Belladonna (album)

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Belladonna
Studio album by
Daniel Lanois
ReleasedJuly 12, 2005
RecordedToronto, Canada
GenreAmbient, experimental
Length36:46
LabelAnti-
ProducerDaniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois chronology
Rockets
(2004) 		Belladonna
(2005) 		Here Is What Is
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Mojo[5]
Pitchfork3.8/10[6]
PopMatters8/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
StylusB[10]
Uncut4/10[11]

Belladonna is an all-instrumental album of ambient and experimental music by Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois.[12][13] It was released in 2005 through Anti- and features Lanois on the pedal steel guitar.[12][13]

One track on the album, "The Deadly Nightshade", had earlier been released on a 1996 album by Geoffrey Oryema as "LPJ Christine", although the version on Belladonna is without Oryema's vocals.

Reception

A review in Billboard magazine said Lanois "returns to a cinematic beauty that serenely kindles the imagination".[14]

Track listing

  1. "Two Worlds" - 2:03
  2. "Sketches" - 4:24
  3. "Oaxaca" - 2:50
  4. "Agave" - 1:59
  5. "Telco" - 3:34
  6. "Desert Rose" - 1:52
  7. "Carla" - 2:02
  8. "The Deadly Nightshade" - 4:06
  9. "Dusty" - 1:39
  10. "Frozen" - 3:17
  11. "Panorama" - 3:01
  12. "Flametop Green" - 2:27
  13. "Todos Santos" - 5:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for Belladonna by Daniel Lanois". Metacritic. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  2. ^ Theakston, Rob (July 12, 2005). "Belladonna - Daniel Lanois". AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  3. ^ Georgievski, Nenad (August 22, 2005). "Daniel Lanois: Belladonna". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  4. ^ [It's] like the closing music for a very sad rodeo. [22 Jul 2005, p.78]
  5. ^ Whereas Eno's purest ambient music has such an organic abstractness the listener stops thinking about what is actually producing the sounds, Lanois favours guitars, which links his music more to established styles. [Jul 2005, p.110]
  6. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (August 21, 2005). "Belladonna - Daniel Lanois". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Pierre (July 20, 2005). "Daniel Lanois: Belladonna". PopMatters. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  8. ^ What it needs is some incident--a clanging glockenspiel, say. At least that would liven up proceedings a bit. [Aug 2005, p.129]
  9. ^ "Daniel Lanois - Belladonna". Rolling Stone. July 28, 2005. Archived from the original on July 31, 2005. Retrieved November 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ Inskeep, Thomas (October 27, 2005). "Daniel Lanois - Belladonna". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ The tunes are so fragmentary, it resembles a '60s hi-fi demonstration disc. [Jul 2005, p.89]
  12. ^ a b Durchholz, Daniel (July 22, 2005). "Daniel Lanois ; Belladonna (Anti-)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via ProQuest.
  13. ^ a b Cleveland, Barry (January 2006). "Belladonna". Guitar Player. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via ProQuest.
  14. ^ Ouellette, Dan (July 16, 2005). "Belladonna". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via ProQuest.
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