I Love People
| I Love People | ||||
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| Released | July 25, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
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| Singles from I Love People | ||||
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I Love People is the fourth studio album by American psych-rock singer-songwriter Cory Hanson. It was released on July 25, 2025, via Drag City in LP, CD, cassette and digital formats. "Bird on a Swing" was released as a single on May 6, 2025, with a music video directed by Hanson.[2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [3] |
| Beats Per Minute | 74%[4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[5] |
| Spectrum Culture | 82%[6] |
| Uncut | [7] |
In a four-star review for Uncut, Sam Richards opined, "I Love People swells with strings, horns and choirs but in a way that is meticulously controlled and never gratuitous, every ounce of indulgent flab forensically removed in the manner of one of the great Nashville arrangers."[7] John Denekamp of Oor observed that the album "sounds mainly like a classic pop record from the seventies, which reminds of a quirky songsmith like Todd Rundgren."[1]
Writing for Spectrum Culture with a 82% rating, Trevor Zaple remarked, "Most of the album's strengths lie in big, stately piano ballads, sweetened with strings and the occasional horn passage."[6] AllMusic's Fred Thomas stated, "Like so much of Hanson's music, these songs come on strong from one direction while hiding deeper peculiarities and weirdnesses below the surface."[3]
Rating the album 7.7 out of ten, Ryan Meehan of Pitchfork observed, "while the blank, crosshairs-trained grimace on the album's cover is a gesture of bipartisan misanthropy, I Love People still feels like a scourging of the late Biden regime's folksy grin."[5] Allen Hale assigned the album a rating of 74% in his review for Beats Per Minute, stating "While the album is a little front-heavy, later gems such as 'Texas Weather' provide a feel-good, windows-down sound, soaring towards the end of the LP."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bird on a Swing" | 3:03 |
| 2. | "Joker" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "I Love People" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "I Don't Believe You" | 2:35 |
| 5. | "Santa Claus Is Coming Back to Town" | 2:28 |
| 6. | "Lou Reed" | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Final Frontier" | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Texas Weather" | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Bad Miracles" | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Old Policeman" | 3:19 |
| 11. | "On the Rocks" | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 37:15 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from Bandcamp.
- Evan Backer – bass
- Joe Bozzi – mastering
- Evan Burrows – drums, percussion
- Robbie Cody – recording, mixing, producing
- Erik KM Clark – violin
- Emily Elkin – cello
- Cory Hanson – producing, vocals, piano, guitar, songwriting
- Heather Lockie – viola
- Nicole McCabe – tenor, alto sax
- Tyler Nuffer – steel (track 11)
- Ryan Parrish – baritone sax
- Asal Shahindoust – photography
- J.R.C.G. – design, layout
- Alex Wasily – trombone
- Max Whipple – contrabass (track 5)
References
- ^ a b Denekamp, John (July 29, 2025). "Recensie: Cory Hanson – I Love People". Oor (in Dutch). Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ Deville, Chris (May 6, 2025). "Wand's Cory Hanson Announces New Album 'I Love People': Hear "Bird On A Swing"". Stereogum. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Thomas, Fred (July 25, 2025). "I Love People Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Hale, Allen (July 31, 2025). "Album Review: Cory Hanson – I Love People". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Meehan, Ryan (July 29, 2025). "Cory Hanson: I Love People". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Zaple, Trevor (July 29, 2025). "Cory Hanson: I Love People". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Richards, Sam (August 6, 2025). "Cory Hanson's I Love People reviewed: subversive American songcraft from the Wand mainman". Uncut. Retrieved September 29, 2025.