Valve Bone Woe
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| Released | September 6, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 65:55 | |||
| Label | BMG Rights Management | |||
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Valve Bone Woe is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Chrissie Hynde. The album consists entirely of cover versions, and was released on September 6, 2019, by BMG Rights Management.
Critical reception
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| Metacritic | 77/100 |
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Valve Bone Woe received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 77, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 11 reviews.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "How Glad I Am" |
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4:38 |
| 2. | "Caroline, No" | 4:53 | |
| 3. | "I'm a Fool to Want You" |
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5:57 |
| 4. | "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" | Hoagy Carmichael | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters" | Charles Mingus | 3:20 |
| 6. | "Once I Loved" | 4:18 | |
| 7. | "Wild Is the Wind" | 5:46 | |
| 8. | "You Don't Know What Love Is" | 4:49 | |
| 9. | "River Man" | Nick Drake | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Absent Minded Me" | 5:51 | |
| 11. | "Naima" | John Coltrane | 5:20 |
| 12. | "Hello, Young Lovers" | 4:29 | |
| 13. | "No Return" | Ray Davies | 4:17 |
| 14. | "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?" | Charles Trenet | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 65:55 | ||
Personnel
- Chrissie Hynde – vocals
- James Walbourne – guitars (all tracks)
- Peter Roth – nylon string guitar
- Marcel Camargo – nylon string guitar (on track 4)
- David Hartley – piano and Rhodes (except on tracks 7 & 12)
- Marius de Vries – synthesizer, piano
- Matt Robertson – additional keyboards
- Eldad Guetta – keyboards, guitars, trumpet, bass, percussion
- Liran Doran – bass (except on track 13)
- Tal Wilkenfeld – bass (on track 13)
- Ian Thomas – drums
- with members of The Valve Bone Woe Orchestra (except on track 7)
Charts
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 188 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 79 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP) | 47 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 12 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 57 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 77 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 32 |
| UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) | 1 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 19 |
| US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) | 2 |