Hollow Meadows (album)

Hollow Meadows is the seventh full-length solo album by British singer-songwriter Richard Hawley, released on 11 September 2015. It is his second record on the Parlophone label. As with his previous albums, the title refers to an area of his native Sheffield; Hollow Meadows is a hamlet on the outskirts of the city.

Hollow Meadows
Studio album by Richard Hawley
Released	11 September 2015
Genre	Chamber pop, indie rock, alternative rock, folk
Length	49:00
Label	Parlophone, Warner Bros.
Producer	Shez Sheridan, Richard Hawley
Richard Hawley chronology
Standing at the Sky's Edge (2012) Hollow Meadows (2015) Further (2019)
Singles from Hollow Meadows
"Heart of Oak" Released: 4 September 2015 "I Still Want You" Released: 6 October 2015

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
NME	[3]
The Line of Best Fit	[4]
WaxonTape	[5]

Development

After promotion had completed on his previous record Standing at the Sky's Edge, Hawley worked on the soundtrack for the film Love is All. Hawley wrote much of the album while recovering from a broken leg and slipped disc. Hawley referred to the song "Sometimes I Feel" as a turning point during the album's sessions. Much of what ended up on the album are the raw demos, which Hawley says helped keep the record "small." The vocal tracks sound particularly weary and ragged in comparison to previous albums, Hawley's usual smooth baritone frequently breaking.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Hawley, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Still Want You"	Hawley, Shez Sheridan	4:07
2.	"The World Looks Down"		3:34
3.	"Which Way"		2:58
4.	"Serenade of Blue"		4:08
5.	"Long Time Down"		5:39
6.	"Nothing Like a Friend"		5:04
7.	"Sometimes I Feel"		5:35
8.	"Tuesday pm"		3:30
9.	"Welcome the Sun"		6:17
10.	"Heart of Oak"		4:27
11.	"What Love Means"	Hawley, Sheridan	3:41

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[6]	42
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7]	26
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[8]	33
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	9

References

1. "Hollow Meadows". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
2. Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic.
3. Cooper, Leonie. "Richard Hawley – 'Hollow Meadows'". NME.
4. Oinonen, Janne. "Sheffield's master of romantic sincerity Richard Hawley gets back to basics on Hollow Meadows". The Line of Best Fit.
5. "Richard Hawley - 2015 - Hollow Meadows [10/10]". WaxonTape.
6. "Lescharts.com – Richard Hawley – Hollow Meadows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Richard Hawley – Hollow Meadows" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
8. "Spanishcharts.com – Richard Hawley – Hollow Meadows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
9. "Richard Hawley | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 10 November 2015.