Love in Motion (Anika Moa album)
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Love in Motion is the fourth studio album by New Zealand Pop
recording artist Anika Moa
. It was released by EMI Records
internationally on 12 March 2010.
The album debuted and peaked at number four on the New Zealand Albums Chart.
Promotion for the album included a short tour of Westfield shopping malls across New Zealand the week of the album's release, and a concert tour followed in May 2010.
Critical reviews for the album have been mostly positive, with Moa's lyrical writing received well. "Running Through the Fire (Storm)
" was released as the album's lead single, which peaked at number thirty-eight on the Singles Chart. "Blame It on the Rain", the album's second single, failed to chart.
in February 2010, was a major inspiration for the album. Love in Motion is dedicated to Universe, with the CD liner bearing the message, "For Azaria, let it be you, I fall into".
When writing the album, Moa wanted to put the word "love" into the title of every song. Ultimately, four of the ten track titles contain "love" or "loves", and every song has the word in its lyrics. In interviews, Moa has revealed the inspiration and circumstances around many of its songs. She said that "I Am the Woman Who Loves You" is about when she and Universe first met and that "Love Me Again" is about "taking the piss out of [her] love for Azaria", calling the latter "a real Anika Moa song." According to Moa, "Two Hearts" and "Secrets and Lies" were inspired by people who "fucked [her] off". "Secrets and Lies" was written while Moa says she was "in a really bad mood", however she asserts that it is her favourite track on the album. Moa said that "Blame It On the Rain" is about a person who Moa "will never ever name because they will be really, really sad if they knew". "In the Air" is about Moa's fear of flying
, and "Running Through the Fire (Storm)
", originally simply called "Storm", was prompted by the death of Moa's father.
After interviewing Moa, The New Zealand Heralds
Scott Kara said that Love in Motion "is about love on all levels". Moa described love as having "so many aspects to it." She also said that "all of the songs are about love that's true." In an interview with Wendyl Nissen from Newstalk ZB
, Moa explained, "Most of the songs that I write are based on memories of my life or memories of someone who I know's life". She also mentioned that the album was influenced by many types of love; not only her own, but also the love of her family, and love illustrated on soap opera
s such as Shortland Street
and Grey's Anatomy
.
Moa wrote the songs for Love in Motion in two weeks, and it was recorded in two more weeks. Most of the album was written in Melbourne
, while recording took place at three locations: Roundhead Studios
, Boatshed Studio and Radio New Zealand
. Moa and Andre Upston produced
the album.
and country pop
sound to a pop rock
environment. She intentionally changed the sound, through alterations in production
and engineering
, rather than the writing
style. Moa told co-producer Andre Upston that she wanted the album to sound "dirty and gritty."
The album combines the genres
of pop rock
, "80s pop", bubblegum pop
, and rock'n'roll
, as well as including both acoustic
and electropop, and contains layered harmonies
. Comparisons to the work of Ladyhawke, Sharon O'Neill
, Pat Benatar
and Bic Runga
have been made. The sound of "I Am the Woman Who Loves You", noted as a standout track by critics, was called "big but not overblown...stylish and swooning".
Lyrically, Love in Motion explores a wide variety of the main theme of love. The title track centres around "pure, unguarded joy", and sexual innuendo
exists during "Love Me Again", while "Two Hearts" contains harsh lines and "Secrets and Lies" includes "don't-mess-with-me outpourings". Various songs also examine conflict, and others, the loss of love.
by the Flightless Birds label
internationally on 12 March 2010. A New Zealand
release followed on 5 April, by EMI Records
, as both digital download and CD
formats.
During the week of the album's release (6 – 10 April), Moa toured several Westfield shopping malls in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch, playing for free to the public.
In Australia
, EMI released the album on 10 September 2010. A special edition was released on 18 October 2010, featuring a second disc of acoustic
versions of each track on the album. Moa said that "I've chosen to record an acoustic version of the album because I believe in the vulnerable, simplistic side of music and writing. The way you connect the songs the first time you hear it, no drums, no effects, no funky bass lines, just your voice and a guitar... it feels like magic."
