Memoir of a Sparklemuffin

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Released13 September 2024 (2024-09-13)
Recorded2024
StudioHome Studio/Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles, California)
GenrePop
Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
Studio album by
Suki Waterhouse
Released13 September 2024 (2024-09-13)
Recorded2024
StudioHome Studio/Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles, California)
GenrePop
Length53:27
LabelSub Pop
Producer
  • Apob
  • Blue May
  • Boy Blue
  • Brad Cook
  • Collin Pastore
  • Eli Hirsch
  • Findlay
  • Fred Ball
  • Hazey Eyes
  • Jake Finch
  • Jane
  • John Mark Nelson
  • Jonathan Rado
  • Jules Apollinaire
  • Martin Wave
  • Noah Conrad
  • Peter Labberton
Suki Waterhouse chronology
I Can't Let Go
(2022)		 Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
(2024)		 Loveland
(2026)
Singles from Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
  1. "To Love"
    Released: 3 March 2023 (2023-03-03)
  2. "OMG"
    Released: 11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
  3. "My Fun"
    Released: 11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)
  4. "Faded"
    Released: 11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)
  5. "Supersad"
    Released: 20 June 2024 (2024-06-20)
  6. "Blackout Drunk"
    Released: 1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
  7. "Model, Actress, Whatever"
    Released: 10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

Memoir of a Sparklemuffin is the second studio album by the English singer Suki Waterhouse. It was released on September 13, 2024, by Sub Pop Records. The album is primarily a pop record featuring traces of rock and folk music. Memoir of a Sparklemuffin was Executive produced by Eli Hirsch.[1] Other producers include Brad Cook, Hazy Eyes, Jules Apollinaire and Noah Conrad among others.

Sparklemuffin is the colloquial title for the Maratus jactatus spider native to Australia.[2] The album boasts 18 tracks,[3] but the deluxe version of the album adds 12 new tracks.[4][5] It was released on September 13, 2024, by Sub Pop Records.[6] The double album contains the live version of Suki's hit single, "Good Looking".[7]

Composition

"Memoir of a Sparklemuffin" was composed by Suki Waterhouse as a reflection on her life and career, using the concept of a spider's metamorphosis, specifically the "sparklemuffin" spider, as a metaphor for transformation. The album was mainly written while she was pregnant, and explores themes of metamorphosis, career challenges, and finding happiness.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.6/10[9]
Metacritic75/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[11]
ClashStarStarStarStarStarStar[12]
DIYStarStarStarHalf star[13]
DorkStarStarStarStar[14]
Paste6.3/10[15]
The IndependentStarStarStarStar[16]
The Line of Best FitStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[17]
Under the RadarStarStarStarStarStar[18]

Memoir of a Sparklemuffin received positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received a weighted average score of 75, based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 9 reviews and gave the album an average of 6.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[19]

Emily Savage of The Line of Best Fit wrote that while the album "teeters along the fine line of becoming slightly too long at certain points," it offers an intimate look into the "thoughts and emotions" of the songstress at her "most vulnerable and empowered."[17] She also praised the record as a clear "showcase of Waterhouse’s growth in songwriting".[17] Savage also mentioned in her review that Waterhouse's stylings are reminiscent of singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey and the alternative rock band Wolf Alice.[20]

About the record sound, DIY's Bella Martin noted that Waterhouse's "vision feels more coherent within the record’s heavier tracks," naming "Big Love", and "Supersad", as examples.[21] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic compared the album to the "most extravagant works" of Lana Del Rey and Angel Olsen.[11]

Track listing

Memoir of a Sparklemuffin – standard edition[22]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Gateway Drug"
  • Boy Blue
  • Eli Hirsch
2:41
2."Supersad"
  • Hirsch
  • Brad Cook
  • John Mark Nelson
2:50
3."Blackout Drunk"
2:28
4."Faded"
  • Hirsch
  • Raj Jain
  • Apob
  • Peter Labberton
2:55
5."Nonchalant"
2:20
6."My Fun"Jules Apollinaire2:42
7."Model, Actress, Whatever"
  • Hirsch
  • Eyes
3:32
8."To Get You"Jonathan Rado4:03
9."Lullaby"Apollinaire2:03
10."Big Love"
  • Hirsch
  • Cook
  • Blue May
  • Collin Pastore
  • Jake Finch
3:19
11."Lawsuit"
  • Hirsch
  • Eyes
  • Nelson
  • May
2:35
12."OMG"Apollinaire2:58
13."Think Twice"
  • Hirsch
  • Cook
  • May
3:12
14."Could've Been A Star"
  • Hirsch
  • Noah Conrad
2:49
15."Legendary"Hirsch3:19
16."Everybody Breaks Up Anyway"
  • Hirsch
  • May
2:36
17."Helpless"
  • Hirsch
  • Eyes
3:01
18."To Love"Apollinaire3:56
Total length:53:27
Deluxe edition[23]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
19."The Bellboy (One Last Crush)"
3:28
20."Everything You Feared"
3:33
21."So Close"
  • Hirsch
  • May
3:06
22."Mother"Apollinaire3:08
23."Cliffhanger"Ball3:57
24."Floating Down Confidence River"Carrie K3:12
25."Sexy to Someone (BBC Live from Maida Vale)"Guy Worth3:35
26."Dream Woman"Apollinaire4:08
27."On This Love"Two Feet2:49
28."Yeah! Oh, Yeah! (Live from Brooklyn Paramount)" (with Stephin Merritt)Vinnie Ferra3:14
29."My Fun (Live from Brooklyn Paramount)"Ferra3:15
30."Good Looking (Live from Brooklyn Paramount)"Ferra5:25
Total length:1:36:00

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