Nolita (album)

Nolita
Studio album by Keren Ann
Released	21 December 2004 (France) 15 March 2005 (U.S.)
Genre	Vocalist
Label	EMI
Keren Ann chronology
Not Going Anywhere (2003) Nolita (2004) Keren Ann (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10 link
PopMatters	6/10 link

Nolita is Keren Ann's fourth album. It is also her second English album. Nolita has tracks both in English and in French.

Critical reception

In a positive review, Allmusic's Thom Jurek said that both the lyrics and instrumentation have substance and called Nolita "utterly beguiling ... assured, statuesque, and fully realized."^[1] In a negative review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau panned Ann for celebrating melancholy and for lacking rhythm: "[T]he languor she encourages in her quiet cult is the kind of privilege that feels like an accomplishment to Nick Drake and Sylvia Plath fans."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Que n'ai-je?"
2. "Greatest You Can Find"
3. "Chelsea Burns"
4. "One Day Without"
5. "La forme et le fond"
6. "Nolita"
7. "Roses and Hips"
8. "Midi dans le salon de la duchesse"
9. "L'onde amère"
10. "For You and I"
11. "Song of Alice"

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Christgau, Robert (23 August 2005). "Consumer Guide: Gypsy Part of Town". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 9 August 2013.