It contains four songs by Tom Waits, six songs by Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan, and one original composition, "Song for Jo". The album received mixed reviews, and saw moderate commercial success. "Falling Down" was released as its lead single.[4]
Anywhere I Lay My Head received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 58, based on 35 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5] Priya Elan of the NME called the album "brilliant" and wrote that "just like Lou Reed with Nico and Serge Gainsbourg with Brigitte Bardot, Sitek has effortlessly translated Johansson's magnetism on to record", while comparing her "deep" voice to "latter-day Ronnie Spector's street-savvy tone".[10]The Observer's Barney Hoskyns commented that Johansson's "blankly androgynous alto timbre is nothing special, but that barely matters", praising the album as "a bravely eccentric selection and a captivating homage to a singular writer".[11]The Guardian's Dorian Lynskey described Johansson's voice as "a supple, languid instrument offering hints of Nico, Kim Deal and Martina Topley-Bird" and stated, "You might wish there was more from Waits' 70s barfly period [...] but it's a measure of this album's surprising allure that you're left wanting more."[9]
AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine found Johansson to be "surprisingly deep and brittle as a singer", concluding that the album "doesn't quite work, but it can't quite be dismissed, either: unlike so many actor-turned-singer records, there's not a hint of vanity to this project and it's hard not to marvel at its ambition even as it fails."[6] Mikael Wood of Spin wrote, "Beyond the fact that her voice is deep enough for her to front Crash Test Dummies, there's nothing particularly compelling about Scarlett Johansson's singing", adding that "her vocals are buried deep beneath [...] Dave Sitek's mountain of reverbed space-gospel noise." Nevertheless, Wood opined the album is "[n]ot your typical Hollywood vanity project".[15] Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly remarked, "In burying Johansson's vocals so deeply in the druggy ambiance, producer David Andrew Sitek [...] means well but ends up obscuring Waits' great tunes."[8]
Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork viewed the album as "a Brooklyn update on vintage 4AD bands like This Mortal Coil or Cocteau Twins", but noted that "[t]he only thing we've learned about her is that she really, really likes Tom Waits. That's more than enough to avoid catastrophe, but not quite enough to make Anywhere I Lay My Head much more than a curio."[12]Rolling Stone's Will Hermes critiqued that "Johansson's voice is unremarkable and her pitch sometimes unsteady", dubbing her "a faintly goth Marilyn Monroe lost in a sonic fog".[13] Dave Hughes of Slant Magazine expressed that Johansson is "neither a particularly interesting nor a particularly skillful singer, and she spends much of the record locked into a sub-Nico hum that's quite a bit less charismatic than her husky line readings might suggest."[14] Alex Denney of Drowned in Sound concluded, "Perversely given the record's comprehensive musical overhaul it's perhaps a surfeit of respect for the source material that proves Anywhere...'s undoing; for all its undoubted accomplishments there's a lingering suspicion that this is too safe, too respectable a record to do justice to an artist who remains forever mid-topple from the bar stool in the popular consciousness."[7]
Commercial performance
Anywhere I Lay My Head debuted at number 126 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,100 copies in its first week.[16] The album fared better in Europe, reaching number 15 in Switzerland, number 25 in Austria, number 26 in France, number 27 in Sweden, and number 30 in Belgium and Germany.[17] By August 2009, the album had sold about 25,000 copies worldwide.[18]
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^ abDeusner, Stephen M. (May 19, 2008). "Scarlett Johansson: Anywhere I Lay My Head". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
^ abHermes, Will (May 29, 2008). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
^ abHughes, Dave (May 19, 2008). "Scarlett Johansson: Anywhere I Lay My Head". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
^ abWood, Mikael (May 29, 2008). . Spin. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
^Harris, Chris (May 28, 2008). "American Idol David Cook, Runner-Up David Archuleta Dominate Billboard Downloads Chart". MTV News. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
