Four (Acts of Love)

Four (Acts of Love)
Studio album by Mick Harvey
Released June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11)
Studio Grace Lane Studio and Atlantis Sound, Melbourne
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 33:03
Label Mute
Producer Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey chronology
Sketches from the Book of the Dead
(2011)		 Four (Acts of Love)
(2013)		 Delirium Tremens
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Clash9/10[3]
Record Collector[4]
Blurt Magazine[5]
Drowned in Sound7/10[6]
MusicOMH[7]
PopMatters6/10[8]

Four (Acts of Love) is the sixth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Mick Harvey - and his second since leaving Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. It was released in June 2013 under Mute Records. The 14 tracks make up a song cycle, bookended by "Praise the Earth (Wheels of Amber and Gold)" and "Praise the Earth (An Ephemeral Play)". The album includes eclectic covers including The Saints' punk "The Story of Love", P. J. Harvey's "Glorious" - she also duets with Harvey on the track - and Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do" off the classic Astral Weeks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mick Harvey; except where indicated

No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "Praise the Earth (Wheels of Amber and Gold)"  Based on a hymn by Bishop R. Heber 2:12
2. "Glorious"  P. J. Harvey 3:27
3. "Midnight and the Ramparts"    2:16
4. "Summertime in New York"  Tony McKay 3:15
5. "Where There's Smoke (Before)"    1:26
6. "God Made the Hammer"    2:39
7. "I Wish That I Were Stone"    1:34
8. "The Way Young Lovers Do"  Van Morrison 2:48
9. "A Drop, An Ocean"    1:14
10. "The Story of Love"  Ed Kuepper 3:35
11. "Where There's Smoke (After)"    1:32
12. "Wild Hearts"  Roy Orbison, Will Jennings 3:53
13. "Fairy Dust"    1:44
14. "Praise the Earth (An Ephemeral Play)"    4:08

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Four (Acts of Love) Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Four (Acts of Love)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  3. ↑ Smith, Mat (2013-05-03). "Mick Harvey - Four (Acts of Love)". Clashmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  4. ↑ Staunton, Terry. "Four (Acts of Love)". Recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  5. ↑ Toland, Michael. "Mick Harvey - Four (Acts of Love)". Blurt Magazine. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  6. ↑ Zevolli, Giuseppe (2013-04-26). "Album Review". Drowned In Sound. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  7. ↑ Saunders, Chris (2013-04-22). "Four (Acts of Love)". MusicOMH. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  8. ↑ Schurr, Maria (2013-06-10). "Mick Harvey: Four (acts of Love)". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-06-13.

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