The Classic (Joan as Police Woman album) - Composition

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The Classic is the fourth regular studio album by the American artist Joan As Police Woman (aka Joan Wasser), released on March 10, 2014, through PIAS.[8] It included the single "Holy City" that was inspired by a visit to Jerusalem.The song was described as "Motown-influenced pop fusion" and the release was supported by an Alex de Campi directed video.[9]

The Classic

Studio album by

Joan As Police Woman

Released

March 10, 2014

Recorded

Ground Control Studios, Maid's Room Studios, Trout Recording and Vibromonk[1]

Genre

Rock, jazz

Label

PIAS

Producer

Joan Wasser and Tyler Wood

Joan As Police Woman chronology

The Deep Field
(2011)

The Classic
(2014)

Let It Be You
(2016)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Consequence of Sound	C[4]
MusicOMH	[5]
PopMatters	6/10[6]
NME	6/10[7]

The comedian Reggie Watts contributed beatboxing to the title track and rapping to the single "Holy City."[9]

In 2016 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joan Wasser.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Witness"	4:44
2.	"Holy City"	4:45
3.	"The Classic"	3:27
4.	"Good Together"	7:03
5.	"Get Direct"	6:44
6.	"What Would You Do"	5:43
7.	"New Years Day"	6:34
8.	"Shame"	4:38
9.	"Stay"	4:41
10.	"Ask Me"	3:58

Personnel

Joan Wasser – vocals, guitar, strings, clavinet, electric piano
Tyler Wood – bass guitar, electronic organ, trumpet, piano, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
Parker Kindred – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Doug Wieselman – baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone
Oren Bloedow – guitar
Briggan Krauss – baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
Steven Bernstein – trumpet and French horn
Joseph Arthur, Nathan Larson, Michelle Zayla, Stephanie McKay, Toshi Reagon – backing vocals
Reggie Watts – outro on "Holy City"', human beatbox on "The Classic"

Technical personnel

Tyler Wood – engineering, mixing and production
Murray Trider – engineering (Ground Control)
Jack McKeever & TJ Doherty – engineering (Maid's Room)
Adam Sachs – engineering (Trout) and mixing on "The Classic"
Dan Shatzky – engineering (Vibromonk)

Design

Lance Scott Walker - graphic design
Stephanie Sidjakov - photography/graphic design
Dan Monick - cover photograph

References

"Classic 2LP" Discog's entry for the credits
"The Classic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
Phares, Heather. "The Classic -Joan as Police Woman". Allmusic.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
Kivel, Adam (13 March 2014). "Album Review: Joan as Policewoman – The Classic". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
Day, Larry (March 10, 2014). "Joan as Police Woman - The Classic". Musicomh.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
Lathan, Ryan (March 11, 2014). "Joan as Policewoman: The Classic". Popmatters.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
Pearlman, Mischa (March 7, 2014). "Joan as Police Woman - The Classic". Nme.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
"PIAS press release" Biography on the PIAS website announcing the release.
"Joan as Police Woman premieres video for Holy City online - exclusive". telegraph.co.uk. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 6, 2014.
"Independents going strong - IMPALA Sales Awards clock up another 10m units | Impala". impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-06.

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