Church of Scars
Church of Scars is the debut studio album by English singer Bishop Briggs. The album was released on 20 April 2018 through Island Records.
Critical reception
In a rave review, Jenna Mohammed, writing for Exclaim! called McLaughlin's voice "immensely powerful". Mohammed described the album as "high-energy from start to finish", and that her "style and essence is very reminiscent of Florence + the Machine and Banks, but she sets herself apart through intense beat drops and her gospel choir roots". In a more mixed review, Sal Cinquemani, writing for Slant Magazine described the album as "largely joyless", saying that "across 10 tracks, though, Briggs's formula ultimately reveals itself to be one-note."Track listing
Notes- signifies a vocal producer.
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Personnel
- Sarah McLaughlin – lead vocals, background vocals
- Mark Jackson – background vocals, electric guitar, drum programming, keyboards, acoustic guitar, bass guitar ; drums, programming ; percussion, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel
- Ian Scott – background vocals, keyboards, drum programming, organ, glockenspiel ; drums, programming ; percussion, piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
- Dave Bassett – background vocals, drum programming ; bass guitar, electric guitar ; piano
- Dan Reynolds – background vocals
- Sean Douglas – background vocals
- Stephen Wrabel – background vocals
- John Hill – guitar
- Dave Palmer – keyboards
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering
- Neal Avron – mixing
- Mark Jackson – mixing, engineering
- Ian Scott – mixing, engineering
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
- Dave Bassett – engineering
- John Sinclair – engineering
- Rob Cohen – engineering
- Michael Freeman – mixing assistance
- Brian Brundage – engineering assistance
- Ryan Rogers – art direction, design
- Jabari Jacobs – photography
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