Robyn Hitchcock (2017 album)

Robyn Hitchcock is the twenty-first studio album by British musician Robyn Hitchcock. It was released in 2017 through Yep Roc. The album, largely rooted in psychedelic rock, represents a stylistic change from his previous LP, The Man Upstairs, which was entirely acoustic.[2]

For the compilation album, see Robyn Hitchcock (1995 album).

Robyn Hitchcock
Studio album by Robyn Hitchcock
Released	21 April 2017
Studio	Readymade Studios, Nashville
Genre	Psychedelic rock, pop rock, country rock
Label	Yep Roc
Producer	Robyn Hitchcock, Brendan Benson
Robyn Hitchcock chronology
The Man Upstairs (2014) Robyn Hitchcock (2017) Planet England (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(80/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Paste Magazine	[3]

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews. Jon Young, writing for Paste Magazine, noted that the album "feels familiar and utterly fresh at once", also being "a perfect summation of the artist, as the title suggests".[3] AllMusic reviewer James Christopher Monger named it "easily his most vibrant collection of new music since the early 1990s".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Robyn Hitchcock.

1. I Want to Tell You About What I Want
2. Virginia Woolf
3. I Pray When I'm Drunk
4. Mad Shelley's Letterbox
5. Sayonara Judge
6. Detective Mindhorn
7. 1970 in Aspic
8. Raymond and the Wires
9. Autumn Sunglasses
10. Time Coast

Personnel

• Robyn Hitchcock – guitar, vocals
• Anne McCue – guitar
• Jon Estes – bass
• Jon Radford – drums
• Pat Sansone – vocal
• Grant Lee Phillips – vocals
• Emma Swift – vocals
• Gillian Welch – vocals

References

1. "Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock". Metacritic. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
2. Monger, James Christopher. "Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock". AllMusic. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
3. Young, Jon (April 17, 2017). "Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock". Paste Magazine. Retrieved June 25, 2017.