The Book of Daniel (album)

The Book of Daniel
Studio album by Danny!
Released February 29, 2016
Genre Pop
Length 64:37
Label StarTower Music, Ltd.
Producer Danny!
Danny! chronology
Payback
(2012)		 The Book Of Daniel
(2016)
Alternate cover
UK retail cover version
Singles from The Book of Daniel
  1. "Constellations"
    Released: February 14, 2016
  2. "Hell(o)!"
    Released: August 18, 2016
  3. "Pharaohs"
    Released: September 22, 2016

The Book of Daniel or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Be the Bomb, more commonly known as The Book of Daniel, is the eighth studio album from Atlanta recording artist and producer Danny!. GQ Magazine was the first to report about the album[1] originally titled "Deliverance"; The Book of Daniel was slated for a Leap Day 2016 release and is Danny!'s first since 2012's Okayplayer LP Payback.

Background

Produced entirely by Danny! himself, The Book of Daniel is named after the 27th book in the modern Christian Bible, with whom Danny!'s birth name also shares a source, and features twelve songs to match the twelve chapters of the album's namesake. The record also mirrors the biblical chapter's motif of overcoming excessive hardship; in the years since, and preceding, the release of Payback, Danny! had experienced divorce, depression, homelessness and subsequent alcohol dependency. As such, the album's themes are notably darker and, by Danny!'s own admission, "sadder" in contrast to previous offerings in his discography; up until 2012, he has quipped, "[I] hadn't really gone through sh*t.".[2] The subtitle of The Book of Daniel is a reference to the Stanley Kubrick-directed film "Dr. Strangelove".[2]

Content

In a recent interview, Danny! acknowledged the fusion of musical genres such as folk, pop, gospel and psychedelic rock into the overall sound of the album as "Supa Dupa Fly meets Odelay meets Stoneground Words meets St. Elsewhere meets Blue meets Stankonia, with a smidgen of Paul's Boutique". The realization that personal happiness stems from accepting "[life] is all bullshit" is one of the album's main themes, and is repeated often throughout the entirety of the LP. The "weeping man" on The Book of Daniel artwork is from the cover of The Drifters' 1968 compilation album Golden Hits for the single "I Count The Tears".

Promotion

In anticipation for the new album, Danny! leaked a snippet of "Sweet Virginia" on his once-defunct Tumblr blog in early November 2015,[3] followed by daily instrumental cues shared on his Instagram page leading up to the album's release date. In February the single "Constellations" premiered on FADER two weeks prior to the album's original release date.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Sinner's Silhouette"  Produced by Danny!8:01
2."Hell(o)!"  Produced by Danny!5:17
3."Machine"  Produced by Danny!4:57
4."Deliverance"  Produced by Danny!3:15
5."Unforgivable / Mama, I'm Sorry"  Produced by Danny!5:16
6."Why Not"  Produced by Danny!4:04
7."Pharaohs"  Produced by Danny!4:25
8."Love U 2 Much"  Produced by Danny!5:22
9."They're Gonna Let You Down"  Produced by Danny!4:39
10."Black Zombie, Pt. 2"  Produced by Danny!4:57
11."Goodbye (Cruel World)"  Produced by Danny!9:39
12."Savior"  Produced by Danny!4:00

See also

References

  1. ↑ Phili, Stelios (2014-03-05). "The GQ+A". GQ. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  2. 1 2 Jeffries, David (2013-03-11). "Danny!: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. ↑ Swain, Daniel (2015-11-26). "Sweet Virginia (demo)". Tumblr. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
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