Liquid Spirit

Liquid Spirit
Studio album by Gregory Porter
Released September 2, 2013
Recorded 2013
Studio Sear Sound (New York City, NY)
Genre
Length 61:15
Label Blue Note
Producer Brian Bacchus
Gregory Porter chronology
Be Good
(2012)		 Liquid Spirit
(2013)		 Take Me to the Alley
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
PopMatters[3]

Liquid Spirit is the third studio album by American jazz musician Gregory Porter. It was released through Blue Note Records on September 2, 2013.[4] The album was nominated for, and won, Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.[5][6]

Commercial reception

The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 192 with around 3,000 copies sold, and peaked at No. 187 on the chart.[7] It peaked at No. 2 on Jazz Albums.[8] The album has sold 43,000 copies in the US as of April 2016.[9]

In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at No. 9 in the chart,[10] and it was certified Platinum by the BPI on July 8, 2016.[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Gregory Porter, except where noted.[12]

No. Title Length
1. "No Love Dying"   3:56
2. "Liquid Spirit"   3:36
3. "Lonesome Lover" (Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach) 3:11
4. "Water Under Bridges"   3:32
5. "Hey Laura"   3:19
6. "Musical Genocide"   3:45
7. "Wolfcry"   4:10
8. "Free" (Zak Najor, Porter) 5:01
9. "Brown Grass"   4:17
10. "Wind Song"   3:23
11. "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page) 3:37
12. "Movin'"   4:49
13. "When Love Was King"   6:52
14. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) 7:47

Personnel

Featured artists[12]
Production[12]
  • Brian Bacchus – production
  • Jay Newland – mixing, engineering
  • Ted Tuthill – assistant engineer
  • Owen Mulholland – assistant engineer
  • Fran Cathcart – pre-mix editing (track 6)
  • Kamau Kenyatta – associate producer, arrangements, horn arrangements
  • Mark Wilder – mastering

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 57
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] 7
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[17] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 8
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 42
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 35
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 89
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 63
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 9
US Billboard 200[25] 187
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[26] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[27] Platinum 15,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Platinum 300,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Fordham, John (September 5, 2013). "Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit – review". The Guardian. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Layman, Will (September 18, 2013). "Gregory Porter: LIquid Spirit". PopMatters. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Liquid Spirit by Gregory Porter on iTunes". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ "GREGORY PORTER EARNS TWO GRAMMY NOMINATIONS; ANNOUNCES TV PERFORMANCES". Blue Note Records. December 9, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Moreton, Cole (September 20, 2014). "Gregory Porter: 'Jazz got me out of the pain of losing my mother'". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Billboard 200". Billboard. October 5, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Jazz Albums". Billboard. October 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Gregory Porter". The Official Charts Company.
  11. 1 2 "British album certifications – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Liquid Spirit in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  12. 1 2 3 Liquid Spirit (liner notes). Gregory Porter. Blue Note Records, a division of Universal Music Group. 2013.
  13. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit" (in German). Hung Medien.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit" (in French). Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  18. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". Hung Medien.
  19. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  20. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". Hung Medien.
  21. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". Hung Medien.
  22. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". Hung Medien.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit". Hung Medien.
  24. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Gregory Porter – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Gregory Porter.
  26. ↑ "Gregory Porter – Chart history" Billboard Top Jazz Albums for Gregory Porter.
  27. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Gregory Porter in the field Interpret. Enter Liquid Spirit in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
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