{{use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{use list-defined references|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Dear Departed | type = studio | artist = Sam Burton | cover = Sam Burton - Dear Departed.jpg | alt = A photo of Burton standing in a field of tall grass | released = {{start date|2023|07|14}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = *Folk<ref name="2023bg" /> *Singer-songwriter<ref name="obs" /> | length = {{Duration|m=40|s=42}} | language = English | label = Partisan | producer = Jonathan Wilson | prev_title = I Can Go with You | prev_year = 2020 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = }} '''''Dear Departed''''' is a 2023 studio album by American musician Sam Burton. It has received positive reviews from critics.
==Reception== Matthew George of ''Belfast Telegraph'' rated ''Dear Departed'' a 6 out of 10, writing that the album "is full of tasteful strings, with occasional glimpses of pedal steel guitar, with the instrumentation never dominating Burton's strong voice".<ref name="bt" /> Editors at ''The Boston Globe'' included this among their 50 favorite albums of 2023, with Stuart Munro calling it "an exercise in artistic catharsis after love's departure" with "a serving of relentlessly slow-rolling, moody melancholia, sometimes flecked with Laurel Canyon folk, other times with echoes of vintage Glen Campbell, and with a good bit of country-soul vibe as well".<ref name="2023bg" /> In ''The Observer'', Phil Mongredien scored ''Dear Departed'' 3 out of 5 stars, comparing the work to Jackson Browne, Glen Campbell, and Harry Nilsson, with a "low-key charm" accentuated by "Burton's gentle, ruminative, slightly mournful vocals".<ref name="obs" /> At ''Uncut'', Wyndham Wallace rated this release 4 out of 5 stars, stating that this album mixes the nostalgic with the timeless<ref name="uncut" /> and the publication's editors named it the 23rd best album of 2023.<ref name="2023uncut" />
==Track listing== All songs written by Sam Burton. #"Pale Blue Night" – 4:09 #"I Don't Blame You" – 3:51 #"Long Way Around" – 3:59 #"Coming Down on Me" – 3:01 #"Empty Handed" – 4:28 #"Maria" – 3:56 #"I Go to Sleep" – 3:30 #"Looking Back Again" – 4:51 #"My Love" – 4:33 #"A Place to Stay" – 4:22
==Personnel== *Sam Burton – acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals *Jake Blanton – bass guitar, baritone guitar *Christian Claflin – cover art, photography *Drew Erickson – piano, electric piano, electric organ, strings, arrangement *Haylie Hostetter – vocals *Grant Milliken – piano, engineering *Cornelia Murr – vocals *Ny Oh – vocals *Andrew Riley – photography *Omar Velasco – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals *Jonathan Wilson – drums, electric guitar, Jew's harp, electric organ, percussion, vocals, engineering, mixing, production
==See also== *2023 in American music *List of 2023 albums
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="2023bg">{{Cite news |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=2023-12-15 |first=Stuart |last=Munro |language=en-US |accessdate=2023-01-05 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/15/arts/our-50-favorite-albums-year/ |title=Album reviews |department=Music |issn=0743-1791 |oclc=66652431}}</ref> <ref name="2023uncut">{{Cite magazine |date=2023-11-07 |title=75 best new albums |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/uncut-review-of-the-year-2023-144226/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |magazine=Uncut |language=en-GB |department=Music |issn=1368-0722}}</ref> <ref name="bt">{{Cite news |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=2023-07-14 |first=Matthew |last=George |language=en-IE |accessdate=2023-01-05 |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews/a1897754159.html |title=Album reviews |department=Entertainment / Music and Gigs / Reviews |issn=0307-5664}}</ref> <ref name="obs">{{Cite news |issn=0029-7712 |oclc=50230244 |language=en-GB |newspaper=The Observer |publisher=Guardian Media Group |accessdate=2024-01-05 |first=Phil |last=Mongredien |date=2023-07-16 |department=Music |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/16/sam-burton-dear-departed-review-timeless-low-key-charm |title=Sam Burton: Dear Departed review – timeless, low-key charm}}</ref> <ref name="uncut">{{Cite magazine |issn=1368-0722 |language=en-GB |magazine=Uncut |accessdate=2024-01-05 |last=Wallace |first=Wyndham |title=Sam Burton – Dear Departed |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/sam-burton-dear-departed-143255/ |date=2023-07-21}}</ref> }}
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