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'''''Persevere''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by Scottish [[folk rock]] duo [[The Proclaimers]], released in 2001 on their own label ''Persevere Records'', as a comeback album after seven years of low profile. The album's first single featured "There's a Touch", "A Land Fit for Zeros" and "They Really Do" (not included in the album).
'''''Persevere''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by Scottish [[folk rock]] duo [[The Proclaimers]], released in 2001 on their own label ''Persevere Records'', as a comeback album after seven years of low profile. The album's first single featured "There's a Touch", "A Land Fit for Zeros" and "They Really Do" (not included in the album).


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''Persevere'' received some mixed reviews. ''[[AllMusic]]'''s Jon Azpiri remarked that although the album was "not likely to achieve the kind of success of their previous work", that it had "enough interesting material [...] to prevent [the band] from being placed in the "[[Where Are They Now? (American TV series)|Where Are They Now?]]" file",<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last1=Azpiri |first1=Jon |title=Persevere - The Proclaimers - Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/persevere-mw0000003970 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref> and praised "There's a Touch" and "Land fit for Zeros" for having "the same goofy charm" as the group's biggest hit, "[[I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)]]".<ref name="allmusic" /> In 2001, Bill Holdship of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated that "the new album is quite good, combining folk, soul, country and pop with the Fifties-styled melodic sensibilities of the brothers Reid", observing that the song "One Too Many" would "make [[The Eagles]] green with envy".<ref name="rs">{{cite news |last1=Holdship |first1=Bill |title=The Proclaimers - Persevere - Music reveiws |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002091408/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theproclaimers/albums/album/271397/review/5940724/persevere |accessdate=2 January 2020 |work=Rolling Stone |agency=Rolling Stone |date=2001}}</ref>
''Persevere'' received some mixed reviews. ''[[AllMusic]]'''s Jon Azpiri remarked that although the album was "not likely to achieve the kind of success of their previous work", that it had "enough interesting material [...] to prevent [the band] from being placed in the "[[Where Are They Now? (American TV series)|Where Are They Now?]]" file",<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last1=Azpiri |first1=Jon |title=Persevere - The Proclaimers - Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/persevere-mw0000003970 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref> and praised "There's a Touch" and "Land fit for Zeros" for having "the same goofy charm" as the group's biggest hit, "[[I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)]]".<ref name="allmusic" /> In 2001, Bill Holdship of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated that "the new album is quite good, combining folk, soul, country and pop with the Fifties-styled melodic sensibilities of the brothers Reid", observing that the song "One Too Many" would "make [[The Eagles]] green with envy".<ref name="rs">{{cite news |last1=Holdship |first1=Bill |title=The Proclaimers - Persevere - Music reveiws |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002091408/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theproclaimers/albums/album/271397/review/5940724/persevere |accessdate=2 January 2020 |work=Rolling Stone |agency=Rolling Stone |date=2001}}</ref>


Revision as of 16:37, 2 January 2020

Persevere
Studio album by
The Proclaimers
ReleasedMay 22, 2001
Recorded2000–2001
StudioMastermix Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
GenrePop rock, folk rock, jangle pop
Length45:35
Label
  • Persevere Records (UK)
  • Nettwerk (North America)
ProducerChris Kimsey
The Proclaimers chronology
Hit the Highway
(1994) 		Persevere
(2001) 		The Best of The Proclaimers
(2002)

Persevere is the fourth studio album by Scottish folk rock duo The Proclaimers, released in 2001 on their own label Persevere Records, as a comeback album after seven years of low profile. The album's first single featured "There's a Touch", "A Land Fit for Zeros" and "They Really Do" (not included in the album).

Recording

The album was recorded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States at Mastermix Studios,[1][2] their only studio album to be recorded outside of the United Kingdom.

Release

Released on 22 May 2001, Persevere saw distribution on CD through their own Persevere Records in the United Kingdom, and in the United States and Canada through Nettwerk Records.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Rolling Stonefavourable[5]

Persevere received some mixed reviews. AllMusic's Jon Azpiri remarked that although the album was "not likely to achieve the kind of success of their previous work", that it had "enough interesting material [...] to prevent [the band] from being placed in the "Where Are They Now?" file",[1] and praised "There's a Touch" and "Land fit for Zeros" for having "the same goofy charm" as the group's biggest hit, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".[1] In 2001, Bill Holdship of Rolling Stone stated that "the new album is quite good, combining folk, soul, country and pop with the Fifties-styled melodic sensibilities of the brothers Reid", observing that the song "One Too Many" would "make The Eagles green with envy".[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Craig and Charlie Reid.

  1. "There's a Touch"
  2. "Sweet Little Girls"
  3. "A Land Fit for Zeros"
  4. "How Many Times"
  5. "One Too Many"
  6. "That's When He Told Her"
  7. "Scotland's Story"
  8. "When You're in Love"
  9. "She Arouses Me So"
  10. "Everybody's a Victim"
  11. "Don't Give It to Me"
  12. "Heaven Right Now"
  13. "Slowburner"
  14. "Act of Remembrance"

Chart

Charts (2001) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 61


References

  1. ^ a b c Azpiri, Jon. "Persevere - The Proclaimers - Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ Lewis, Randy (10 August 2001). "After a Hiatus, the Proclaimers Declare they'll "Persevere"". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "The Proclaimers - Persevere - Releases". Discogs. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ Persevere at AllMusic
  5. ^ a b Holdship, Bill (2001). "The Proclaimers - Persevere - Music reveiws". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ "Proclaimers | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
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