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Silver Landings (2020)

Where the lyrics of Silver Landings take you, and where it was really made.

Mandy Moore's comeback album debuted at number 134 on the Billboard 200 and left the chart after one week, her first studio album not to enter the Top 100.

Key places

Recorded at United Recording Studios, Los Angeles (2020)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Discogs credits list United Recording Studios as a recording location for this release. The point is placed at Los Angeles city-center level, not at the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Silver Landings: sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mandy Moore
• Released March 6, 2020 via Verve Forecast Records
• First studio album in 11 years, following Amanda Leigh (2009), her fifth studio album
• Moore was due to promote it with a North American tour, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Mike Viola produced all music on the album
• Taylor Goldsmith co-wrote all songs with Moore

Background

• July 2012: Moore announced a collaboration with her then-husband, musician Ryan Adams, on the upcoming album
• July 2014: Moore said 2014 was the year of real forward progress on the album and that it would be more dangerous and raw than her earlier albums
• July 2014: Moore hoped to start recording in Adams's studio later that summer
• September 2015: Moore said she was still working on the album and that 2016 would bring the re-emergence of her music
• July 2017: after her divorce from Adams, Moore announced a return to music in an interview with People, saying she had no record label but a lot of written music
• July 2018: Moore said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that she might collaborate with her future husband, musician Taylor Goldsmith
• Late 2019: Moore signed with Verve Forecast, saying the label was run by creative people who were not only concerned with numbers
• September 17, 2019: first original song in over a decade, the single 'When I Wasn't Watching', released with a music video
• October 31, 2019: single 'I'd Rather Lose' released
• January 2020: Moore announced the album title and early-March release in an interview with Billboard
• 'Save a Little for Yourself' released with a music video; 'Fifteen' released in February 2020 as a fourth single

Recording

• Discogs credits list United Recording Studios and Barebones Studios as recording locations
• Recording engineers and mixers credited include Dave Cerminara, David Boucher, Mike Viola and Wesley Seidman
• Dave Cerminara also credited as mixer
• Mastering done at The Bakery
• Release issued in a gatefold card sleeve with a booklet

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
• She rose to fame with her 1999 debut single "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Her debut album So Real (1999) received Platinum certification from the RIAA.
• Her first Top 40 single was "I Wanna Be with You" from the 2000 reissue I Wanna Be With You, peaking at 24.
• Her studio albums include Mandy Moore (2001), Coverage (2003), Wild Hope (2007), Amanda Leigh (2009), Silver Landings (2020), and In Real Life (2022).
• She starred in A Walk to Remember (2002) and voiced Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled (2010).
• From 2016 to 2022 she starred as Rebecca Pearson in the NBC drama This Is Us, earning Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations.
• She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: weighted average score of 75 out of 100 from ten critics, indicating generally favorable reviews
• AnyDecentMusic?: 7.2 out of 10, based on its assessment of the critical consensus
• The Independent, Alexandra Pollard: called it musically lovely, with loose, swirling California rock and country led by melodies, and said it will leave a mark that is Moore's alone
• AllMusic, Timothy Monger: described it as Moore's most mature work to date and a strong if understated comeback
• The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat: said Moore has finally grown into the adult voice that sounded jarring in her teen hits, and that the songwriting reveals a sadder, wiser maturity
• Exclaim!, Laura Stanley: favorable review, saying the album shows Moore unburdened and that the joy she finds in honesty is heartening and inspiring
• Paste Magazine, Eric Danton: called it a promising return for an artist rediscovering her voice
• PopMatters, Jeffrey Davies: described it as an intimate portrait of adulthood and a look at life after achieving fame at a young age
• Pitchfork, Brad Nelson: favorable review; said Mike Viola's production and Taylor Goldsmith's songwriting give the album a feeling of domestic warmth and security, and that the lyrics speak from a shakier place
• Slant Magazine, Seth Wilson: said drawing on 1970s singer-songwriter sounds completed Moore's transition from teen pop to adult troubadour
• Albumism: ranked it number 17 of 100 Best Albums of 2020

Records

• US Billboard 200 debut: number 134 with 6,800 album equivalent units in its first week
• First week units: 6,200 pure album copies and 600 album stream units, per Rolling Stone charts
• First studio album of Moore not to enter the Top 100; it spent only one week on the chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Silver Landings was Moore's first studio album not to enter the Billboard 200 Top 100, and it stayed on the chart for only one week.
• Discogs credits list The Bakery as the mastering studio, while United Recording Studios and Barebones Studios are listed as recording locations.
• Taylor Goldsmith, later Moore's husband, co-wrote every song on the album with her.
• Albumism placed the album at number 17 on its list of the 100 Best Albums of 2020.
• The album's first single, 'When I Wasn't Watching', was released on September 17, 2019, Moore's first original song in over a decade.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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