Daddy's Home (St. Vincent album)

Daddy's Home is the sixth studio album by American musician St. Vincent, released on May 14, 2021 by Loma Vista Recordings. Like its predecessor, Masseduction (2017), Clark produced the album alongside Jack Antonoff. Daddy's Home was inspired by Clark's father's release from prison at the end of 2019, as well as the musical palette of New York City in the first half of the 1970s. The record musically incorporates lounge-pop and psychedelic music. The album won the award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

In May 2010, Clark's father, Richard Clark was convicted on one count of conspiracy, seven counts of wire fraud, five counts of securities fraud, and one count of money laundering. During his incarceration, Clark released three studio albums: Strange Mercy (2011), St. Vincent (2014) and Masseduction (2017), receiving a growing amount of attention with each album. After his release in 2019, Clark was inspired to write the album's title track and also found inspiration in music made in New York City from 1971 to 1975, a contrast to her previous albums, which were categorized as indie rock.

On December 15, 2020, Clark revealed that she would be releasing her sixth studio album in 2021. On February 25, 2021, street posters revealed that the album would be released on May 14, 2021. Clark released the album's lead single, "Pay Your Way in Pain", on March 5, 2021. In a profile with The Forty-Five following the single's release, she stated that the theme of the album would be her father's release from prison. Clark added that she wanted to narrate her "story", opining that his release from prison was "a good starting point".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.2/10
Metacritic	85/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	B
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Independent
Mojo
NME
Pitchfork	6.7/10
Rolling Stone
Uncut

Upon release, Daddy's Home received widespread critical acclaim. On the review aggregation website Metacritic, it received an average score of 85 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". AnyDecentMusic? collated reviews giving the album an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 32 reviews.

Rolling Stone called it "a mutant strain of retro pop steeped in New York lore", and Tom Doyle of Mojo hailed it as "a full conceptual realisation, filled with great melodies, deep grooves, colourful characterisations and sonic detail that reveals itself over repeated plays."

Accolades

*Daddy's Home* on year-end lists
Publication	List	Rank
Consequence	Top 50 Best Albums of 2021	50
Rolling Stone	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	50
Slant	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	2
Spin	The 30 Best Albums of 2021	21
The Guardian	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	27

Daddy's Home Tour

The Daddy's Home Tour is a concert tour by American singer St. Vincent in support of her sixth studio album, Daddy's Home. The tour visited North America, Europe and Asia between 2021 and 2022.

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held at Central Park in Atlanta on October 22, 2021, as part of the Shaky Knees Music Festival. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

"Digital Witness"
"Down"
"Birth in Reverse"
"Daddy's Home"
"New York"
"Los Ageless"
"Sugarboy"
"Fast Slow Disco"
"Pay Your Way in Pain"
"Fear the Future"
"Your Lips Are Red"
"The Melting of the Sun"

Track listing

All songs written by Annie Clark, except where noted. All songs produced by Clark and Jack Antonoff.

*Daddy's Home*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pay Your Way in Pain" (Clark, Antonoff)	3:03
2.	"Down and Out Downtown"	3:42
3.	"Daddy's Home" (Clark, Antonoff)	3:19
4.	"Live in the Dream"	6:29
5.	"The Melting of the Sun"	4:17
6.	"Humming (Interlude 1)"	0:57
7.	"The Laughing Man" (Clark, Antonoff)	3:25
8.	"Down" (Clark, Antonoff)	3:26
9.	"Humming (Interlude 2)"	0:28
10.	"Somebody Like Me"	3:53
11.	"My Baby Wants a Baby" (Clark, Florrie Palmer)	3:20
12.	"...At the Holiday Party" (Clark, Antonoff)	4:17
13.	"Candy Darling"	1:55
14.	"Humming (Interlude 3)"	0:38
Total length:		43:09

Daddy's Home – Japanese edition

No.	Title	Length
15.	"New York" (featuring Yoshiki) (Clark, Antonoff)	2:54
Total length:		46:03