Karyn Cushen of Undertheradar said "Moa wears her new musical influence well...featuring less pop, less blues and less country influences," and called the tour shows "a refreshing change."
The Timaru Herald
Katarina Filipe praised Moa's live performing nature, noting that "the radio and CD versions were nothing compared to her on-stage performance". Vicki Anderson of The Press
lauded the accompaniment by Matthews, Maddock and Gaffaney for giving songs "new energy", while the Waikato Times
Kate Monahan called the show "a high-energy, emotionally powerful performance".
Tom Cardy of The Dominion Post
called the album "near faultless" and gave it a rating of five-out-of-five stars, commenting that "Moa's risky decision ... to follow her own path ... was the right one." The Nelson Mail's
Nick Ward praised the "slightly tough" album, putting it "up there with her best work."
Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald
called the album "diverse and interesting," and gave it four out of five stars.
Amplifiers Jo Tindling compared the work with that of Ladyhawke, and called it "different from her other work but ... her voice is still as tender and sweet as it ever was".
Simon Sweetman from North & South described the album as "an almost understated collection of love songs – possibly Moa's strongest effort." The Bay of Plenty Times
Kristin MacFarlane said that "Anika Moa fans...certainly won't be disappointed". Vicki Anderson of The Press
complimented Moa's lyrics, writing, "Whoever coined the phrase 'heart on sleeve' must have had Moa in mind." She concluded, "Love in Motion only serves to confirm my belief that Anika Moa is one of New Zealand's best songwriters."
However, Graham Reid from Elsewhere wrote that "it is...a lot of very personal love being revealed and explored here and some will doubtless find that introspective nature and narrow wavelength less appealing than what has preceded it."
The Otago Daily Times
Shane Gilchrest gave Love in Motion three stars, saying that Moa "ends up playing it a bit too safe."
James Thompson from the Waikato Times
commended "the power of the lyrics", but said that "regrettably, Love in Motion will not be ... a hugely successful album."
Love in Motion won the Best Female Solo Artist award at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards
, beating Holy Smoke by Gin Wigmore
and Humour and the Misfortune of Others
by Hollie Smith
. It was also nominated for the awards of Album of the Year and Best Pop Album, which were both won by Wigmore's album.
. The album remained on the chart for eleven non-consecutive weeks. This makes it Moa's second-highest peaking album, behind Thinking Room
(2001), which peaked at number-one on the Albums Chart. It is also her third-longest charting album, behind Thinking Room and In Swings the Tide
(2007), which spent forty-five and thirty-nine weeks on the chart, respectively.
from Love in Motion, "Running Through the Fire (Storm)
", was released in New Zealand on 5 April 2010, the same day as the album. "Running Through the Fire (Storm)" briefly charted on the New Zealand Singles Chart in its week of release, at number thirty-eight. Despite this, the song fell off the chart the next week.
"Blame It on the Rain" was released as the Australia
n single via digital download
on 27 August, although it did not appear on any singles chart.
New Zealand and Australian iTunes Store
s download only
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
recording artist Anika Moa
Anika Moa
Anika Rose Moa is a New Zealand pop recording artist. In 2001 she signed to Atlantic Records in the United States and released her debut album, Thinking Room, the album reached the top of the New Zealand Singles Chart and was a commercial success.Moa was raised in Christchurch, New Zealand...
. It was released by EMI Records
EMI Records
EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
internationally on 12 March 2010.
The album debuted and peaked at number four on the New Zealand Albums Chart.
Promotion for the album included a short tour of Westfield shopping malls across New Zealand the week of the album's release, and a concert tour followed in May 2010.
Critical reviews for the album have been mostly positive, with Moa's lyrical writing received well. "Running Through the Fire (Storm)
Running Through the Fire (Storm)
"Running Through the Fire " is a single from by Anika Moa, a singer-songwriter from New Zealand. It is the lead single from Moa's fourth studio album, Love in Motion.-Background, composition and release:...
