Odludek

Odludek
Studio album by
Jimi Goodwin
Released24 March 2014
Recorded2012–2014
StudioStudio in Forest of Dean
GenreRock, alternative pop
Length42:37
LabelHeavenly Recordings
ProducerJimi Goodwin and Dan Austin
Singles from Odludek
  1. "Oh! Whiskey"
    Released: 24 March 2014
  2. "Live Like a River"
    Released: 30 June 2014
  3. "Lonely at the Drop"
    Released: 5 January 2015
  4. "Didsbury Girl (Tear Down Dub)"
    Released: 18 April 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Consequence of SoundB[2]
Drowned in Sound6/10[3]
musicOMH[4]
NME7/10[5]
The Observer[6]
PopMatters7/10[7]

Odludek is the debut solo album by Jimi Goodwin, released on Heavenly Recordings on 24 March 2014. The album follows a few years after his band, Doves, announced they were taking an "indefinite hiatus." The word odludek is a Polish word, meaning "pilgrim" or "loner."[7] Goodwin wrote and played almost everything on Odludek himself, with only a handful of guest musicians, including Elbow frontman Guy Garvey and former Dungen member Fredrik Bjorling, and the album was recorded and co-produced with Dan Austin at a studio in the Forest of Dean across 18 months. Goodwin said, "Initially I wanted to have loads of guests on it. Maybe I wasn't trusting my own instincts because I'd collaborated in a band for such a long time, but that idea soon went out the window. Very quickly I decided I wanted to get my Prince head on and play everything. I became very protective of it. There was no-one steering me. I made it myself and paid for it myself, and that was very free and liberating."[8]

Odludek spawned four promotional-only singles; second single "Live Like a River" was given a commercial release on 12" vinyl, featuring exclusive remixes of the title track and album opener "Terracotta Warrior". A dub remix of "Didsbury Girl" was released as a vinyl single for Record Store Day 2015.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jimi Goodwin unless stated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Terracotta Warrior" 4:46
2."Didsbury Girl"Goodwin, Simon Dine5:26
3."Live Like a River" 3:08
4."Hope"Goodwin, Guy Garvey4:29
5."Man V Dingo"Goodwin, Garvey, Brian Fahey4:52
6."Keep My Soul in Song"Goodwin, Steve Martin3:50
7."Oh! Whiskey" 5:20
8."The Ghost of the Empties" 3:56
9."Lonely at the Drop"Goodwin, Henri Texier4:10
10."Panic Tree"Goodwin, Garvey2:36

Charts

Year Chart Position
2014 UK Albums Chart 39

References

  1. ^ "Odludek". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ Hardy, Tony. "Album Review: Jimi Goodwin - Odludek". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. ^ Lavery, Aaron (21 March 2014). "Album Review: Jimi Goodwin - Odludek / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. ^ Ashton-Smith, Alan (18 March 2014). "Jimi Goodwin - Odludek | Albums | musicOMH". musicOMH. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. ^ Welch, Andy (23 March 2014). "NME Album Reviews - Jimi Goodwin - 'Odludek' - NME.COM". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  6. ^ Carnwath, Ally (23 March 2014). "Odludek review – Jimi Goodwin's 'urgent, abrasive' solo debut | Music | The Observer". The Observer. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ^ a b Bergstrom, John (26 March 2014). "Jimi Goodwin: Odludek - PopMatters". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Jimi Goodwin Official Website: Odludek". Retrieved 29 December 2015.