Matinée
Studio album by
Jack Peñate
Released8 October 2007
GenreIndie rock
Length41:16
LabelXL
ProducerJim Abbiss
Jack Peñate chronology
Matinée
(2007)		 Everything Is New
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic53/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Digital Spy[3]
Drowned in Sound3/10[4]
The List[5]
MusicOMH[6]
NME[7]
The Observer[8]
Pitchfork4.9/10[9]
PopMatters4/10[10]

Matinée is the debut album from British singer-songwriter Jack Peñate.[11] It was released on 8 October 2007 on XL Recordings. The album reached number one on the UK Indie Albums chart, and number seven on the UK Albums Chart. It also reached number 74 on the Irish Albums Chart. The song "My Yvonne" features backing vocals by a young and then-unknown Adele.

Critical reception

Matinée was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 53 based on 15 reviews.[1]

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Sharon Mawer said: "Here was a chance to show that the music was worthy. With a singing style in the cockney accent of Lily Allen or Kate Nash, he differentiated himself from these singers by actually playing the guitar himself."[2] At Spin, Jon Young wrote: "Occasionally, you wish Peñate would just calm down already — even the ballads feel a little rushed — but his ordinary bloke vocals and eager hooks never fail to please."[12] Tom Ewing of Pitchfork explained: "everything on Matinée suggests he's a decent guy. But just as you're warming to him he comes out with another one-liner like "no one owns what nature's grown," and you're forced to remember that good men can also make bad records."[9]

Track listing

Matinée track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Spit at Stars"2:33
2."Got My Favourite..."3:52
3."Have I Been a Fool?"2:39
4."Torn on the Platform"3:53
5."Learning Lines"3:29
6."Run for Your Life"3:35
7."We Will Be Here"4:42
8."Made of Codes"3:13
9."My Yvonne" (featuring Adele)4:13
10."Second, Minute or Hour"3:05
11."When We Die"6:02
12."Learning Lines" (hidden track) 
iTunes bonus tracks[13]
No.TitleLength
12."Didn't I"3:54
13."Cold Thin Line" (live version)2:58

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 74
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 197

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Mawer, Sharon. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Fletcher, Alex (11 October 2007). "Digital Spy review". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Annot, Michaela. "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Pia, Camilla (4 October 2007). "The List Review". The List. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Newport, Shaun (8 October 2007). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "NME review". NME. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Wolfson, Sam (17 September 2007). "The Observer review". The Observer. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  9. 1 2 Ewing, Tom (4 March 2008). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Hinshaw, Drew (10 February 2008). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "JackPenate.com". Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  12. ↑ Young, Jon (25 January 2008). "Spin Magazine review". Spin. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Matinée by Jack Peñate". Apple Music. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Jack Peñate". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "UK Year-End Charts 2007" (PDF). Official Charts Company. ChartsPlus. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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