''The Waiting Room'' is the eleventh studio album by the British band
Tindersticks
Tindersticks are an English alternative rock band formed in Nottingham in 1991. They released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples embarked on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006 and more permanently the following year. Th ...
, released in 2016 on the
City Slang
City Slang is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany.
History
The label was founded in 1990 by former tour agent Christof Ellinghaus, exclusively to release The Flaming Lips' '' In A Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine S ...
label. Some editions of the album came packaged with a
short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
that had been commissioned for each song by various directors.
Music
Opening track "Follow Me" was the final song recorded for the album. When the band needed a piece of music to act as an introduction, Stuart Staples and
musical arranger
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestr ...
Julian Siegel
Julian H. Siegel (born 1966 in Nottingham) is a British jazz saxophone and clarinet player, and a composer and arranger, described by MOJO Magazine as "One of the UK's most creative saxophonists"
Siegel has toured and recorded with Greg Cohen an ...
used the melody from
Bronisław Kaper
Bronisław Kaper (; February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1983) was a Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA. The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper. He was also var ...
s soundtrack to the 1962 film ''
Mutiny on the Bounty
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set h ...
'', which Staples had found himself humming as he walked down the street.
"We Are Dreamers!" features vocals by Jehnny Beth of
Savages, who recorded her part in ten minutes.
Reception
At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''The Waiting Room'' received an average score of 82, based on 20 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Marc Burrows of ''
Drowned in Sound
''Drowned in Sound'', sometimes abbreviated to ''DiS'', is a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway. Founded by editor Sean Adams, the site features reviews, news, interviews, and discussion forums.
History
''D ...
'' called it "a rich, warm, comfort blanket of a record, marbled with veins of darkness and light",
while
AllMusic
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reviewer Thom Jurek called it a "mixed bag".
Accolades
Track listing
All songs written by
Stuart A. Staples
Stuart Ashton Staples (born 14 November 1965 in Basford, Nottinghamshire)McKibbin, Tony (2009)Profile - Stuart Staples (Tindersticks), '' The List'', 9 July 2009, retrieved 2011-01-21 is an English musician best known as the lead singer of indie ...
, except where noted.
#"Follow Me" (
Bronislau Kaper) – 2:45
#"Second Chance Man" – 3:56
#"Were We Once Lovers?" – 4:49
#"Help Yourself" – 5:38
#"Hey Lucinda" (featuring
Lhasa de Sela
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first al ...
) – 5:16
#"This Fear of Emptiness" (David Boulter) – 3:59
#"How He Entered" (Dan McKinna, Staples) – 4:46
#"The Waiting Room" – 4:54
#"Planting Holes" (Boulter) – 2:03
#"We Are Dreamers!" – 5:21
#"Like Only Lovers Can" (Boulter, Staples) – 4:33
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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2016 albums
City Slang albums
Tindersticks albums