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Ouroboros (Ray LaMontagne album)

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Ouroboros
Ouroboros (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
Ray LaMontagne
ReleasedMarch 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)
RecordedFebruary 2015
StudioLa La Land, Louisville, Kentucky, United States [1]
Genre Psychedelic rock, folk rock
Length39:37
Label RCA
Producer Jim James
Ray LaMontagne chronology
Supernova
(2014)		Ouroboros
(2016)		 Part of the Light
(2018)
Singles from Ouroboros
  1. "Hey, No Pressure"
    Released: January 20, 2016
  2. "The Changing Man" / "While It Sill Beats"
    Released: July 1, 2016

Ouroboros is the sixth studio album by Ray LaMontagne, released on March 4, 2016. It features My Morning Jacket's frontman Jim James, who also produced the record. [1] Lead single "Hey, No Pressure" debuted online on January 20, 2016. [2] The rest of My Morning Jacket, minus James, joined LaMontagne on the road for the album's release tour. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80⁄100 (10 reviews) [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Drowned in Sound 8⁄10 [7]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Ouroboros received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 10 critic scores. [4] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Marcy Donelson writing that this "is a deliberate work of album rock". [5] Writing for American Songwriter , Lee Zimmerman scored this release 4 out of 5, calling it "one of the more challenging major label efforts released this year". [6] At Drowned in Sound , Haydon Spenceley gave this album an 8 out of 10, cautioning listeners that "it's so different from the majority of [LaMontagne's] previous output that it might take some time to truly get to grips with". [7]

Track listing

All songs written by Ray LaMontagne.

Part One

  1. "Homecoming" – 8:28
  2. "Hey, No Pressure" – 6:34
  3. "The Changing Man" – 4:13
  4. "While It Still Beats" – 4:10

Part Two

  2. "In My Own Way" – 6:36
  3. "Another Day" – 3:05
  4. "A Murmuration of Starlings" – 2:33
  5. "Wouldn't It Make a Lovely Photograph" – 3:58

Personnel

Charts

Sales chart performance of Ouroboros
Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 130
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 22
Irish Albums (IRMA) [13] 54
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 49
US Billboard 200 [15] 13

References

  1. 1 2 Vain, Madison (January 8, 2016). "Inside Ray LaMontagne's Sessions with Jim James for His New Album". Entertainment Weekly . Time, Inc.
  2. ↑ Vain, Madison (January 20, 2016). "Ray LaMontagne Shares 'Hey, No Pressure' Off New Album". Entertainment Weekly . Time, Inc.
  3. ↑ "Ray LaMontagne & Members Of My Morning Jacket Bring Ouroboros Tour To Boston - Review, Setlist & Photos". Jambase.com. June 27, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Ouroboros by Ray LaMontagne Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Donelson, Marcy (n.d.). "Ouroboros – Ray LaMontagne". AllMusic . RhythmOne . Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Zimmerman, Lee (March 4, 2016). "Ray LaMontagne: Ouroboros". American Songwriter . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Haydon, Spenceley (March 10, 2016). "Album Review: Ray LaMontagne – Ouroboros". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Ray LaMontagne – Ouroboros". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ray LaMontagne – Ouroboros" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ray LaMontagne – Ouroboros" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ray LaMontagne Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ray LaMontagne – Ouroboros" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  13. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 10, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ray LaMontagne Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
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