Out of Season (Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man album)

Out of Season
Studio album by
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
Released28 October 2002 (2002-10-28)
GenreFolk, jazz, classic pop[1][2]
Length43:46
LabelGo Beat!
Producer
  • Beth Gibbons
  • Paul Webb
Beth Gibbons chronology
Out of Season
(2002) 		Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
(2019)
Rustin Man chronology
Out of Season
(2002) 		Drift Code
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
The Guardian[1]
Los Angeles Times[2]
Pitchfork5.7/10[7]
Q[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
SpinB+[10]
The Village VoiceB−[11]

Out of Season is a studio album by vocalist Beth Gibbons (of Portishead) and bassist Paul Webb (under the pseudonym Rustin Man, formerly of Talk Talk). It was released on 28 October 2002 in the United Kingdom and on 7 October 2003 in the United States. Out of Season is largely a folk album with jazz leanings, with Gibbons and Webb drawing more directly on the influences of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Nick Drake, at which Portishead's work in trip hop only hinted. Out of Season also features contributions from Gibbons' fellow Portishead bandmate Adrian Utley and Webb's former bandmate Lee Harris. The first track of the album, "Mysteries", appears on the original soundtrack of the French movie Les Poupées Russes (The Russian Dolls), and in Wim Wenders' Palermo Shooting from 2008. The album achieved a silver certification from the BPI.

  1. ^ a b Peschek, David (25 October 2002). "CD: Beth Gibbons and Rustin' Man: Out of Season". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b Hochman, Steve (5 October 2003). "Out from behind the veil". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Reviews for Out of Season by Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Out of Season – Beth Gibbons / Rustin Man". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ^ Hannaham, James (December 2003). "Beth Gibbons: Out of Season". Blender (22): 136. Archived from the original on 7 June 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. ^ Hermes, Will (13 December 2002). "Out of Season". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. ^ Fahnestock, Jesse (20 November 2002). "Beth Gibbons / Rustin Man: Out of Season". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man: Out of Season". Q (197): 98. December 2002.
  9. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (21 October 2003). "Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man: Out Of Season". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Breakdown". Spin. 19 (10): 113. October 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (2 December 2003). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot 2003". The Village Voice. Retrieved 4 April 2016.