" was released as the album's lead single, which peaked at number thirty-eight on the Singles Chart. "Blame It on the Rain", the album's second single, failed to chart.
Background and recording
Moa has said that her partner, burlesque dancer Azaria Universe, with whom she entered into a civil unionCivil unions in New Zealand
Civil union has been legal in New Zealand since 26 April 2005. The Civil Union Act to establish the institution of civil union for same-sex and opposite-sex couples was passed by the Parliament on 9 December 2004. The Act has been described as very similar to the Marriage Act with references to...
in February 2010, was a major inspiration for the album. Love in Motion is dedicated to Universe, with the CD liner bearing the message, "For Azaria, let it be you, I fall into".
When writing the album, Moa wanted to put the word "love" into the title of every song. Ultimately, four of the ten track titles contain "love" or "loves", and every song has the word in its lyrics. In interviews, Moa has revealed the inspiration and circumstances around many of its songs. She said that "I Am the Woman Who Loves You" is about when she and Universe first met and that "Love Me Again" is about "taking the piss out of [her] love for Azaria", calling the latter "a real Anika Moa song." According to Moa, "Two Hearts" and "Secrets and Lies" were inspired by people who "fucked [her] off". "Secrets and Lies" was written while Moa says she was "in a really bad mood", however she asserts that it is her favourite track on the album. Moa said that "Blame It On the Rain" is about a person who Moa "will never ever name because they will be really, really sad if they knew". "In the Air" is about Moa's fear of flying
Fear of flying
A fear of flying is a fear of being on an airplane , or other flying vehicle, such as a helicopter, while in flight. It is also sometimes referred to as aerophobia, aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromerhanophobia....
, and "Running Through the Fire (Storm)
Running Through the Fire (Storm)
"Running Through the Fire " is a single from by Anika Moa, a singer-songwriter from New Zealand. It is the lead single from Moa's fourth studio album, Love in Motion.-Background, composition and release:...
", originally simply called "Storm", was prompted by the death of Moa's father.
After interviewing Moa, The New Zealand Heralds
The New Zealand Herald
- External links :* * *...
Scott Kara said that Love in Motion "is about love on all levels". Moa described love as having "so many aspects to it." She also said that "all of the songs are about love that's true." In an interview with Wendyl Nissen from Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB is a nationwide New Zealand talk radio network operated by The Radio Network of New Zealand . It is available in almost every radio market in the country, and has news reporters based in many of them...
, Moa explained, "Most of the songs that I write are based on memories of my life or memories of someone who I know's life". She also mentioned that the album was influenced by many types of love; not only her own, but also the love of her family, and love illustrated on soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s such as Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
and Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
.
Moa wrote the songs for Love in Motion in two weeks, and it was recorded in two more weeks. Most of the album was written in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, while recording took place at three locations: Roundhead Studios
Roundhead Studios
Roundhead Studios is an Auckland-based sound recording studio owned by singer-songwriter Neil Finn. It was officially opened in June 2007, however by the time of its opening, several international artists had already used it whilst the studio was either in construction or receiving finishing...
, Boatshed Studio and Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand is a New Zealand public service radio broadcaster and Crown entity formed by the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news, current affairs and arts network Radio New Zealand National and classical music and jazz network Radio New Zealand Concert with full government funding...
. Moa and Andre Upston produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
the album.
Composition
Moa stated that "this is the first album that I really thought about what I wanted ... I wanted to keep [the songs] simple in structure, concentrating on the layering of vocals and guitars." With Love in Motion, Moa moved away from her traditional popPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and country pop
Country pop
Country pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to Top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to...
sound to a pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
environment. She intentionally changed the sound, through alterations in production
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and engineering
Audio engineering
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, rather than the writing
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
style. Moa told co-producer Andre Upston that she wanted the album to sound "dirty and gritty."
