''Motorheart'' is the seventh
studio album
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by the British hard rock band
The Darkness. It was released on 19 November 2021 through
Cooking Vinyl
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.
Background
On 4 June 2021, the band announced they were set to release the new album ''Motorheart'' in October. The album was eventually released on 19 November 2021. The album's cover was also unveiled in the announcement. The first single, "Motorheart", was released in August 2021. Along with the album release, the band announced an extensive list of UK tour dates to take place throughout November and December in support of the release of the album.
Critical reception
The album received generally favourable reception,
with a score of 70 out of 100 on review aggregator
Metacritic
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from five critics' reviews.
Track listing
# "Welcome Tae Glasgae" – 2:49
# "It's Love, Jim" – 3:23
# "Motorheart" – 4:59
# "The Power and the Glory of Love" – 3:58
# "Jussy's Girl" – 4:09
# "Sticky Situations" – 4:18
# "Nobody Can See Me Cry" – 3:16
# "Eastbound" – 3:36
# "Speed of the Nite Time" – 4:52
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
- "You Don't Have to Be Crazy About Me... But It Helps" – 3:33
- "It's a Love Thang (You Wouldn't Understand)" – 3:18
- "So Long" – 3:08
Japanese edition bonus track
- "The Age of Darkness" – 4:56
Personnel
The Darkness
*
Justin Hawkins
Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and YouTube personality best known for being the founder, lead singer, and lead guitarist of The Darkness. He was influenced by rock bands of the 1970s and 1 ...
– vocals, lead guitar, synthesisers
*
Dan Hawkins
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– guitar, backing vocals
*
Frankie Poullain
Francis Gilles Poullain-Patterson (born 15 April 1967), better known as Frankie Poullain, is the bassist, bass player for rock band The Darkness (band), The Darkness. He was raised in Milnathort then Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended the Royal H ...
– bass, backing vocals
*
Rufus Tiger Taylor
Rufus Tiger Taylor (born 8 March 1991) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for British rock band The Darkness since May 2015, and as a touring drummer for the Queen + Adam Lambert stage shows. He is the son of Queen drummer Rog ...
– drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel
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Diane Birch
Diane Birch (born January 24, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter.
Early life
Birch was born in Michigan. At the age of seven she began studying piano using the Suzuki method. While growing up she listened to opera, classical and church musi ...
– synthesisers, keyboards and backing vocals on "Speed of the Nite Time"
*Olga Hübner – strings and string arrangements on "Sticky Situations"
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Ralf Hübner
Ralf Hübner (born May 3, 1939, Berlin) is a German jazz percussionist.
Hübner attended the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin (1958–1962), studying both double bass and drums there and playing with Benny Bailey and Nathan Davis. Upon graduati ...
– strings on "Sticky Situations"
*Mimi Norfolk – backing vocals on "Jussy's Girl"
Production
*Dan Hawkins – producer, engineer, mixing
*Ian Holland – additional production and engineering
*Andy Shillito – additional production and engineering
*Chiara Mazzoni – artwork
*
Simon Emmett
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Emmett was born in England in 1969. Emmett does mainly portrait, celebrity, beauty, and fashion photography. Aft ...
– band photo
*Luke Insect – design
Charts
References
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2021 albums
Cooking Vinyl albums
The Darkness (band) albums