The Lioness | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 17, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, alt-country | |||
Length | 39:36 | |||
Label | Secretly Canadian | |||
Producer | Andrew Miller | |||
Songs: Ohia chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
NME | [3] |
Pitchfork | 7.6/10 (2000)
[4] 8.7/10 (2018) [5] |
Reno Gazette-Journal | [6] |
The Lioness is the fourth studio album by Songs: Ohia. [7] It was released by Secretly Canadian on January 17, 2000. A reissue of the album, Love & Work: The Lioness Sessions, was released on November 23, 2018. [8]
The album was recorded by Andy Miller at Chem 19 Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, with Alasdair Roberts, Geof Comings, Jonathan Cargill, and members of Arab Strap.[ citation needed]
Exclaim! thought that "the transatlantic recording session inspired Molina to produce what is both his darkest and cheerful record to date." [9] The Austin Chronicle called the album "quiet and reflective, numbing and resolute, with writing as simple and straightforward as an ice pick under the ribs." [10] The Sunday Times wrote that "Songs: Ohia's slug- paced folk-blues owe an obvious debt to the spectral yowling of Will Oldham's Palace Brothers, but The Lioness still has the power to turn the most brightly lit room a delicate shade of blue." [11]
All songs written by Jason Molina.