1984 (Joan of Arc album)

2018 studio album by Joan of Arc

1984

Studio album by

Joan of Arc

Released| June 2, 2018
Genre| Indie rock
Length| 35:20
Label| Joyful Noise Recordings
Producer| Nate Kinsella
Joan of Arc chronology
| He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands
(2017)  | 1984
(2018)  |

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 70/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Drowned In Sound| 8/10[3]
The Line of Best Fit| 5.5/10[4]
The Skinny| [5]
Spin| 8/10[6]

1984 is the twenty-third studio album by Joan of Arc released in 2018 on Joyful Noise Recordings. The album was announced on April 4 for release on June 1.[7][8][9] It is the second album featuring the JOA line-up that debuted on He's Got The Whole This Land Is Your Land In His Hands, consisting of Tim Kinsella, Theo Katsaounis, Melina Ausikaitis, Bobby Burg, and Jeremy Boyle.

On this album, Tim Kinsella (usually the band's lead vocalist) steps aside as front-man, building the album around Melina Ausikaitis's vocal tracks.[10]

“We were thinking of it as a [late period] Black Flag record, where Melina would sing a song, then the next song was a jam,” said Kinsella, describing the structure and sequencing of the material appearing on the album.[11] The album was produced by lead-singer Tim Kinsella's cousin, long-time collaborator and frequent bandmate Nate Kinsella (aka Birthmark).[11]

In honor of the album's release, Joyful Noise Recordings produced a version of George Orwell's dystopian novel of the same name, 1984, that substituted the names of the Joan of Arc band members for all of the major characters (Winston Smith -> Tim Kinsella, O'Brien -> Bobby Burg, etc.) and set the story in Chicago (instead of London), posting the revision on 1984.com for a limited time.[12]

## Track listing

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1. "Tiny Baby" - 4:29
2. "Vertigo" - 2:59
3. "Punk Kid" - 5:27
4. "Maine Guy" - 5:20
5. "People Pleaser" - 3:13
6. "Psy-Fi/Fantasy" – 2:38
7. "Truck" - 5:23
8. "Vermont Girl" - 4:06
9. "Forever Jung" - 1:49

## References

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1. ^ "1984 by Joan of Arc Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
2. ^ Donelson, Marcy. "1984 - Joan of Arc". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
3. ^ Wylde, Nicoletta. "Album Review: Joan of Arc - 1984". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
4. ^ King, Ian. "Joan of Arc make a bold misstep on 1984". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
5. ^ Goggins, Joe. "Joan of Arc album review: 1984". The Skinny. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
6. ^ Gaca, Anna. "Joan of Arc's 1984 Is an Odd Gem in a Catalog Full of Them". Spin. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
7. ^ "Joan of Arc Announce New Album 1984, Share New Song "Truck": Listen | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. April 4, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
8. ^ "Joan of Arc | 1984 | Joyful Noise Recordings". www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
9. ^ "Joan of Arc '1984' Stream". Spin. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
10. ^ "Joan of Arc make a bold misstep on 1984". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
11. ^ a b "Tim Kinsella Ranks (Most of) Joan of Arc's Big, Misunderstood Discography". Noisey. May 31, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
12. ^ "JOA - 1984". 1984.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.

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Studio albums|

* A Portable Model Of
* How Memory Works
* Live in Chicago, 1999
* The Gap
* So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness
* In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust
* Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain
* Presents Guitar Duets
* The Intelligent Design Of...
* Eventually, All at Once
* Boo! Human
* Flowers
* Life Like
* He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands
* 1984

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