Goon (Tobias Jesso Jr. album)

Goon
Studio album by Tobias Jesso Jr.
Released March 17, 2015
Genre
Length 46:33
Label True Panther Sounds
Producer JR White, Ariel Rechtshaid, Patrick Carney, John Collins
Singles from Goon
  1. "Hollywood"
    Released: November 17, 2014
  2. "How Could You Babe"
    Released: January 20, 2015

Goon is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. released on March 17, 2015 in the United States and Canada. The album was preceded by the two singles "How Could You Babe" and "Hollywood".

The album was a short-listed nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.[1]

Musical style

Jesso's music has been compared to singer/songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s from Randy Newman to Harry Nilsson and Emitt Rhodes. Even though he was a bassist and guitarist for years, his new music was written by him on the piano—an instrument he started playing at the age of 27.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB+[4]
Consequence of SoundA-[5]
The Guardian[6]
Pitchfork8.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Goon received universal acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 25 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[2]

Will Hermes of Rolling Stone noted "his debut LP gathers 12 beautifully lean ballads sung in a vulnerable tenor, with vintage studio touches blended by sharp producers including JR White, Patrick Carney and Ariel Rechtshaid."[8]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Paste 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015
22[9]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015
Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2015 2015
Time Out Best Albums of 2015 2015

Track listing

Standard edition
No. Title Length
1. "Can't Stop Thinking about You"   3:53
2. "How Could You Babe"   3:52
3. "Without You"   5:09
4. "Can We Still Be Friends"   3:23
5. "The Wait"   2:14
6. "Hollywood"   6:08
7. "For You"   3:08
8. "Crocodile Tears"   2:22
9. "Bad Words"   4:28
10. "Just a Dream"   4:45
11. "Leaving LA"   4:24
12. "Tell the Truth"   2:47
Total length:
46:33

Personnel

Technical personnel

References

  1. http://polarismusicprize.ca/blog/2015-polaris-music-prize-short-list/
  2. 1 2 "Goon – Tobias Jesso Jr.". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  3. "Goon – Tobias Jesso Jr.". Allmusic. 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  4. "Amid heartbreak, Tobias Jesso Jr. breaks down the confines of pop".
  5. Corcoran, Nina (March 6, 2015). "Album Review: Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  6. Petridis, Alexis. Tobias Jesso Jr.: Goon – review. The Guardian. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  7. Richardson, Mark. Tobias Jesso Jr.: Goon. Pitchfork Media. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 Hermes, Will. Tobias Jesso Jr.: Goon. Rolling Stone. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  9. "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". pastemagazine.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  10. "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Pitchfork. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  11. "Albums of the Year 2015". roughtrade.com. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  12. "Best Albums of 2015". timeout.com. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
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