''Liejacker'' is an album by the English singer-songwriter
Thea Gilmore
Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979), also known as Afterlight, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released more than twenty albums since her 1998 debut '' Burning Dorothy''. She has had three Top 40 entries on the UK Albums Chart and ...
, released in May 2008. For the first time, Gilmore duets with other singers. "Old Soul" (also released as a single) features
Zutons' frontman
Dave McCabe
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McCabe was a member of Liverpool band Tramp Attack with Brookside actor Kristian ...
, while
Joan Baez
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(who invited Gilmore to tour with her in 2004) assists on "The Lower Road".
[Horowitz, Hal,]
''Liejacker'' Review
, ''Allmusic
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''. Retrieved 16 January 2018
The album was recorded primarily at The Loft,
Liverpool
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, and produced by Gilmore,
Nigel Stonier
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He was born in Cheshire, but first relocated to London when, at the age of 17 he secured a pub ...
and
Mike Cave
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. Gilmore described it as her most personal album to date.
[Merritt, Stephanie (2008),]
Thea Gilmore, Liejacker
, ''The Observer
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'', 18 May 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2018 ''Liejacker'' was released in the US four months after its UK release, with two tracks omitted and a revised running order.
Track listing
Reception
Stephanie Merritt, for ''
The Observer
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'', gave the album the full five stars, describing it as "simply a beautiful, deeply affecting piece of work".
Nick Coleman, reviewing the album for ''
The Independent
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'', described it as a "Good record, lovable in parts.". ''
Allmusic
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'' reviewer Hal Horowitz gave it fours stars, describing it as "one of Gilmore's least commercially oriented albums yet, and perhaps because of that, also one of her finest".
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PopMatters
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'' writer Steve Horowitz wrote that the album proved "that the 28-year-old Gilmore is a seriously talented writer and performer".
Gigwise.com gave it 9 stars (out of 11), Daniel Melia describing it as "her most intimate and deeply personal record". The
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's Chris Long was less impressed, considering the songs over-produced and Gilmore's songwriting "losing its energy and passion, as if she has a slow puncture in her soul".