The Gloaming (album)

The Gloaming
Studio album by
The Gloaming
Released20 January 2014 (2014-01-20)
RecordedAugust 2012
StudioGrouse Lodge, County Westmeath, Ireland
GenreWorld,[1] Folk,[1] Irish traditional,[2] Celtic[1] contemporary classical, jazz, chamber, post-rock, minimalism
Length59:51
LabelReal World Records (Rest of World)
Brassland (North America)
Justin Time Records (Canada)
Planet Records (Australia)
ProducerThomas Bartlett, The Gloaming (group)
The Gloaming chronology
The Gloaming
(2014) 		2
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Arts Desk[4]
Financial Times[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Irish Times[7]

The Gloaming is the debut studio album by the contemporary Irish/American music group The Gloaming. It was released on January 20, 2014 on Real World Records,[8] and on Brassland Records in America, Justin Time Records in Canada, and Planet Records in Australia.[9]

The album received widespread critical acclaim on its release and is considered one of the finest recordings of 2014.[10] The Gloaming made several end-of-year lists for publications such as the Irish Times (who named it No.1 Best album of 2014),[11] Irish Independent,[12] and NPR,[13] while also being nominated for three BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, winning Best Traditional Track for "Samhradh Samhradh".[14] It won the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year in 2015.[15]

  1. ^ a b c "CD: World/folk (She'Koyokh; The Gloaming)". The Australian. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ "CD: The Gloaming - The Gloaming". theartsdesk.com. The Arts Desk. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  4. ^ Quinn, Peter (12 January 2014). "The Arts Desk". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ Honigmann, David (17 January 2014). "The Financial Times". ft.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ Denselow, Robin (16 January 2014). "The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  7. ^ Long, Siobhan (17 January 2014). "The Irish Times". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  8. ^ "The Gloaming: 'There's a kind of experiment happening every night'". IrishTimes.com. The Irish Times. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  9. ^ "The Gloaming". Brassland.org. Brassland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Bio". thegloaming.net. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "Radio 2 Folk Awards nominees announced". BBC. BBC Media Centre. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  15. ^ "The Gloaming scoops top prize at Meteor Choice Awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 January 2018.