tapping on a Secret" | 3:14 |
| 14. | "All Those Other Lives" | 3:15 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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| Australia | 19 August 2011 | Ivy League Records | IVY115 |
- "Josh Pyke - Only Sparrows on iTunes". Apple. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- "No One Wants a Lover - single". Apple Music. June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- "ARIA Awards Search Results – Josh Pyke". ARIA Awards. ARIA Awards. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- O'Brien, Jon. "Only Sparrows - Josh Pyke". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- "Australiancharts.com – Josh Pyke – Only Sparrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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