| Strict Joy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 23, 2009 (Ireland) | |||
| Recorded | Late 2008–2009 | |||
| Studio | Tarquin Studios, Bridgeport, Connecticut | |||
| Genre | Indie folk | |||
| Label | Plateau (Ireland), Anti- (Europe & North America) | |||
| Producer | Glen Hansard, Peter Katis | |||
| The Swell Season chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| American Music Channel |  [2] |
| Blare Magazine | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[4] |
| Pitchfork | 6.5/10[5] |
| Spin | [6] |
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.[7][8] The title of the album was derived from a 1931 book of poems written by Irish poet James Stephens.[9]
The album reached number 15 on the Billboard 200.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ American Music Channel review
- ^ BLARE Magazine review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Spin review
- ^ "Overview:Strict Joy -The Swell Season". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ "News". The Swell Season. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Young, Alex (10 July 2009). "The Swell Season shares a bit of strict joy". consequence.net. Retrieved 24 July 2009.