The album combines the genres
Music genre
A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music...
of pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
, "80s pop", bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music with an upbeat sound contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, often using unknown singers.Bubblegum's classic period ran from 1967 to 1972...
, and rock'n'roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, as well as including both acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
and electropop, and contains layered harmonies
Harmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
. Comparisons to the work of Ladyhawke, Sharon O'Neill
Sharon O'Neill
-Albums:*1979 - This Heart This Song*1980 - Sharon O'Neill*1980 - Words*1981 - Maybe*1983 - Foreign Affairs*1983 - Smash Palace *1984 - So Far - The Best 14...
, Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
and Bic Runga
Bic Runga
Briolette Kah Bic Runga MNZM is a New Zealand pop recording artist whose first solo album, Drive, debuted at number one on the New Zealand RIANZ charts. She has since become one of the highest-selling New Zealand artists in recent history...
have been made. The sound of "I Am the Woman Who Loves You", noted as a standout track by critics, was called "big but not overblown...stylish and swooning".
Lyrically, Love in Motion explores a wide variety of the main theme of love. The title track centres around "pure, unguarded joy", and sexual innuendo
Innuendo
An innuendo is a baseless invention of thoughts or ideas. It can also be a remark or question, typically disparaging , that works obliquely by allusion...
exists during "Love Me Again", while "Two Hearts" contains harsh lines and "Secrets and Lies" includes "don't-mess-with-me outpourings". Various songs also examine conflict, and others, the loss of love.
Release and promotion
Love in Motion was released digitallyMusic download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
by the Flightless Birds label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
internationally on 12 March 2010. A New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
release followed on 5 April, by EMI Records
EMI Records
EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
, as both digital download and CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
formats.
During the week of the album's release (6 – 10 April), Moa toured several Westfield shopping malls in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch, playing for free to the public.
In Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, EMI released the album on 10 September 2010. A special edition was released on 18 October 2010, featuring a second disc of acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
versions of each track on the album. Moa said that "I've chosen to record an acoustic version of the album because I believe in the vulnerable, simplistic side of music and writing. The way you connect the songs the first time you hear it, no drums, no effects, no funky bass lines, just your voice and a guitar... it feels like magic."
Tour
A concert tour was held in various New Zealand cities in late May and early June 2010. Chip Matthews, Geoff Maddock and Nick Gaffaney, who all played on the album, joined Moa on the tour.| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 27 May | Queenstown Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains.... |
Revolver |
| 28 May | Timaru Timaru TimaruUrban AreaPopulation:27,200Extent:Former Timaru City CouncilTerritorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:... |
No 8 Wired Bar |
| 29 May | Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... |
Al's Bar |
| 3 June | Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... |
San Fran Bathhouse |
| 4 June | Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... |
Galatos |
| 5 June | Hamilton Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland... |
The Meteor |
Karyn Cushen of Undertheradar said "Moa wears her new musical influence well...featuring less pop, less blues and less country influences," and called the tour shows "a refreshing change."
The Timaru Herald
The Timaru Herald
The Timaru Herald is a daily provincial newspaper serving the Timaru, South Canterbury and Otago districts of New Zealand. The current audited daily circulation is about 14,500 copies, with a readership of about 31,000 people. The paper is owned and published by Fairfax New Zealand.-History:The...
Katarina Filipe praised Moa's live performing nature, noting that "the radio and CD versions were nothing compared to her on-stage performance". Vicki Anderson of The Press
The Press
The Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is owned by Fairfax Media.- History :The Press was first published on 25 May 1861 from a small cottage in Montreal Street, making it the oldest surviving newspaper in the South Island of New Zealand. The first...
lauded the accompaniment by Matthews, Maddock and Gaffaney for giving songs "new energy", while the Waikato Times
Waikato Times
The Waikato Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a circulation to the greater Waikato region.The Waikato Times started out as the tri-weekly Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette, first published on 2 May 1872...
Kate Monahan called the show "a high-energy, emotionally powerful performance".
