''Winter'' is the 14th
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by British rock band
New Model Army
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660. It differed from other armies employed in the 1639 t ...
, released on 26 August 2016 by Attack Attack Records in the United Kingdom and by
EarMUSIC
Edel SE & Co. KGaA is a German independent media company based in Hamburg. As a label and publishing group, it also operates marketing and sales for artists and smaller music labels. The repertoire of the Edel labels includes dance, rock and po ...
worldwide. It was named the number-one album of 2016 by ''
The Big Takeover
''The Big Takeover'' is a bi-annual music magazine published in New York City since May 1980 by critic Jack Rabid.
History Establishment
Jack Rabid and Dave Stein began publishing ''The Big Takeover'' in May 1980 as a fanzine dedicated to New ...
''.
Reception
''Winter'' received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On
Metacritic
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, the album holds a score of 65/100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".
Track listing
All tracks written by New Model Army.
#"Beginning" – 7:00
#"Burn the Castle" – 3:12
#"Winter" – 4:20
#"Part the Waters" – 4:26
#"Eyes Get Used to the Darkness" – 4:40
#"Drifts" – 4:26
#"Born Feral" – 6:25
#"Die Trying" – 3:35
#"Devil" – 4:33
#"Strogoula" – 4:11
#"Echo November" – 3:00
#"Weak and Strong" – 4:12
#"After Something" – 4:00
Personnel
New Model Army
*
Justin Sullivan
Justin Edward Sullivan (born 8 April 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is also the lead vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of English rock band New Model Army (band), New Model Army, which he formed in 1980 togeth ...
– vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
*Ceri Monger – bass, percussion,
dulcimer
The term dulcimer refers to two families of musical string instruments.
Hammered dulcimers
The word ''dulcimer'' originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers". Variants of ...
, backing vocals
*Michael Dean – drums, percussion, backing vocals
*Dean White – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, percussion
*Marshall Gill – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Production
*
Justin Sullivan
Justin Edward Sullivan (born 8 April 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is also the lead vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of English rock band New Model Army (band), New Model Army, which he formed in 1980 togeth ...
– production, recording
Charts
References
External links
Official NMA website
New Model Army (band) albums
2016 albums
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