Pre Pleasure | ||||
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Released | 26 August 2022 | |||
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Length | 37:59 | |||
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Pre Pleasure is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. It was released on 26 August 2022 under Polyvinyl Record Co. and Transgressive Records.
At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the album earned Jacklin a nomination for Best Solo Artist. The album was nominated for Best Independent Release and Best Adult Contemporary Album.[1]
The album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year at the 2022 J Awards.[2]
The album was nominated for the 2022 Australian Music Prize.[3]
At the AIR Awards of 2023, the album was nominated for Independent Album of the Year.[4]
At the 2023 Music Victoria Awards, the album was nominated for Best Album.[5]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Clash | 7/10[8] |
Exclaim! | 9/10[9] |
The Independent | [10] |
The Line of Best Fit | 7/10[11] |
Mojo | [12] |
The Observer | [13] |
Paste | 8.3/10[14] |
Pitchfork | 7.4/10[15] |
Uncut | 9/10[16] |
Pre Pleasure received critical acclaim from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Kitty Empire of The Observer gave the album four out of five stars, describing it as "a record about the impossibility of communication, and never quite solving your problems".[13] Bella Fleming of The Line of Best Fit indicates that this is Julia's most punchy album so far, "a testament to Julia Jacklin’s ability to adapt and grow as a songwriter".[17] Ellie Robinson of NME wrote that "the material here is some of Jacklin’s most intense, never holding back with her gut-punching ruminations on religion, sex and trauma".[18]
All songs are written by Julia Jacklin.
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Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 2 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] | 11 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] | 11 |
UK Albums (OCC)[22] | 56 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23] | 4 |