Critical reception
Reviews for Love in Motion were mostly positive.Tom Cardy of The Dominion Post
The Dominion Post (Wellington)
The Dominion Post is a metropolitan broadsheet newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand, owned by the Australian Fairfax group, owners of The Age, Melbourne, and The Sydney Morning Herald.- Foundation :...
called the album "near faultless" and gave it a rating of five-out-of-five stars, commenting that "Moa's risky decision ... to follow her own path ... was the right one." The Nelson Mail's
The Nelson Mail
The Nelson Mail is a daily newspaper in New Zealand. Founded in 1866 and then known as The Nelson Evening Mail. It absorbed another local paper, The Colonist about 1906.The paper is currently owned by Fairfax New Zealand....
Nick Ward praised the "slightly tough" album, putting it "up there with her best work."
Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald
- External links :* * *...
called the album "diverse and interesting," and gave it four out of five stars.
Amplifiers Jo Tindling compared the work with that of Ladyhawke, and called it "different from her other work but ... her voice is still as tender and sweet as it ever was".
Simon Sweetman from North & South described the album as "an almost understated collection of love songs – possibly Moa's strongest effort." The Bay of Plenty Times
Bay of Plenty Times
The Bay of Plenty Times is the regional daily paper for the Bay of Plenty area including Tauranga.-Coastal News:The Coastal News is delivered free every Thursday to Whangamata, Whiritoa, Onemana, Pauanui, Tairua and up the eastern seaboard to Whitianga-Waihi Leader:The Waihi Leader is distributed...
Kristin MacFarlane said that "Anika Moa fans...certainly won't be disappointed". Vicki Anderson of The Press
The Press
The Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is owned by Fairfax Media.- History :The Press was first published on 25 May 1861 from a small cottage in Montreal Street, making it the oldest surviving newspaper in the South Island of New Zealand. The first...
complimented Moa's lyrics, writing, "Whoever coined the phrase 'heart on sleeve' must have had Moa in mind." She concluded, "Love in Motion only serves to confirm my belief that Anika Moa is one of New Zealand's best songwriters."
However, Graham Reid from Elsewhere wrote that "it is...a lot of very personal love being revealed and explored here and some will doubtless find that introspective nature and narrow wavelength less appealing than what has preceded it."
The Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
The Otago Daily Times is a newspaper published by Allied Press Ltd in Dunedin, New Zealand.-History:Originally styled The Otago Daily Times, the ODT was first published on November 15, 1861. It is New Zealand's oldest surviving daily newspaper - Christchurch's The Press, six months older, was a...
Shane Gilchrest gave Love in Motion three stars, saying that Moa "ends up playing it a bit too safe."
James Thompson from the Waikato Times
Waikato Times
The Waikato Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a circulation to the greater Waikato region.The Waikato Times started out as the tri-weekly Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette, first published on 2 May 1872...
commended "the power of the lyrics", but said that "regrettably, Love in Motion will not be ... a hugely successful album."
Love in Motion won the Best Female Solo Artist award at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards
2010 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2010 New Zealand Music Awards was the 45th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical artists based in or originating from New Zealand. Finalists for the three technical awards were announced on 16 August 2010 with winners announced on 1 September, the date on which finalists...
, beating Holy Smoke by Gin Wigmore
Gin Wigmore
Virginia "Gin" Wigmore is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. In 2009, she featured on the single "Brother" by Smashproof, which reached #1 on the RIANZ singles charts for 11 weeks. In 2009 she released her debut album Holy Smoke...
and Humour and the Misfortune of Others
Humour and the Misfortune of Others
Humour and the Misfortune of Others is the second studio album by New Zealand soul singer Hollie Smith. It was released on 15 March 2010.-Reception:...
by Hollie Smith
Hollie Smith
Hollie Smith is a New Zealand soul singer-songwriter. Her debut album Long Player reached number one on the RIANZ albums chart in 2007, and certified double platinum.-Early years:...
. It was also nominated for the awards of Album of the Year and Best Pop Album, which were both won by Wigmore's album.
