Sinner Get Ready (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American musician Kristin Hayter, and her last under her alias Lingua Ignota. Created in collaboration with producer and engineer Seth Manchester, it is the follow-up to Hayter's 2019 album Caligula. It was released on Sargent House on August 6, 2021, and was met with widespread acclaim from music critics.
Critical reception
Sinner Get Ready received widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 83, based on twelve reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 8.0 out of 10 score, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.
Music critic and YouTuber Anthony Fantano gave the album a rare perfect score.
Accolades +Sinner Get Ready on year-end lists Publication List Rank Beats Per Minute Top 50 Albums of 2021 Crack The Top 50 Albums of the Year Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2021 Exclaim! 50 Best Albums of 2021 Junkee The Best Albums of 2021 Kerrang! The 50 best albums of 2021 Our Culture The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2021 PopMatters The 75 Best Albums of 2021 Rough Trade UK Albums of the Year 2021 Slant Magazine The 50 Best Albums of 2021
Track listing
Notes All tracks are stylized in all caps. For example, "The Order of Spiritual Virgins" is stylized as "THE ORDER OF SPIRITUAL VIRGINS". "The Sacred Linament of Judgment" features audio from televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's "I have sinned" speech.
Personnel Musicians Kristin Hayter – vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 1, 4, 6–9), bowed banjo (1, 6), cello (1, 2, 5), organ (2), bells (2, 3, 6), bowed psaltery (3), mountain dulcimer (3), banjo (5), prepared piano (5, 8) Seth Manchester – prepared piano (1, 2, 8); oscillators, extended banjo (1); percussion (2, 4, 5), shruti box (3, 6); guitar, Moog (3); banjo (5), Moog Grandmother (8) Ryan Seaton – clarinets (1, 4, 8, 9), saxophones (1, 4, 5, 7–9), melodicas (1–3, 5, 8), castanets (1–3, 8), Tibetan cymbals (1–3), woodwind mouthpieces (1–5, 7, 9); wooden drum with animal skin and single snare, frame drums (1, 4); vocals, Doepfer MS-404, wooden shakers, singing bowl (1); bells (2), cowbell (2, 3), wooden flute (4, 5, 9); pennywhistle, Korg Wavestation (4, 8, 9); trumpet VST, harmonica (4, 9); Moog Voyager (5, 8, 9), saxophone neck (5, 9); mandolins, cello VST (7, 9); FM8 soft synth, Juno 106, Roland TB-303, Wurlitzer, tambourine, electric guitars (8); Eisenberg Vier soft synth (9) J. Mamana – banjo (8)
Technical Kristin Hayter – production, additional recording Seth Manchester – production, mixing, recording Ryan Seaton – additional production, additional recording, instrumental arrangements Chris Gehringer – mastering
Artwork Kristin Hayter – album photography (shooting, editing) Alexis Marshall – album photography assistance Ashley Rose Couture – mask Chimere Noire – layout design
Charts + Chart performance for Sinner Get Ready Chart (2021) PeakpositionUS Top Album Sales (Billboard) 36US Top Current Albums (Billboard) 21
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