11 (Sault album)

November 2022 November 2022 11 studio Sault Sault - 11.jpg An orange background with "11" in black 2022 11 01 yes Funk, neo soul 43 59 Forever Living Originals Inflo 10 2022 AIIR 2022 11 is the seventh studio album from British funk band Sault, one of the five released for free via digital distribution on 1 November 2022 (along with Aiir, Earth, Today & Tomorrow, and Untitled (God)). The download was available for only five days via a password-encrypted link and made as an offering to God. It is the first album to feature a cover with a different color, being reddish orange, being generally the color black in previous covers. black. Four of the five (excluding Untitled (God)) were released on streaming music services on 12 November. Critical reception The Daily Telegraph 4 5 Gigwise 7 10 The Observer 5 5 Uncut 9/10Lewis John Sault – 11 Uncut 35 February 2023 Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Ali Shutler reviewed all five simultaneous releases by Sault and gave them a collective four out of five stars, noting that 11 feels like a direct sequel to Nine, "pulling from Afrobeats and blues". In an overview of the best music of the week on All Songs Considered, NPR considers the five releases "as sonically diverse as they are ambitious in their breadth and scale". Damien Morris of The Observer reviewed all five albums and scored them five stars, noting that "anyone can find their own five-star classic among these 56 songs" and summing up that "it's clear that these albums are an act of supreme generosity, not indulgent superfluity". Writing for Gigwise, Luke Winstanley called the collective releases "an absurd achievement" and scored this album seven out of 10, but noting that it "soon begins to sag". 11 received Best Album at the 2023 Ivor Novello Awards. Track listing "Glory" – 5:37 "Fear No One" – 2:50 "Morning Sun" – 3:59 "Together" – 3:39 "Higher" – 3:41 "Jack's Gift" – 4:05 "Fight for Love" – 4:57 "Envious" – 2:33 "River" – 5:41 "In the Air" – 3:52 "The Circle" – 3:05 Charts 11 debuted on the UK Digital Albums chart from the Official Charts Company at 23. The same week, Earth was 21, Untitled (God) showed up at 23, and Today & Tomorrow was 26. + Chart performance for 11 Chart PeakDurationUKDigital 8 20221118 true 19 November 2022 ukdigital 2 weeks References https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/18/harry-styles-cleo-sol-and-inflo-top-nominations-for-2023-ivor-novello-awards Harry Styles, Cleo Sol and Inflo top nominations for 2023 Ivor Novello awards The Guardian Aneesa Ahmed 2023-04-18 2023-04-19 en-GB https://gigwise.com/reviews/3427878/all-5-of-the-new-sault-albums--reviewed Winstanley Luke en-GB Gigwise 2022-11-21 2022-11-25 All 5 of the New Sault Albums, Reviewed Ivor Novello Awards en-GB https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ The Ivors 18 May 2023 2023-07-05 https://www.nme.com/news/music/arctic-monkeys-florence-the-machine-harry-styles-lead-2023-ivor-novello-nominations-3432545 Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine, Harry Styles lead 2023 Ivor Novello nominations NME Liberty Dunworth 2023-04-19 2023-04-19 en-GB https://www.npr.org/2022/11/03/1133876892/new-music-friday-the-best-releases-out-on-nov-4 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 4 en-US Lee Cristina Tourus Cyrena Morrison John Hilton Robin NPR All Songs Considered 2022-11-04 2022-11-12 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/13/sault-aiir-earth-today-tomorrow-untitled-god-11-review-an-act-of-supreme-generosity Morris Damien 2022-11-25 2022-11-13 en-GB The Observer Sault: Aiir, Earth, Today & Tomorrow, Untitled (God), 11 review – an act of supreme generosity https://pitchfork.com/news/sault-release-5-password-protected-new-albums/ en-US Pitchfork 2022-11-01 2022-11-12 Sault Release 5 Password-Protected New Albums Monroe Jazz https://www.nme.com/news/music/sault-release-four-of-their-five-new-albums-on-streaming-services-3347958 NME 2022-11-12 2022-11-12 en-GB Sault release four of their five new albums on streaming services Richards Will https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/new-album-reviews-phoenix-sault-first-aid-kit-daniel-avery-ezra/ Phoenix haunt the Louvre, Sault offer songs to God – the week's best albums The Daily Telegraph 2022-11-04 2022-11-12 en-GB Shutler Ari 2022-12-15 en-GB Official Charts Company 2021-11-25 Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-downloads-chart/20221125/7003/ External links 11 Brief overview of the five albums from KEXP Category:2022 albums Category:Albums produced by Inflo Category:Sault (band) albums Category:Self-released albums Category:Albums free for download by copyright owner