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The Classic (Joan as Police Woman album)

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The Classic
Studio album by
Joan As Police Woman
ReleasedMarch 10, 2014
RecordedGround Control Studios, Maid's Room Studios, Vibromonk[1]
GenreRock, jazz
LabelPIAS
ProducerJoan Wasser and Tyler Wood
Joan As Police Woman chronology
The Deep Field
(2011)
The Classic
(2014)
Let It Be You
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundC[4]
MusicOMH[5]
PopMatters6/10[6]
NME6/10[7]

The Classic is the fourth studio album by the American artist Joan As Police Woman (aka Joan Wasser), released on March 10, 2014, through PIAS.[8] It included the single "Holy City" that was inspired by a visit to Jerusalem.The song was described as "Motown-influenced pop fusion" and the release was supported by an Alex de Campi directed video.[9]

The comedian Reggie Watts contributed beatboxing to the title track and rapping to the single "Holy City."[9]

In 2016 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.[10]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Joan Wasser

No.TitleLength
1."Witness"4:44
2."Holy City"4:45
3."The Classic"3:27
4."Good Together"7:03
5."Get Direct"6:44
6."What Would You Do"5:43
7."New Years Day"6:34
8."Shame"4:38
9."Stay"4:41
10."Ask Me"3:58

Personnel

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Technical personnel
  • Tyler Wood  – engineering, mixing and production
  • Murray Trider  – engineering (Ground Control)
  • Jack McKeever & TJ Doherty  – engineering (Maid's Room)
  • Adam Sachs  – engineering and mixing on "The Classic"
  • Dan Shatzky  – engineering (Vibromonk)
Design
  • Lance Scott Walker - graphic design
  • Stephanie Sidjakov - photography/graphic design
  • Dan Monick - cover photograph

References

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  1. ^ "Classic 2LP" Discog's entry for the credits
  2. ^ "The Classic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. "The Classic -Joan as Police Woman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  4. ^ Kivel, Adam (13 March 2014). "Album Review: Joan as Policewoman – The Classic". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Day, Larry (March 10, 2014). "Joan as Police Woman – The Classic". Musicomh.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  6. ^ Lathan, Ryan (March 11, 2014). "Joan as Policewoman: The Classic". Popmatters.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Pearlman, Mischa (March 7, 2014). "Joan as Police Woman – The Classic". Nme.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  8. ^ "PIAS press release" Biography on the PIAS website announcing the release.
  9. ^ a b "Joan as Police Woman premieres video for Holy City online – exclusive". telegraph.co.uk. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "Independents going strong – IMPALA Sales Awards clock up another 10m units | Impala". impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-06.