| The Man Upstairs | ||||
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| Released | 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Folk pop | |||
| Label | Yep Roc | |||
| Producer | Joe Boyd | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (70/100)[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Man Upstairs is the twentieth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock. It was released on August 26, 2014 on the Yep Roc Records label. The album comprises ten acoustic songs, all produced by Joe Boyd, noted for his work with various folk acts in the 1970s.[2]
It contains five original songs by Hitchcock and five covers of songs by the Psychedelic Furs, Roxy Music, Grant-Lee Phillips, Norwegian indie-rock band I Was a King, and The Doors. I Was a King's Anne Lise Frøkedal also plays guitar and sings vocal harmonies on the album. The album's cover was created by musician and artist Gillian Welch.[2]
In 2020, Hitchcock released an album of outtakes from the Man Upstairs sessions, The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities.[3][4]
- ^ "The Man Upstairs - Robyn Hitchcock". metacritic.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ a b c Monger, James Christopher. "The Man Upstairs - Robyn Hitchcock". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Bill Pearis (7 August 2020). "Robyn Hitchcock covers Nick Drake, Pink Floyd on new rarities album for Bandcamp Friday". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Darryl Sterdan (7 August 2020). "Reviews: Robyn Hitchcock, The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities". Tinnitist. Retrieved 10 August 2020.