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Anywhere I Lay My Head is the debut studio album by American actress and singer Scarlett Johansson released on May 16 2008 by Atco Records She recorded it over five weeks in spring 2007 at Dockside Studios in Maurice Louisiana 2 It was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and includes collaborations with David Bowie and members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration 3 Anywhere I Lay My HeadStudio album by Scarlett JohanssonReleasedMay 16 2008 2008 05 16 Recorded2007StudioDockside Maurice Louisiana GenreIndie folk alternative rock dream popLength44 23LabelAtcoProducerDavid Andrew SitekScarlett Johansson chronologyAnywhere I Lay My Head 2008 Break Up 2009 Singles from Anywhere I Lay My Head Falling Down Released March 18 2008 1 It contains four songs by Tom Waits six songs by Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan and one original composition Song for Jo The album received mixed reviews and saw moderate commercial success Falling Down was released as its lead single 4 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Commercial performance 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5 1 Album 5 2 Singles 6 Release history 7 ReferencesCritical reception EditProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic58 100 5 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 6 Drowned in Sound6 10 7 Entertainment WeeklyC 8 The Guardian 9 NME8 10 10 The Observer 11 Pitchfork5 5 10 12 Rolling Stone 13 Slant Magazine 14 Spin5 10 15 Anywhere I Lay My Head received mixed reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 58 based on 35 reviews indicating mixed or average reviews 5 Priya Elan of the NME called the album brilliant and wrote that just like Lou Reed with Nico and Serge Gainsbourg with Brigitte Bardot Sitek has effortlessly translated Johansson s magnetism on to record while comparing her deep voice to latter day Ronnie Spector s street savvy tone 10 The Observer s Barney Hoskyns commented that Johansson s blankly androgynous alto timbre is nothing special but that barely matters praising the album as a bravely eccentric selection and a captivating homage to a singular writer 11 The Guardian s Dorian Lynskey described Johansson s voice as a supple languid instrument offering hints of Nico Kim Deal and Martina Topley Bird and stated You might wish there was more from Waits 70s barfly period but it s a measure of this album s surprising allure that you re left wanting more 9 AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine found Johansson to be surprisingly deep and brittle as a singer concluding that the album doesn t quite work but it can t quite be dismissed either unlike so many actor turned singer records there s not a hint of vanity to this project and it s hard not to marvel at its ambition even as it fails 6 Mikael Wood of Spin wrote Beyond the fact that her voice is deep enough for her to front Crash Test Dummies there s nothing particularly compelling about Scarlett Johansson s singing adding that her vocals are buried deep beneath Dave Sitek s mountain of reverbed space gospel noise Nevertheless Wood opined the album is n ot your typical Hollywood vanity project 15 Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly remarked In burying Johansson s vocals so deeply in the druggy ambiance producer David Andrew Sitek means well but ends up obscuring Waits great tunes 8 Stephen M Deusner of Pitchfork viewed the album as a Brooklyn update on vintage 4AD bands like This Mortal Coil or Cocteau Twins but noted that t he only thing we ve learned about her is that she really really likes Tom Waits That s more than enough to avoid catastrophe but not quite enough to make Anywhere I Lay My Head much more than a curio 12 Rolling Stone s Will Hermes critiqued that Johansson s voice is unremarkable and her pitch sometimes unsteady dubbing her a faintly goth Marilyn Monroe lost in a sonic fog 13 Dave Hughes of Slant Magazine expressed that Johansson is neither a particularly interesting nor a particularly skillful singer and she spends much of the record locked into a sub Nico hum that s quite a bit less charismatic than her husky line readings might suggest 14 Alex Denney of Drowned in Sound concluded Perversely given the record s comprehensive musical overhaul it s perhaps a surfeit of respect for the source material that proves Anywhere s undoing for all its undoubted accomplishments there s a lingering suspicion that this is too safe too respectable a record to do justice to an artist who remains forever mid topple from the bar stool in the popular consciousness 7 Commercial performance EditAnywhere I Lay My Head debuted at number 126 on the Billboard 200 selling 5 100 copies in its first week 16 The album fared better in Europe reaching number 15 in Switzerland number 25 in Austria number 26 in France number 27 in Sweden and number 30 in Belgium and Germany 17 By August 2009 the album had sold about 25 000 copies worldwide 18 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Length1 Fawn from Alice Tom Waits Kathleen Brennan2 322 Town with No Cheer from Swordfishtrombones Waits5 033 Falling Down from Big Time Waits4 554 Anywhere I Lay My Head from Rain Dogs Waits3 385 Fannin Street from Orphans Brawlers Bawlers amp Bastards