The Gloaming (album)
| The Gloaming | ||||
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| Released | 20 January 2014 | |||
| Recorded | August 2012 | |||
| Studio | Grouse Lodge, County Westmeath, Ireland | |||
| Genre | World, Folk, Irish traditional, Celtic contemporary classical, jazz, chamber, post-rock, minimalism | |||
| Length | 59:51 | |||
| Label | Real World Records (Rest of World) Brassland (North America) Justin Time Records (Canada) Planet Records (Australia) | |||
| Producer | Thomas Bartlett, The Gloaming (group) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
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The Gloaming is the debut studio album by the contemporary Irish/American music group The Gloaming. It was released on January 20, 2014 on Real World Records, and on Brassland Records in America, Justin Time Records in Canada, and Planet Records in Australia.
The album received widespread critical acclaim on its release and is considered one of the finest recordings of 2014. The Gloaming made several end-of-year lists for publications such as the Irish Times (who named it No.1 Best album of 2014), Irish Independent, and NPR, while also being nominated for three BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, winning Best Traditional Track for "Samhradh Samhradh". It won the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year in 2015.