The Architect (Deluxe) Paloma Faith

• 1 Evolution 01:04
• 2 The Architect 03:25
• 3 Guilty 04:19
• 4 Crybaby 03:53
• 5 I'll Be Gentle 04:15
• 6 Politics of Hope 00:54
• 7 Kings and Queens 03:51
• 8 Surrender 03:33
• 9 Warrior 03:44
• 10 Til I'm Done 03:44
• 11 Lost and Lonely 03:41
• 12 Still Around 03:47
• 13 Pawns 00:51
• 14 WW3 03:10
• 15 Love Me As I Am 04:31
• 16 Power to the Peaceful 03:18
• 17 Tonight's Not The Only Night 03:47
• 18 My Body 03:48
• 19 Price of Fame 03:00
• Total Runtime 01:02:35

Info for The Architect (Deluxe)

Paloma Faith – one of only two British female artists this decade to have their last three albums go double-platinum in the UK – will release her long-awaited fourth album, ‘The Architect’, on November 17 via RCA Records.

The new album – her first in more than three years and since giving birth to her first child – features an array of acclaimed co-writers, producers and collaborators including: Sia, John Legend, Jesse Shatkin, TMS, Starsmith, Tobias Jesso Jr., Eg White, Rag'n'Bone Man, actor Samuel L. Jackson and journalist and activist Owen Jones.

Paloma, who won the BRIT Award for British Female Solo Artist in 2015 following the phenomenal success of her last record, 2014’s ‘A Perfect Contradiction’, explores both personal and political themes on the album.

Whilst the music is classic Paloma – with sweeping orchestral tracks, smooth soul, sleek disco grooves and stomping electro pop all featured on the album – the lyrics raise social and political questions, and cover powerful and topical themes, such as motherhood, social anxiety, wealth inequality, technology’s impact on feelings of alienation…. oh and also the future of the Western World, Donald Trump, Brexit and the refugee crisis – all within the confines of classic pop.

Title track ‘The Architect’ features - if you can imagine it – Paloma as Mother Nature, singing to humanity, while ‘Guilty’ reflects on the Brexit vote from the perspective of a Leave voter who regrets their choice. Lead single ‘Crybaby’ ponders whether war would cease to exist if men successfully dealt with their emotions, and ‘Lost and Lonely’ is sung from the viewpoint of a skeleton!

The album also includes the track ‘Warrior’ written by Sia, which Paloma interprets to be about the refugee crisis, a duet with John Legend, ‘I’ll Be Gentle’, and two spoken word interludes – album opener ‘Evolution’ which is performed by acclaimed actor Samuel L. Jackson and ‘Politics of Hope’ which is a political commentary by Owen Jones. String arrangements on ‘The Architect’, ‘Warrior’ and ‘I’ll Be Gentle’ were written by David Arnold, the celebrated film and TV composer best known for his work on ‘James Bond’ and ‘Sherlock’.

Paloma said: “‘The Architect’ is a social observation record. I was adamant that I wouldn’t write about love. I wanted to look outside of myself. I’m coming at politics from the perspective of the common man or woman, observing why people are suffering. Each song on the record is about a different pocket of the socio-political world that I’ve been delving into.”

She added: “I wanted to write something more modern. On previous albums I’ve been more concerned with the past, but now I’m looking forward because of motherhood and wanting to change things for a better future. It’s a marriage of old and new.”

Paloma Faith
(born Paloma Faith Blomfield born in Hackney, London on July 21, 1981) is an English singer and actress. Her debut single, Stone Cold Sober, was released in June 2009 and entered the British charts at number 17. The accompanying video was directed by the British music video director Sophie Muller. Her second single New York was released on 13th September and her album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? was released on 28 September 2009. Her music is influenced by soul and jazz and her singing style has been compared favourably to that of Amy Winehouse and Duffy.

In June 2009 she performed a live set for BBC’s ‘Radio 2 Introduces…’. She gave an interview with the station’s host, Dermot O’Leary. She performed at numerous festivals through out the summer as well as a UK tour. She is signed to Epic Records.

She appeared on BBC2’s Jools Holland Annual Hootenay 2010 performing New York and showed again that she had the capacity to perform amazingly well.

This album contains no booklet.