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Front Porch - Wikipedia

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Front Porch

Studio album by

Joy Williams

Released

May 3, 2019

Length

43:13

Label

Sensibility/The Orchard

Producer

Kenneth Pattengale

Joy Williams chronology

Venus
(2016)

Front Porch
(2019)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
PopMatters	8/10^[3]

Front Porch is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Joy Williams. It was released on May 3, 2019 by Sensibility Recordings.^[4] It was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards.^[5]

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, "Working with producer Kenneth Pattengale, who is best known as part of the Milk Carton Kids, Williams strips away any contemporary affectations, keeping the focus directly on the songs and her plaintive, powerful voice."^[2]

On PopMatters, Chris Conaton wrote, "And it's hard to deny that Front Porch is Williams at her best. It took some time for her to come to terms with it, but this is an album that embraces Williams' legacy from the Civil Wars and incorporates it into her own musical personality."^[3]

On NPR, Jewly Hight said, "She's framed Front Porch as her return home – to a stripped-down, acoustic palette... to Nashville, the Southern, music-making city where she's spent most of her professional life following a coastal California youth... For Williams, there's a balance to be struck between theatrical and intimate expression, and embracing warmth and simplicity as an approach... doesn't require abandoning poise and polish."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Canary"	Joy Williams, Angelo Petraglia, Caitlyn Smith	3:28
2.	"Front Porch"	Williams, Liz Rose, Emily Shackleton	3:51
3.	"When Does a Heart Move On"	Williams, Cason Cooley, Trent Dabbs	3:52
4.	"All I Need"	Williams, Thad Cockrell, Paul Moak, Matt Morris	3:53
5.	"The Trouble with Wanting"	Williams, Natalie Hemby	3:55
6.	"No Place Like You"	Williams, Moak, Smith	2:55
7.	"One and Only"	Williams, Cockrell	3:08
8.	"When Creation Was Young"	Williams, Hemby, Jon Randall	3.29
9.	"Preacher's Daughter"	Williams, Hemby, Rose	4:36
10.	"Hotel St. Cecilia"	Williams, Rose, Shackleton	3:30
11.	"Be with You"	Williams, Cockrell	4:37
12.	"Look How Far We've Come"	Williams, Hemby	1:56
Total length:			43:13

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic^[7]

Emily Algar – A&R
Andy Barron – photography
Richie Biggs – mixing
Caitlin Canty – backing vocals
Anthony da Costa – guitar, backing vocals
Brett Davis – studio assistant
Richard Dodd – mastering
Michelle Freetly – studio assistant
John Mailander – mandolin, violin
Scott Mulvahill – bass
Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
Kenneth Pattengale – dobro, guitar, mandolin, backing vocals, producer
Dustin Richardson – assistant engineer
Matt Ross–Sprang – engineer
Joy Williams – lead vocals, backing vocals
Nate Yetton – A&R, executive producer

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
UK Americana Albums (OCC)^[8]	8
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[9]	45
US Folk Albums (Billboard)^[10]	10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[11]	9
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[12]	32

References

^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Conation, Chris (April 30, 2019). "On 'Front Porch' Joy Williams Returns to Nashville and Embraces Her Legacy as Half of the Civil Wars". PopMatters. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ "Joy Williams Speaks to the Soul in Powerful Title Track 'Front Porch': Video Premiere". Billboard.
^ Gokhman, Roman (November 20, 2019). "Bay Area Artists Among Nominees at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards". Riff Magazine. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
^ Hight, Jewly (April 25, 2019). "Joy Williams Invites Us to Her Front Porch". NPR. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
^ "Front Porch - Joy Williams". AllMusic. May 2, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ "Joy Williams Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ "Joy Williams Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
^ "Joy Williams Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2019.

External links

Front Porch at AllMusic

v t e Joy Williams
Solo albums	Joy Williams By Surprise Genesis Every Moment: The Best of Joy Williams One of Those Days Songs from This/Songs from That More Than I Asked For We Mapped the World Venus Front Porch
Solo singles	"Hide"
See also	The Civil Wars

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