Sinner Get Ready (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American musician Kristin Hayter, and her last under her alias Lingua Ignota. Created in collaboration with producer and engineer Seth Manchester,^[2] it is the follow-up to Hayter's 2019 album Caligula. It was released on Sargent House on August 6, 2021,^[3]^[4] and was met with widespread acclaim from music critics.^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.0/10^[6]
Metacritic	83/100^[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Beats Per Minute	88%^[7]
Exclaim!	9/10^[8]
The Guardian	^[9]
Kerrang!	^[1]
Loud and Quiet	9/10^[10]
Metal Hammer	^[11]
Mojo	^[12]
Pitchfork	8.0/10^[13]
PopMatters	8/10^[14]
Slant Magazine	^[15]

Sinner Get Ready received widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 83, based on ten reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[5] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 8.0 out of 10 score, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.^[6]

Accolades

*Sinner Get Ready* on year-end lists
Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Beats Per Minute	Top 50 Albums of 2021	3	^[16]
Crack	The Top 50 Albums of the Year	30	^[17]
Decibel	Top 40 Albums of 2021	14	^[18]
Exclaim!	50 Best Albums of 2021	32	^[19]
Junkee	The Best Albums of 2021	N/A	^[20]
Kerrang!	The 50 best albums of 2021	23	^[21]
Our Culture	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	16	^[22]
Paste	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	23	^[23]
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	41	^[24]
PopMatters	The 75 Best Albums of 2021	23	^[25]
Rough Trade UK	Albums of the Year 2021	50	^[26]
Slant Magazine	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	39	^[27]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Order of Spiritual Virgins"	9:10
2.	"I Who Bend the Tall Grasses"	6:28
3.	"Many Hands"	5:15
4.	"Pennsylvania Furnace"	5:46
5.	"Repent Now Confess Now"	5:48
6.	"The Sacred Linament of Judgement"	5:22
7.	"Perpetual Flame of Centralia"	5:34
8.	"Man Is Like a Spring Flower"	7:16
9.	"The Solitary Brethren of Ephrata"	5:11
Total length:		55:53

Notes

All tracks are stylized in all caps. For example, "The Order of Spiritual Virgins" is stylized as "THE ORDER OF SPIRITUAL VIRGINS".
"The Sacred Linament of Judgment" features audio from televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's "I have sinned" speech.^[13]

Personnel

Musicians

Kristin Hayter – vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 1, 4, 6–9), bowed banjo (1, 6), cello (1, 2, 5), organ (2), bells (2, 3, 6), bowed psaltery (3), mountain dulcimer (3), banjo (5), prepared piano (5, 8)
Seth Manchester – prepared piano (1, 2, 8); oscillators, extended banjo (1); percussion (tracks 2, 4, 5), shruti box (3, 6); guitar, Moog (3); banjo (5), Moog Grandmother (8)
Ryan Seaton – instrumental arrangements (all tracks), clarinets (1, 4, 8, 9), saxophones (1, 4, 5, 7–9), melodicas (1–3, 5, 8), castanets (1–3, 8), Tibetan cymbals (1–3), woodwind mouthpieces (1–5, 7, 9); wooden drum with animal skin and single snare, frame drums (1, 4); vocals, Doepfer MS-404, wooden shakers, singing bowl (1); bells (2), cowbell (2, 3), wooden flute (4, 5, 9); pennywhistle, Korg Wavestation (4, 8, 9); trumpet VST, harmonica (4, 9); Moog Voyager (5, 8, 9), saxophone neck (5, 9); mandolins, cello VST (7, 9); FM8 soft synth, Juno 106, Roland TB-303, Wurlitzer, tambourine, electric guitars (8); Eisenberg Vier soft synth (9)
J. Mamana – banjo (8)

Technical

Kristin Hayter – production, additional recording
Seth Manchester – production, mixing, recording
Ryan Seaton – additional production, additional recording
Chris Gehringer – mastering

Artwork

Kristin Hayter – album photography (shooting, editing)
Alexis Marshall – album photography assistance
Ashley Rose Couture – mask
Chimere Noire – layout design

Charts

Chart performance for *Sinner Get Ready*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[28]	11
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[29]	12
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[30]	36
US Top Current Albums (Billboard)^[31]	21

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Thomas, Olly (August 5, 2021). "Album review: Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready". Kerrang!. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ "Sinner Get Ready – Lingua Ignota". Rough Trade. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ Gomez, Jade. "Lingua Ignota Announces New Album SINNER GET READY, Shares New Single". Paste. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ Bloom, Madison. "Lingua Ignota Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sinner Get Ready by Lingua Ignota, retrieved August 14, 2021
^ ^a ^b "Sinner Get Ready by Lingua Ignota". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ Wohlmacher, John. "Album Review: Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ Sylvester, Daniel. "Lingua Ignota's 'Sinner Get Ready' Is More Incantation Than Collection of Songs". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ Amin, Tayyab. "Lingua Ignota: Sinner Get Ready review – a devastating voice". The Guardian. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ Critten, Tom. "Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ Kilroy, Hannah May. "Lingua Ignota's Sinner Get Ready: haunting, intricate and wonderfully complex". Metal Hammer. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ House, Sargent. "Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready". Mojo. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Bloom. "Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ Parnell, Annie. "Lingua Ignota Seeks Salvation on Sinner Get Ready". PopMatters. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ Amen, John. "Review: Lingua Ignota's Sinner Get Ready Navigates the Seductive Paradox of the Soul". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ "BPM'S TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2021". Beats Per Minute. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "The Top 50 Albums of the Year". Crack. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "SPOILER: Here Are Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2021". Decibel. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2021". Exclaim!. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "From Heartbreak To Hope: Here Are The Best Albums Of The Year". Junkee. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "The 50 best albums of 2021". Kerrang!. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Our Culture. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Paste. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ Geffen, Sasha (7 December 2021). "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "THE 75 BEST ALBUMS OF 2021". PopMatters. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Albums of the Year 2021 – Rough Trade". Rough Trade UK. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Slant Magazine. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ "Lingua Ignota Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ "Lingua Ignota Chart History (Top Current Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ "Lingua Ignota Chart History (Top Current Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2021.

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