Calvi in a performance in Sala KGB, 17 September 2011 Background information Born ( 1980-09-24) 24 September 1980 (age 37) Twickenham, England,.

. 'Blackout' Released: 21 March 2011. 'Desire' Released: 20 June 2011. 'Suzanne & I' Released: 12 September 2011 Anna Calvi is the debut album of British singer-songwriter, released on 14 January 2011,. In Autumn, 2010, Calvi entered Black Box studio in France with producer and, using vintage analogue equipment, created 'a velvet Wall of Sound that justified the hype in the buildup to its 2011 release.' The album peaked at No. 40 in the reached No.

17 in France, and entered several European charts. The album has been nominated for the 2011. Contents. History The debut album's material had been written in Anna Calvi's parents' attic, using eight-track equipment.

Of Rob Ellis, best known for his work with, she said: He’s old-school rock‘n roll you know, 'Hit the drums harder!' Which I love.

We both share a love of classical music.he loves the same composers as I do. So I didn’t have to explain what I meant when I said that I wanted I wanted a guitar or a shaker to sound like an orchestra. It was great to find someone who understood. Calvi herself said she was proud with the album and picked out two songs where she felt she'd got close to what she ultimately wanted to achieve: 'Love Won’t Be Leaving' (noted for microscopic sound detailisation) and 'The Devil'. 'I see music very visually. And I want the music itself to express the story as much, if not more, than the lyrics.

I think I achieved that on Love Won’t Be Leaving,' she commented on the former. As for the latter, 'It’s a good example of how I wanted to make the guitar sound like another instrument. I wanted the middle-section to sound like the strings on a Hitchcock soundtrack. It crescendos towards an explosion, but in a real and honest way.

It's not about bravado,' she added. Singles 'Blackout' (with the cover of an Elvis Presley song 'Surrender' on the b-side) was released as the first single from the album on 21 March 2011 and was debuted on in the US. 'Desire' was the second single (backed with a reworking of 's ') and was released on 20 June 2011. The track was available on 7' (RUG412) and via digital download (RUG412D). 'Suzanne & I' (backed with the cover of ') was released as the third single from the album on 12 September 2011. Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating favourable favourable favourable Upon its release, the album received generally good reviews from music critics.

Aggregating website reports a score of 7.6 based on 29 professional reviews, giving it the highest 5/5 ranking. Reviewer Eamonn Seoige (IHeart AU), called the album 'fully-formed and. An instantly engaging body of work', argued that it's 'key strength is honest, raw power.' Describing Calvi's songs as 'poetic, free-flowing, often incorporating multiple styles that frame her distinctive and kaleidoscopic vocal range,' he added: 'A gifted musician, possessor of a unique voice and writer of inimitable songs, Calvi is already primed for greatness.'

Matt James of described Calvi as 'eternally glamorous, but perennially doomed nightclub torch-song singer with a skeleton army in their closet' and her debut, never 'afraid to be fantastical, striking,' as 'rich and strange'. Called the debut 'perhaps the first great record of 2011.' According to Jon O'Brien of, this 'ambitious and always intriguing debut. Heralds the arrival of a unique and inventive addition to the plethora of U.K.

Female singer/songwriters.' Placed the album at number 8 on its list of 'Top 50 albums of 2011.' Publication Score NME 9/10 Mojo 4. Uncut 4. The Observer Album of The Week Independent on Sunday Album of The Week Evening Standard 4.

Album of The Week Irish Times 4. Album of The Week Irish Tribune 5/5 Album of The Week Guardian 4. The Times 4. Film serial silat mandarin subtitle indonesia. Financial Times 4. Daily Mail 4. The Sun 4.

Time Out 4. Album of The Week Artrocker 4. The Fly 4. Rough Trade Album of The Month Track listing All tracks written by Anna Calvi. Title Length 1.

'Rider to the Sea' 2:40 2. 'No More Words' 3:51 3. 'Desire' 3:51 4.

'Suzanne & I' 4:11 5. 'First We Kiss' 3:05 6. 'The Devil' 4:34 7. 'Blackout' 4:05 8. 'I'll Be Your Man' 3:10 9.

'Morning Light' 4:13 10. From the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 1 January 2011., Retrieved 18 January 2011. 20 April 2014 at the. Perry, Andrew (10 January 2011). The Daily Telegraph. From the original on 2011-07-24.

6 September 2011 at the., Retrieved 27 January 2011. @ lescharts.com. 21 April 2014 at the. Domino Records. 20 April 2014 at the. 20 October 2013 at the. 24 October 2013 at the.

– www.annacalvi.com 19 October 2013 at the. Chris White.

BBC Music 5 September 2011 at the. 1 March 2011 at the. 20 January 2011 at the. Independent on Sunday. 10 November 2012 at the. New Musical Express.

11 October 2013 at the. Phil Mongredien. February Anna Calvi. P.113. Kitty Empire. 13 June 2012 at the.

Rave magazine. 16 March 2012 at the. Doran, John (March 2011).

'Anna Calvi - Anna CAlvi'. From the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

Simmy Richman. Independent on Sunday. From the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 1 January 2011. IHeart AU 12 February 2011 at the. Matt James.

29 January 2013 at the. 2 December 2011. From the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011. From the original on 28 December 2013. From the original on 2 November 2012. From the original on 2 November 2012.

From the original on 25 December 2013. From the original on 21 April 2014. From the original on 14 October 2013. From the original on 24 December 2013. From the original on 24 December 2013. Archived from on 2012-04-10. (in French).

Ruelle, Yohann (6 October 2013). Retrieved 7 June 2018. Gibsone, Harriet (13 October 2014). The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

. 'Blackout' Released: 21 March 2011. 'Desire' Released: 20 June 2011. 'Suzanne & I' Released: 12 September 2011 Anna Calvi is the debut album of British singer-songwriter, released on 14 January 2011,. In Autumn, 2010, Calvi entered Black Box studio in France with producer and, using vintage analogue equipment, created 'a velvet Wall of Sound that justified the hype in the buildup to its 2011 release.' The album peaked at No.

40 in the reached No. 17 in France, and entered several European charts. The album has been nominated for the 2011.

Contents. History The debut album's material had been written in Anna Calvi's parents' attic, using eight-track equipment. Of Rob Ellis, best known for his work with, she said: He’s old-school rock‘n roll you know, 'Hit the drums harder!' Which I love.

We both share a love of classical music.he loves the same composers as I do. So I didn’t have to explain what I meant when I said that I wanted I wanted a guitar or a shaker to sound like an orchestra.

It was great to find someone who understood. Calvi herself said she was proud with the album and picked out two songs where she felt she'd got close to what she ultimately wanted to achieve: 'Love Won’t Be Leaving' (noted for microscopic sound detailisation) and 'The Devil'.

'I see music very visually. And I want the music itself to express the story as much, if not more, than the lyrics. I think I achieved that on Love Won’t Be Leaving,' she commented on the former. As for the latter, 'It’s a good example of how I wanted to make the guitar sound like another instrument. I wanted the middle-section to sound like the strings on a Hitchcock soundtrack. It crescendos towards an explosion, but in a real and honest way. It's not about bravado,' she added.

Singles 'Blackout' (with the cover of an Elvis Presley song 'Surrender' on the b-side) was released as the first single from the album on 21 March 2011 and was debuted on in the US. 'Desire' was the second single (backed with a reworking of 's ') and was released on 20 June 2011. The track was available on 7' (RUG412) and via digital download (RUG412D). 'Suzanne & I' (backed with the cover of ') was released as the third single from the album on 12 September 2011. Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating favourable favourable favourable Upon its release, the album received generally good reviews from music critics.

Aggregating website reports a score of 7.6 based on 29 professional reviews, giving it the highest 5/5 ranking. Reviewer Eamonn Seoige (IHeart AU), called the album 'fully-formed and.

An instantly engaging body of work', argued that it's 'key strength is honest, raw power.' Describing Calvi's songs as 'poetic, free-flowing, often incorporating multiple styles that frame her distinctive and kaleidoscopic vocal range,' he added: 'A gifted musician, possessor of a unique voice and writer of inimitable songs, Calvi is already primed for greatness.' Matt James of described Calvi as 'eternally glamorous, but perennially doomed nightclub torch-song singer with a skeleton army in their closet' and her debut, never 'afraid to be fantastical, striking,' as 'rich and strange'.

Called the debut 'perhaps the first great record of 2011.' According to Jon O'Brien of, this 'ambitious and always intriguing debut. Heralds the arrival of a unique and inventive addition to the plethora of U.K. Female singer/songwriters.' Placed the album at number 8 on its list of 'Top 50 albums of 2011.'

Publication Score NME 9/10 Mojo 4. Uncut 4. The Observer Album of The Week Independent on Sunday Album of The Week Evening Standard 4. Album of The Week Irish Times 4. Album of The Week Irish Tribune 5/5 Album of The Week Guardian 4. The Times 4. Financial Times 4.

Daily Mail 4. The Sun 4. Time Out 4. Album of The Week Artrocker 4. The Fly 4.

Rough Trade Album of The Month Track listing All tracks written by Anna Calvi. Title Length 1.

'Rider to the Sea' 2:40 2. 'No More Words' 3:51 3.

'Desire' 3:51 4. 'Suzanne & I' 4:11 5.

'First We Kiss' 3:05 6. 'The Devil' 4:34 7. 'Blackout' 4:05 8. 'I'll Be Your Man' 3:10 9. 'Morning Light' 4:13 10. From the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 1 January 2011., Retrieved 18 January 2011.

20 April 2014 at the. Perry, Andrew (10 January 2011). The Daily Telegraph. From the original on 2011-07-24. 6 September 2011 at the., Retrieved 27 January 2011. @ lescharts.com. 21 April 2014 at the.

Domino Records. 20 April 2014 at the.

20 October 2013 at the. 24 October 2013 at the. – www.annacalvi.com 19 October 2013 at the.

Chris White. BBC Music 5 September 2011 at the. 1 March 2011 at the. 20 January 2011 at the. Independent on Sunday. 10 November 2012 at the.

New Musical Express. 11 October 2013 at the.

Phil Mongredien. February Anna Calvi. P.113. Kitty Empire. 13 June 2012 at the. Rave magazine.

16 March 2012 at the. Doran, John (March 2011). 'Anna Calvi - Anna CAlvi'. From the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

Simmy Richman. Independent on Sunday. From the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 1 January 2011. IHeart AU 12 February 2011 at the.

Matt James. 29 January 2013 at the. 2 December 2011. From the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011. From the original on 28 December 2013.

From the original on 2 November 2012. From the original on 2 November 2012. From the original on 25 December 2013. From the original on 21 April 2014. From the original on 14 October 2013.

From the original on 24 December 2013. From the original on 24 December 2013. Archived from on 2012-04-10. (in French). Ruelle, Yohann (6 October 2013).

Retrieved 7 June 2018. Gibsone, Harriet (13 October 2014).

The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2018.