One Day (Peter Toussaint album)

One Day is the debut studio album by Dutch musician and singer-songwriter Peter Toussaint, who has been living in Pretoria since 2003. His first release as a solo artist, it was released on 11 December 2017. The album is an instrumental album and a concept album, musically going through a full day. As a bonus track, there is the song "Home" which follows after Moonlight.

One Day
Studio album by
Peter Toussaint
RecordedApril–October 2017
StudioWagon Wheel Records, Pretoria
GenreRock
Length43:56
LabelIndependent
ProducerIllimar Neitz

Critical reception

Initial reaction for One Day from music critics has been highly favorable. Lenore Germeshuys of The Flow described the album as "A very good listen." [1]

Clive Fisher of Guitar Ninja wrote:"One Day is a great album created by awesome musicians..." [2]

Pedro Barbosa of Running Wolf's Rant described the album as "chilled,melodic and relaxing." [3]

Darren Johnston of GeoGravity wrote “‘One Day’ isn’t a string of songs loosely slapped together onto a record; it is a meticulously-curated and detail-driven thematic story, of which its songs seamlessly segue into each other.” [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Toussaint.

No.TitleLength
1."Sunrise"4:08
2."A Journey"3:49
3."The Forest"3:06
4."Oak Trees"3:38
5."Teckel Race"2:43
6."Cay's Song"3:15
7."Mosquito"1:53
8."Sunset"2:58
9."Thunderstorm"3:45
10."Calm After"3:15
11."Amsterdam by Night"3:26
12."Moonlight"8:08
Total length:43:56

Personnel

Taken from album liner notes.

  • Peter Toussaint – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, vocals
  • Franco Jamneck – bass guitar, trumpet
  • Riaan van Rensburg – drums, percussion
  • Rika du Plessis - cello
  • Johan Scheppel - violin
  • Illimar Neitz – producer, mixing
  • Stephan Bester - mastering
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References
  1. Lenore Germeshuys (February 12, 2018). "One Day in Peter Toussaint's life". The Flow.
  2. Clive Fisher (February 5, 2018). "A Journey to One Day". Guitar Ninja.
  3. Pedro Barbosa (March 8, 2018). "Album Review: Peter Toussaint – One Day". Running Wolf's Rant.
  4. Darren Johnston (April 12, 2018). "Album Review: Peter Toussaint – One Day". GeoGravity.
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