Kismet (Jesca Hoop album)
| Kismet | ||||
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| Released | September 18, 2007 | |||
| Genres | Folk, rock | |||
| Length | 48:01 | |||
| Label | RED Ink Records | |||
| Producers | Jesca Hoop, Damian Anthony, Tony Berg | |||
| Jesca Hoop chronology | ||||
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Kismet (meaning "Destiny"), is the debut studio album by singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop. It was recorded at the Zeitgeist and Barefoot Studios and released in the US in September 2007 on the RED Ink Records label. [1]
Background
[edit]In advance of the launch, Kismet EP was released, featuring tracks "Seed of Wonder", "Enemy" and "Money".[2] "Intelligentactile 101" was also available to download prior to launch.[3]
According to Hoop, many of the songs on the album were "quite old". In one interview, she explained that "Out the Back Door" is a combination of, "Probably early '20s Jazz, or '30s and '40s maybe, and Hip-Hop. I love that combination. Actually, I wrote it years ago, and then the movie, Idlewild, came out and it kind of reinforced my concept in that arena".[4]
When asked if she had an overall sound in mind when writing the album, Hoop replied, "The main criteria were to maintain a true dynamic of small and intimate and then more fantastical. So in order to create more of the fantastic, we tripped the songs to make them a little more rhythm-based. And then we indulged in sound effects and things like that. We wanted it to be really playful".[5]
In a review of Kismet for AllMusic, Jo-Ann Greene wrote, "Santa Monica fell under Jesca Hoop's spell in autumn 2006, making her "Seed of Wonder" the most requested song in its local radio station's history. Hoop re-recorded it for her debut Kismet album, with assistance from Stewart Copeland, whose complex, ever-shifting rhythms enhance the number's uniqueness, sliding it toward hip-hop here, prodding it into a Native American dance there".[6]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
| Slant Magazine | [8] |
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Jesca Hoop, except track 11 by Jesca Hoop and David Baerwald.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Summertime" | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Seed of Wonder" | 6:06 |
| 3. | "Enemy" | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Silverscreen" | 4:03 |
| 5. | "Money" | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Dreams In The Hollow" | 5:15 |
| 7. | "Love Is All We Have" | 5:00 |
| 8. | "Intelligentactile 101" | 4:20 |
| 9. | "Havoc In Heaven" | 4:09 |
| 10. | "Out The Back Door" | 3:24 |
| 11. | "Love And Love Again *" | 3:54 |
Personnel
[edit]All personnel credits adapted from Kismet's sleeve notes.
- Vocals – Jesca Hoop
- Guitars – Jesca Hoop, Blake Mills, Tony Berg, Roddy Cabello, David Baerwald
- Bass – Ian Walker, Blake Mills, Sam Farrar, Cedric Lemoyne
- Keyboards – Patrick Warren, Tony Berg, David Baerwald
- Drums – Matt Chamberlain, Stewart Copeland, Quinn Smith, José Pasillas
- Mandolin – David Baerwald
- Wind Instruments – Patrick Warren, Frank Lenz.
- Vibraphone – Frank Lenz
- Harmonium & Zither – Tony Berg
- Shamisen - Yoshida Brothers
- Piano – Sasha Smith
- Accordion – Patrick Warren
- Programing – Damian Anthony
Technical personnel
- Engineering – Damian Anthony, Shawn Everett, David Baerwald
- Additional engineering – Eric Valentine, Gabe Butler, Jake Davies
- Mixing – Shawn Everett
- Production – Jesca Hoop, Damian Anthony, Tony Berg
- Mastering – Brian Gardner
Design
- Art direction – Jesca Hoop, Dave Bett
- Illustrations – Alex Berg, Claudia Kunin, Nicholas Rubin
- Design – Christina Rodriguez
- Photography – Frank Ockenfels, Damian Anthony (cover), Dan Parker (inside)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Discogs" Entry for the album on Discogs.com, accessed June 27, 2014.
- ↑ Jesca Hoop - Kismet [EP], 2007, retrieved May 27, 2026
- ↑ "stereogum" Newsdesk, 'New Tom Waits's Nanny – “Intelligentactile 101″', Stereogum, June 21, 2007.
- ↑ Archived December 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Donald Gibson, 'An Interview with Jesca Hoop', Blogcritics, October 10, 2007.
- ↑ Gibson, Donald. "An Interview With Jesca Hoop". Retrieved May 26, 2026.
- ↑ Kismet - Jesca Hoop | Album | AllMusic, retrieved May 26, 2026
- ↑ "Kismet - Jesca Hoop". Allmusic.com. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
- ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (September 6, 2007). "Kismet - Jesca Hoop". slantmagazine.com.com. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
