Misplaced Pages

Four (Acts of Love)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

2013 studio album by Mick Harvey
Four (Acts of Love)
Studio album by Mick Harvey
ReleasedJune 11, 2013 (2013-06-11)
StudioGrace Lane Studio and Atlantis Sound, Melbourne
GenrePop, Rock
Length33:03
LabelMute
ProducerMick Harvey
Mick Harvey chronology
Sketches from the Book of the Dead
(2011) 		Four (Acts of Love)
(2013) 		Delirium Tremens
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Clash9/10
Record Collector
Blurt Magazine
Drowned in Sound7/10
MusicOMH
PopMatters6/10

Four (Acts of Love) is the sixth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Mick Harvey, released on 11 June 2013 through Mute Records. The album is Harvey's second following his departure from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. The tracks make up a song cycle exploring the process of falling in love, bookended by "Praise the Earth (Wheels of Amber and Gold)" and "Praise the Earth (An Ephemeral Play)". The album includes several covers, including The Saints' punk "The Story of Love", P. J. Harvey's "Glorious" – who also duets with Harvey on the track – and Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do" off Astral Weeks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mick Harvey, except where noted.

Act 1 - Summertime In New York
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Praise the Earth (Wheels of Amber and Gold)"Based on a hymn by Bishop R. Heber2:12
2."Glorious"P. J. Harvey3:27
3."Midnight and the Ramparts" 2:16
4."Summertime in New York"Tony McKay3:15
5."Where There's Smoke (Before)" 1:26
Act 2 - The Story Of Love
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."God Made the Hammer" 2:39
7."I Wish That I Were Stone" 1:34
8."The Way Young Lovers Do"Van Morrison2:48
9."A Drop, An Ocean" 1:14
10."The Story of Love"Ed Kuepper3:35
Act 3 - Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Where There's Smoke (After)" 1:32
12."Wild Hearts"Roy Orbison, Will Jennings3:53
13."Fairy Dust" 1:44
14."Praise the Earth (An Ephemeral Play)" 4:08

Personnel

  • Mick Harvey – vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, photography
  • J.P. Shilo – electric guitar, violin
  • Rosie Westbrook – double bass
Technical
  • David McCluney – engineer

References

  1. "Four (Acts of Love) Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "Four (Acts of Love)". Allmusic. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  3. Smith, Mat (May 3, 2013). "Mick Harvey – Four (Acts of Love)". Clashmusic.com. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  4. Staunton, Terry. "Four (Acts of Love)". Recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  5. Toland, Michael. "Mick Harvey – Four (Acts of Love)". Blurt Magazine. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  6. Zevolli, Giuseppe (April 26, 2013). "Album Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on June 4, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  7. Saunders, Chris (April 22, 2013). "Four (Acts of Love)". MusicOMH. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  8. Schurr, Maria (June 10, 2013). "Mick Harvey: Four (acts of Love)". PopMatters. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  9. Andrews, Mark (October 16, 2019). "Mick Harvey: Birthday Parties, Bad Seeds and a life in 12 songs". louder. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

External links

Mick Harvey
Studio albums
Related articles

Categories: