The Violence | ||||
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Studio album by Darren Hayman featuring the Long Parliament | ||||
Released | 5 November 2012 | |||
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Length | 73:33 | |||
Label | Fortuna Pop! | |||
Darren Hayman chronology | ||||
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The Violence is a studio album by British singer and songwriter Darren Hayman featuring backing band the Long Parliament.[1] It was released on 5 November 2012 by Fortuna Pop! The Violence is the third and final part in Hayman's Essex Trilogy.[2]
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[3] |
Metacritic | 81/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
DIY | [5] |
Drowned in Sound | 8/10[6] |
God Is in the TV | 4/10[7] |
The Line of Best Fit | 7.5/10[8] |
Mojo | [9] |
MusicOMH | [10] |
NME | [11] |
Q | [12] |
The Skinny | [13] |
Uncut | 8/10[14] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 81 based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[4] Marc Burrows of The Quietus wrote that "these are wonderful pop songs, each a compacted treasure of melody and heart."[15]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Violence" | 4:13 |
2. | "Impossible Times" | 3:21 |
3. | "How Long Have You Been Frightened For?" | 4:46 |
4. | "We Are Not Evil" | 3:06 |
5. | "The She-Cavaliers" | 4:28 |
6. | "Elizabeth Clarke" | 3:57 |
7. | "Vinegar Tom" | 5:14 |
8. | "Parliament Joan" | 4:51 |
9. | "The Word and the Word Alone" | 4:10 |
10. | "I Will Hide Away" | 3:30 |
11. | "When the King Enjoys His Own Again" | 1:19 |
12. | "Henrietta Maria" | 3:33 |
13. | "A Dogge Called Boye" | 1:37 |
14. | "Outsiders" | 1:18 |
15. | "Athur Wilson's Reverie" | 4:13 |
16. | "Rebecca West" | 4:33 |
17. | "Desire Lines" | 4:56 |
18. | "Kill the King" | 4:50 |
19. | "A Coffin for King Charles, a Crown for Cromwell and a Pit for the People" | 1:44 |
20. | "The Laughing Tree" | 3:55 |
Total length: | 73:33 |