Popular reception
Love in Motion peaked at its début position of number four on the RIANZ New Zealand Albums ChartRecording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
. The album remained on the chart for eleven non-consecutive weeks. This makes it Moa's second-highest peaking album, behind Thinking Room
Thinking Room
-Personnel:* Richard Bates – art direction and design* Des Bradbery – additional programming * Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion* Knox Chandler – electric guitar, mandolin, bass...
(2001), which peaked at number-one on the Albums Chart. It is also her third-longest charting album, behind Thinking Room and In Swings the Tide
In Swings the Tide
In Swings the Tide is the third studio album by New Zealand Pop recording artist Anika Moa. It was released on 8 October 2007 by EMI Records...
(2007), which spent forty-five and thirty-nine weeks on the chart, respectively.
Singles
The lead singleLead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from Love in Motion, "Running Through the Fire (Storm)
Running Through the Fire (Storm)
"Running Through the Fire " is a single from by Anika Moa, a singer-songwriter from New Zealand. It is the lead single from Moa's fourth studio album, Love in Motion.-Background, composition and release:...
", was released in New Zealand on 5 April 2010, the same day as the album. "Running Through the Fire (Storm)" briefly charted on the New Zealand Singles Chart in its week of release, at number thirty-eight. Despite this, the song fell off the chart the next week.
"Blame It on the Rain" was released as the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n single via digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on 27 August, although it did not appear on any singles chart.
Track listing
All tracks written by Anika Moa.- "Two Hearts" – 4:03
- "Running Through the Fire (Storm)Running Through the Fire (Storm)"Running Through the Fire " is a single from by Anika Moa, a singer-songwriter from New Zealand. It is the lead single from Moa's fourth studio album, Love in Motion.-Background, composition and release:...
" – 3:49 - "I Am the Woman Who Loves You" – 4:57
- "Blame It on the Rain" – 5:02
- "Secrets and Lies" – 3:49
- "Love Me Again" – 4:20
- "Flying on the Wings" – 4:22
- "Love in Motion" – 3:50
- "In the Air" – 3:31
- "Burn This Love" – 3:19
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- 11. "Running Through the Fire (Storm)" [Acoustic Version] – 4:15
Personnel
- Isaac Aesili – hornsHorn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
- Don Bartley – masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- Barny Bewick – artworkAlbum coverAn album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
- Tom Dalton – management
- Nick Gaffaney – drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s and percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Godfrey de Grut – keysKey (instrument)A key is a specific part of a musical instrument. The purpose and function of the part in question depends on the instrument.On instruments equipped with tuning machines, violins and guitars, for example, a key is part of a tuning machine. It is a worm gear with a key shaped end used to turn a cog,...
- Bruce LynchBruce LynchBruce Lynch, born 1948, New Zealand, is an electric and acoustic bassist, producer and arranger.Arriving in the UK in the mid-70s, he became a highly sought-after studio and session musician touring extensively with Cat Stevens, including the 1976 Earth Tour, as well as appearing on six albums...
– lapsteelLap steel guitarThe lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
- Anika MoaAnika MoaAnika Rose Moa is a New Zealand pop recording artist. In 2001 she signed to Atlantic Records in the United States and released her debut album, Thinking Room, the album reached the top of the New Zealand Singles Chart and was a commercial success.Moa was raised in Christchurch, New Zealand...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, harmonies, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, artwork - Mushroom Music – publishing
- Geoff MaddockGoldenhorse-Studio albums:-Singles:-Charity singles:-External links:*...
– guitar - Chip Matthews – bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
- Justin Pemberton – photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Andre Upston – production, engineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
- Source: CD liner
Release history
| Country | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 12 March 2010 | Flightless Birds |
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| New Zealand | 5 April 2010 | Flightless Birds/EMI EMI Records EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide... |
| Australia | 10 September 2010 |
External links
- Love in Motion at MusicBrainzMusicBrainzMusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB...