Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea

Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea
Studio album by Passenger
Released 23 September 2016
Recorded 2015–16
Studio
Genre
Label
Producer
Passenger chronology
Whispers II
(2015)		 Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea
(2016)
Singles from Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea
  1. "Somebody's Love"
    Released: 17 June 2016
  2. "Anywhere"
    Released: 19 August 2016

Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea is the seventh studio album by Passenger. It was released on 23 September 2016 on Black Crow Records. A deluxe edition was released containing six additional acoustic versions of songs appearing on the album. The album was produced by Chris Vallejo and Mike Rosenberg.

Background

On 17 June 2016, Passenger announced details of his seventh studio album on Facebook, confirming that the album would be released in September 2016. He also announced that the deluxe version of the album would include a documentary and some acoustic bonus tracks. The landscapes in both New Zealand and on a trip Passenger took in Iceland lent inspiration to the creation of a newly panoramic album, with themes of relationships and the passing of time that are at once personal and universal. The album was recorded in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom.[1][2]

Singles

"Somebody's Love" was released as the lead single from the album on 17 June 2016.[3] "Anywhere" was released as the second single from the album on 19 August 2016. The song has peaked at number 43 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
London Evening Standard[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Irish Times[7]

Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea has received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics. Reviewing for AllMusic, Matt Collar commented, "Ultimately, with Young as the Morning Old as the Sea, Passenger has crafted an album that, not unlike the oceans, fields, roads, and relationships that inspired it, remains with you, calling you to return."[4] David Smyth of the London Evening Standard wrote, "As Passenger, the solo artist achieved a slow-burning worldwide hit with his pretty break-up song Let Her Go, and has followed it with similarly tasteful fare. Here his piano duet with Birdy, Beautiful Birds, and the gentle guitar ballad The Long Road, are pleasant but forgettable. Rosenberg’s voice is meek throughout, even when he has a powerful band to sing over on Home. The Paul Simon-style jangle of Anywhere and lively horns of If You Go provide the most entertaining backdrops for songs that too often stray towards blandness."[5]

Reviewing for The Guardian, Chris Owen said, "It’s a struggle to believe, while wading through his seventh studio album, that Passenger was responsible for Let Her Go, the song most of Britain spent six months humming in 2012. There isn’t a single singalong number trying to set up camp in your temporal lobe on Young As the Morning, Old As the Sea – it seems that in his hurry to vacate the trodden ground of campfire pop, Michael Rosenberg hasn’t really planned where to go. Most of the songs here are almost identical, and the ones that manage to stand out are perfectly fine jaunts into well-cultivated sonic territories. The collaboration with Birdy is nice enough, as are the old fashioned trad-folk sounds of Everything – and that’s the thing: it’s all nice. All this from the man who used to run rings around your brain."[6] Lauren Murphy of the The Irish Times wrote, "His “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach means that songs such as Everything and Fool’s Gold lumber pleasantly but forgettably along, while the addition of Birdy on vapid duet Beautiful Birds makes scant difference. Anywhere and If You Go are perkier affairs, but there is little in the way of “edgy” here, along with some criminally bad lyrical rhymes. Rosenberg remains a Passenger in all senses, allowing others to call the tune while he travels in their mind-numbingly ordinary wake.".[7]

Track listing

All tracks were written by Mike Rosenberg.

Standard version
No.TitleLength
1."Everything"  3:34
2."If You Go"  3:44
3."When We Were Young"  4:40
4."Anywhere"  3:36
5."Somebody's Love"  5:23
6."Young as the Morning Old as the Sea"  3:26
7."Beautiful Birds" (featuring Birdy)3:33
8."The Long Road"  3:52
9."Fool's Gold"  4:15
10."Home"  5:48

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 22
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 8
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13] 7
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 5
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 28
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] 2
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 54
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 1
US Billboard 200[25] 70

See also

Release history

Region Release date Format Label
United Kingdom 23 September 2016[26][27]
  • Digital download
  • CD

References

  1. ↑ "Passenger Announces New Album Out September 23; Shares Official Video For "Somebody's Love"". Nettwerk. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ↑ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!!. Facebook
  3. ↑ Somebody's Love - Single by Passenger on Apple Music
  4. 1 2 Collar, Matt. "Young as the Morning Old as the Sea - Passenger". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Passenger - Young as the Morning Old as the Sea review: 'Rosenberg's voice is meek throughout'". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Passenger: Young As the Morning, Old As the Sea review – formulaic folk jaunts". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Passenger - Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea album review: mind-numbingly ordinary". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Passenger – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Passenger. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 39, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 39 (dal 2016-09-23 al 2016-09-29)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "VG-lista - Passenger". VG-lista. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  21. ↑ "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 39: del 23.09.2016 al 29.09.2016" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Passenger – Young as the Morning Old as the Sea". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  24. ↑ "Passenger | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  25. ↑ "Passenger – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Passenger. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  26. ↑ Young as the Morning Old as the Sea (Deluxe Edition) by Passenger on Apple Music
  27. ↑ Young as the Morning Old as the Sea by Passenger on iTunes
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