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''Mirrorwriting'' is the debut studio album by British singer
Jamie Woon Jamie Woon (born 29 March 1983) is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer signed to PMR Records. He gained widespread acclaim in 2010 for his single "Night Air", which was co-produced by Burial, following his previous independent rel ...
. It was released in Europe on 18 April 2011 through
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. The album started to receive hype after Woon ended fourth on
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Night Air "Night Air" is a song by British singer Jamie Woon released as the lead single from his debut album, '' Mirrorwriting''. Background Woon described finishing the song as one of the highlights of the album-making process: ..I put the bass on Night ...
" on 22 October 2010.


Critical reception

Paul Clarke of BBC Music gave the album a positive review by saying: "Things would probably be quite different for Woon had he'd got his act together sooner. In 2007, his fragile cover of an old folk spiritual placed him pretty much alone at the crossroads between rural blues and urban electronica, a 20-something
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from London who'd sold his soul to dubstep instead of the Devil. Today, though, he shares this space with
The xx The xx are an English indie rock band from Wandsworth, London, formed in 2005. The band consists of Romy Madley Croft (guitar, vocals), Oliver Sim (bass guitar, vocals), Jamie Smith, also known as Jamie xx (beats, MPC, record production), a ...
and James Blake; and overshadowed by The xx's Mercury Prize victory and Blake's own debut album of earlier in 2011, Woon's music could now be in danger of sounding wearily familiar rather than darkly mysterious".


Commercial performance

UK sales stand at 30,000 copies according to The Guardian.


Track listing


Charts


Year-end charts


References

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