Straight Songs of Sorrow
Image of album front cover showing artist's tattooed hand.
Studio album by
Mark Lanegan
ReleasedMay 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)
GenreRock
Length60:11
LabelHeavenly Recordings
Producer
Mark Lanegan chronology
Somebody's Knocking
(2019) 		Straight Songs of Sorrow
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10[1]
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Clash8/10[4]
Classic Rock[5]
The Irish Times[6]
NME[7]
Record Collector[8]
The Telegraph[9]

Straight Songs of Sorrow is the twelfth and final studio album by American singer Mark Lanegan. It was released through Heavenly Recordings on May 8, 2020.[10] The album was inspired by writing his memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, which was published April 28, 2020. It's his first solo album credited to simply Mark Lanegan, as opposed to Mark Lanegan Band, since 2013's Imitations, and the first one credited to Mark Lanegan that doesn't feature former collaborator Mike Johnson.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Lanegan,[11] except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Wouldn't Want to Say" 5:46
2."Apples from a Tree"Lanegan, Mark Morton1:55
3."This Game of Love" 4:48
4."Ketamine" 2:40
5."Bleed All Over" 3:35
6."Churchbells, Ghosts" 4:53
7."Internal Hourglass Discussion" 3:49
8."Stockholm City Blues" 3:38
9."Skeleton Key" 7:05
10."Daylight in the Nocturnal House" 3:05
11."Ballad of a Dying Rover" 4:36
12."Hanging On (For DRC)"Lanegan, Morton2:09
13."Burying Ground"Shelley Brien, Lanegan4:46
14."At Zero Below" 4:40
15."Eden Lost and Found"Brien, Lanegan2:46
Total length:1:00:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Straight Songs Of Sorrow by Mark Lanegan reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Straight Songs Of Sorrow by Mark Lanegan reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Deming, Mark. "Straight Songs of Sorrow". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 Jun 2020.
  4. ^ Gray, Josh (May 7, 2020). "Mark Lanegan – Straight Songs of Sorrow". Clash. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Hughes, Rob (May 8, 2020). "Mark Lanegan's Straight Songs Of Sorrow: exorcising ghosts, one song at a time". Classic Rock. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (May 8, 2020). "Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow review – emotionally frayed, feral and beautiful". The Irish Times. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  7. ^ Perry, Kevin EG (May 7, 2020). "Mark Lanegan – 'Straight Songs of Sorrow' review: grunge survivor shares music that salves the soul". NME. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  8. ^ Hamnett, Alun (May 2020). "MARK LANEGAN – STRAIGHT SONGS OF SORROW". Record Collector. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  9. ^ McCormick, Neil (May 9, 2020). "This week's best new albums: Kehlani, Mark Lanegan, Hayley Williams". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Mark Lanegan – Straight Songs of Sorrow". Heavenly Recordings*. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  11. ^ Straight Songs of Sorrow (LP liner notes). Mark Lanegan. Heavenly Recordings. 2020. HVNLP178C.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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