Personnel

Musicians

Annie Clark – vocals (1–8, 10–13), guitar (1-8, 10–13), sitar guitar (1, 2, 4–8), modular synthesizer (1), acoustic guitar (2–5, 8, 10–12), lap steel guitar (2, 5, 7), bass (2, 12), Wurlitzer (4), keyboards (7), Mellotron (7, 10), vibes (7)
Jack Antonoff – drums (1–8, 10–13), percussion (1, 5, 8), bass (1–8, 11–13), Wurlitzer (1–4, 6–8, 10–12), guitar (1, 4, 13), backing vocals (1), synthesizers (3), Mellotron (4, 10, 13), piano (5), clavinet (5, 12), clavichord (8), acoustic guitar (12)
Thomas Bartlett – piano (1, 10), Wurlitzer (2–5, 8, 13)
Cian Riordan – drums (1, 5)
Lynne Fiddmont – backing vocals (1–8, 10–13)
Kenya Hathaway – backing vocals (1–8, 10–13)
Evan Smith – saxophones (2, 3, 10, 12), flute (2, 10), guitar (2), synthesizers (2), clarinet (10), horns (11)
Sam KS – drums (2, 10), congas (2)
Patrick Kelly – bass (10)
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (10)
Daniel Hart – violin (10)
Michael Leonhard – trombone (12), trumpet (12)

Producers and engineers

Annie Clark – producer
Jack Antonoff – producer
Laura Sisk – recording engineer
Peter Labberton – recording engineer (10)
John Rooney – assistant recording engineer
Jon Sher – assistant recording engineer
Cian Riordan – additional recording, mixer
Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer

Artwork

Zackery Michael – photography
Mishka Westell – package design
Annie Clark – art direction, creative direction
Leah Lehrer – art direction, creative direction
Liz Lambert – art direction
Avigail Collins – styling
Pamela Neal – hair
Hinako Nishiguch – makeup

Charts

Chart performance for *Daddy's Home*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	37
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	48
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)	31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)	45
French Albums (SNEP)	188
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	21
Irish Albums (OCC)	7
Italian Albums (FIMI)	66
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	71
Portuguese Albums (AFP)	7
Scottish Albums (OCC)	3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)	48
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	18
UK Albums (OCC)	4
US Billboard 200	16
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	1
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)	2

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External links

Daddy's Home at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e St. Vincent
Discography
Studio albums	Marry Me Actor Strange Mercy Love This Giant (with David Byrne) St. Vincent Masseduction Daddy's Home All Born Screaming
Remix albums	MassEducation Nina Kraviz Presents Masseduction Rewired Todos Nacen Gritando
Soundtrack albums	The Nowhere Inn
EPs	Ratsliveonnoevilstar Paris Is Burning 4AD Session Brass Tactics (with David Byrne)
Singles	"Actor Out of Work" "Birth in Reverse" "Digital Witness" "Teenage Talk" "Under Neon Lights" "New York" "Los Ageless" "Pay Your Way in Pain" "Broken Man"
Tours	Actor Tour Love This Giant Tour Fear the Future Tour I Am a Lot Like You! Tour
Films	XX The Nowhere Inn

v t e Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
1990s	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got — Sinéad O'Connor (1990) Out of Time — R.E.M. (1991) Bone Machine — Tom Waits (1992) Zooropa — U2 (1993) Dookie — Green Day (1994) MTV Unplugged in New York — Nirvana (1995) Odelay — Beck (1996) OK Computer — Radiohead (1997) Hello Nasty — Beastie Boys (1998) Mutations — Beck (1999)
2000s	Kid A — Radiohead (2000) Parachutes — Coldplay (2001) A Rush of Blood to the Head — Coldplay (2002) Elephant — The White Stripes (2003) A Ghost Is Born — Wilco (2004) Get Behind Me Satan — The White Stripes (2005) St. Elsewhere — Gnarls Barkley (2006) Icky Thump — The White Stripes (2007) In Rainbows — Radiohead (2008) Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — Phoenix (2009)
2010s	Brothers — The Black Keys (2010) Bon Iver — Bon Iver (2011) Making Mirrors — Gotye (2012) Modern Vampires of the City — Vampire Weekend (2013) St. Vincent — St. Vincent (2014) Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes (2015) Blackstar — David Bowie (2016) Sleep Well Beast — The National (2017) Colors — Beck (2018) Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend (2019)
2020s	Fetch the Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple (2020) Daddy's Home – St. Vincent (2021) Wet Leg – Wet Leg (2022) The Record – Boygenius (2023)

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