Waits Brennan5 066 Song for Jo Scarlett Johansson David Andrew Sitek4 097 Green Grass from Real Gone Waits Brennan3 338 I Wish I Was in New Orleans from Small Change Waits3 599 I Don t Wanna Grow Up from Bone Machine Waits Brennan4 1110 No One Knows I m Gone from Alice Waits Brennan2 5711 Who Are You from Bone Machine Waits Brennan4 20 iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks 19 No TitleWriter s Length12 Yesterday Is Here from Franks Wild Years Waits Brennan2 4413 I ll Shoot the Moon from The Black Rider Waits4 1114 Falling Down video 3 58 Japanese edition bonus track 20 No TitleWriter s Length12 Yesterday Is Here from Franks Wild Years Waits Brennan2 44Personnel EditCredits adapted from the liner notes of Anywhere I Lay My Head 21 Scarlett Johansson vocals tracks 2 11 Tunde Adebimpe loops vocals track 6 Kris Ahrend project assistance Sean Antanaitis wind chimes track 1 organ tracks 1 2 11 tambourine jingle bells tracks 1 3 5 bass pedals bowls track 2 pump organ tracks 2 4 synthesizer tracks 2 5 7 9 10 vibes tracks 2 3 7 electric piano tracks 2 11 piano tracks 3 5 11 banjo tracks 3 7 guitorgan tracks 3 7 11 guitar tracks 5 7 acoustic guitar kalimba track 7 music box track 8 Dave Bergander Nigerian logs track 11 Stuart Bogie saxophone tracks 1 2 4 bass harmonica tracks 2 4 David Bowie vocals tracks 3 5 Jaleel Bunton bass tracks 1 9 11 synthesizer track 2 acoustic guitar tracks 3 5 electric piano tracks 4 10 slide guitar track 7 Greg Calbi mastering Lellie Capwell project assistance Steve Fallone mastering assistance Sheryl Farber project assistance David Farrell engineering assistance all tracks tambourine triangle track 1 Robin Hurley project supervision Rick Kwan engineering assistance Maria McKenna project assistance Paul McMenamin design Chris Moore mixing recording all tracks synthesizer track 10 Sara Newkirk management Martin Perna saxophone tracks 1 2 4 flute tracks 6 10 Korey Richey engineering assistance all tracks jingle bells tambourine track 1 Tibetan bowls track 2 acoustic guitar guitar rainstick vocals piano track 6 Ryan Sawyer drums tracks 1 3 7 dog bowl track 2 Tibetan bowls tracks 2 10 bowed vibes track 3 tambourine tracks 3 11 bowed cymbal track 4 toms track 5 jingle bells tracks 7 10 bells snare drum track 10 Nigerian logs track 11 Liuba Shapiro product management David Andrew Sitek mixing recording production all tracks guitar tracks 2 6 9 11 sampler tracks 2 5 7 9 11 drum machine tracks 4 9 11 synthesizer tracks 5 11 drums acoustic guitar track 6 kalimba track 7 vocals track 11 photography Brea Souders diorama creation photography Colin Suzuki engineering assistance Ivo Watts Russell sequencing Brett Westfall illustration Steve Woolard project assistance Nick Zinner guitar tracks 1 2 4 5 9 11 slide guitar track 3 Charts EditAlbum Edit Chart 2008 PeakpositionAustralian Hitseekers Albums ARIA 22 9Austrian Albums O3 Austria 23 25Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 17 30Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 24 45European Albums Billboard 25 27French Albums SNEP 26 26German Albums Offizielle Top 100 27 30Irish Albums IRMA 28 65Scottish Albums OCC 29 71Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 30 77Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 31 27Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 32 15UK Albums OCC 33 64US Billboard 200 34 126 Singles Edit Title Year Peak chart positionsBEL TIP FL 35 SWI 36 Falling Down 2008 23 70Release history EditRegion Date Label Ref Germany May 16 2008 Warner 37 France May 19 2008 38 United Kingdom Rhino 39 United States May 20 2008 Atco 2 Sweden May 21 2008 Warner 40 Australia May 23 2008 41 Japan June 25 2008 20 References Edit Scarlett Johansson Falling Down Discogs Retrieved November 23 2016 a b Cohen Jonathan January 24 2008 Johansson Sets Date For Waits Covers Disc Billboard Retrieved April 6 2013 Solarski Matthew February 13 2008 Scarlett Johansson Album Has Tracklist David Bowie Pitchfork Archived from the original on March 3 2009 Retrieved February 14 2013 Goodman William May 7 2008 New Video Scarlett Johansson Falling Down Spin Retrieved March 24 2016 a b Reviews for Anywhere I Lay My Head by Scarlett Johansson Metacritic Retrieved May 20 2008 a b Erlewine Stephen Thomas Anywhere I Lay My Head Scarlett Johansson AllMusic Retrieved May 20 2008 a b Denney Alex April 30 2008 Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I Lay My Head Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on November 14 2009 Retrieved May 2 2008 a b Willman Chris May 16 2008 Anywhere I Lay My Head Entertainment Weekly Retrieved March 24 2016 a b Lynskey Dorian May 16 2008 Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I Lay My Head The Guardian Retrieved March 24 2016 a b Elan Priya May 2 2008 Scarlett Johansson NME Retrieved May 2 2008 a b Hoskyns Barney May 18 2008 Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I 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