Liquid Spirit

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Liquid Spirit
Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit (Album artwork).png
Studio album by
Gregory Porter
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
Recorded2013
Studio Sear Sound, New York City
Genre
Length61:15
Label Blue Note
Producer Brian Bacchus
Gregory Porter chronology
Be Good
(2012)		Liquid Spirit
(2013)		 Issues of Life: Features and Remixes
(2014)
Singles from Liquid Spirit
  1. "Musical Genocide"
    Released: 2013
  2. "The 'In' Crowd"
    Released: 2014
  3. "No Love Dying"
    Released: 2014
  4. "Liquid Spirit"
    Released: 2015
  5. "Hey Laura"
    Released: 2015
  6. "Water Under Bridges"
    Released: 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Contactmusic.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Daily Express 4/5 [4]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Galleon8/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Liquid Spirit is the third studio album by American jazz musician Gregory Porter. It was released through Blue Note Records on September 2, 2013. [11] The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014. [12] [13] The record also produced six singles.

Contents

Critical reception

John Fordham of The Guardian stated 'It's a better balanced Porter album than formerly, and as classily polished and confident as is usual from Blue Note." [7] Will Layman of PopMatters commented "Gregory Porter is now flat-out in the jazz spotlight. Where he deserves to be. What that means, commercially, in 2013 may be limited. But now that he is recording for the art form's marquis label, Porter has the chance to change the art, to enrich the audience, to sing from a higher mountaintop. Liquid Spirit is a beautiful extension of that clarion cry." [9] Thom Jurek of AllMusic added "While his first two recordings revealed a major new talent with their promise, Liquid Spirit is a giant step forward artistically, and for the listener, an exercise in musical inspiration." [1] The Independent's Phil Johnson noted "The soulful vocalist follows his two excellent indie albums with a major-label debut that contains few surprises yet deepens the story so far". [14] Mike Hobart of Financial Times wrote "Gregory Porter ’s largely self-penned major label debut is an artful and free-spirited blend of love songs, social commentary and reflections on life... The lyrics are heart-on-sleeve, and occasionally odd, but Porter's rich baritone oozes confidence and brings each syllable life". [5]

Commercial reception

The album entered the US Billboard 200 at No. 192 with around 3,000 copies sold, and peaked at No. 187 on the chart. [15] It peaked at No. 2 on Jazz Albums. [16] The album has sold 43,000 copies in the US as of April 2016. [17]

In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at No. 9 in the chart, [18] and it was certified Platinum by the BPI on July 8, 2016. [19]

Track listing

All songs written by Gregory Porter, and arranged by Porter, Chip Crawford and Kamau Kenyatta, except where noted. Horns arranged by Kamau Kenyatta. [20]

No.TitleLength
1."No Love Dying"3:56
2."Liquid Spirit"3:36
3."Lonesome Lover" (Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach)3:11
4."Water Under Bridges"3:32
5."Hey Laura"3:19
6."Musical Genocide"3:45
7."Wolfcry"4:10
8."Free" (Zak Najor, Gregory Porter)5:01
9."Brown Grass"4:17
10."Wind Song"3:23
11."The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page)3:37
12."Movin'"4:49
13."When Love Was King"6:52
14."I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)7:47
Total length:61:15

2013 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks [21] / Japanese Edition bonus tracks [22]

No.TitleLength
15."Time is Ticking"3:23
16."Water Under Bridges" (Robato Version)4:43
Total length:69:21

2014 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks [23]

No.TitleLength
15."Water Under Bridges" (featuring Laura Mvula)3:57
16."Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (featuring Jamie Cullum)2:50
17."Grandma's Hands" (featuring Ben l'Oncle Soul)3:32
18."Liquid Spirit" (20Syl Remix)3:25
Total length:74:59

2014 Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD [23]

No.TitleLength
1."Grandma's Hands" (Live)5:49
2."Hoochie Coochie Man" (Live)5:15
3."She Was Too Good to Me" (Live)4:43
4."Someday We'll All Be Free" (Live)6:02
5."Work Song" (Live)7:40
Total length:29:29

2015 Special Edition bonus tracks [24]

No.TitleLength
15."When You Wish Upon A Star"3:48
16."Liquid Spirit" (Claptone Remix - Full Vocal Version)2:44
17."Puttin' On The Ritz"3:06
18."Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)" (with Julie London)2:41
19."Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Jamie Cullum featuring Gregory Porter)2:58
Total length:76:32

Personnel

Charts and certifications

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