Wine Dark Sea (Jolie Holland album)

Wine Dark Sea
A view of the night-time sky with a blue-white cloud obscuring part of it
Studio album by
Jolie Holland
ReleasedMay 20, 2014 (2014-05-20)
Length54:58
LabelAnti-
Jolie Holland chronology
Pint of Blood
(2011) 		Wine Dark Sea
(2014) 		Wildflower Blues
(2017)

Wine Dark Sea is the sixth solo album of American musician Jolie Holland. The album was released on May 20, 2014 through Anti- records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
American Songwriter[3]
Evening Standard[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
Mojo[6]
Now[7]
Paste7.0/10[8]
PopMatters8/10[9]
Record Collector[10]
Uncut9/10[11]

Wine Dark Sea received a score of 83 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on 11 critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1] Thom Jurek of AllMusic called the album "a raw, often raucous presentation, balanced by Holland's mature poetic vision and her continued exploration of American musical forms. She effortlessly links them, one source to another, as seemingly disparate performance styles are filtered through a universal language, the love song, and all 11 tracks here are just that; Holland's are filled with tenderness, ferocity, fearlessness, and unfettered desire".[2]

Track listing

  1. "On and On" – 3:56
  2. "First Sign of Spring" – 4:56
  3. "Dark Days" – 5:22
  4. "Route 30" – 4:51
  5. "I Thought It Was the Moon" – 4:02
  6. "The Love You Save" – 5:18
  7. "All the Love" – 4:18
  8. "Saint Dymphna" – 6:18
  9. "Palm Wine Drunkard" – 6:07
  10. "Out on the Wine Dark Sea" – 5:53
  11. "Waiting for the Sun" – 3:57

Personnel

  • Jolie Holland – producer, bandleader, mixing, voice, piano, whistling, violin, guitar
  • Adam Brisbin – guitar
  • Indigo Street – guitar
  • Doug Weiselman – guitar, bass guitar, reeds
  • Geoffrey Muller – bass guitar
  • Justin Veloso – drums
  • Dan Rieser – drums
  • Douglas Jenkins – cello, engineer, mixing, producer
  • Larry Crane – mixing
  • Joe Tex – composer
  • Chanticleer Tru – guest artist, vocals
  • Garrett Haines – mastering

References

  1. ^ a b "Wine Dark Sea by Jolie Holland Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Jolie Holland – Wine Dark Sea Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Terich, Jeff (September 14, 2014). "Jolie Holland: Wine Dark Sea". American Songwriter. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  4. ^ Clark, Pete (May 16, 2014). "Album reviews of the week (May 16-22)". Evening Standard. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  5. ^ Svec, Henry Adam (May 20, 2014). "Jolie Holland - Wine Dark Sea". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  6. ^ At times you'd think she's finally stepped around her natural sophistication and freed her true nature. But then her rooted unwillingness to share, via comprehensible diction, the lyrics she's carefully crafted does step between the different intimacies of sound and sense. [Jun 2014, p.88]
  7. ^ Greene, Sarah (July 17, 2014). "Jolie Holland". Now. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  8. ^ Heselgrave, Douglas (May 20, 2014). "Jolie Holland: Wine Dark Sea". Paste. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  9. ^ Risch, Eric (May 21, 2014). "Jolie Holland: Wine Dark Sea". PopMatters. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  10. ^ Atkins, Jamie (May 14, 2014). "Wine Dark Sea - Jolie Holland". Record Collector. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  11. ^ A complete rethink has resulted in the most uninhibited and visceral album of her career. [Jun 2014, p.78]


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