Wake Up! (Pope Francis album)

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Wake Up!
File:Pope Francis Wake Up Front Cover.jpg
Studio album by Pope Francis
Released 27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Genre
Length 55:19
Label Believe Digital
Producer
  • Don Giulio Neroni
  • Tony Pagliuca
Singles from Wake Up!
  1. "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!"
    Released: 26 September 2015

Wake Up! Music Album with His Words and Prayers is a Christian rock album by Pope Francis released on 27 November 2015 on Believe Digital. The album is formed of speeches by Pope Francis recorded in numerous locations worldwide between 2013–15 with accompanying music tracks of prayers and hymns by various Italian artists and producers.

Production

Under the art direction of Don Giulio Neroni, who also curated other albums for Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, various Italian artists and producers also contributed to the music like Giorgio Kriegsch, Mite Balduzzi, Giuseppe Dati, Lorenzo Piscopo, the orchestral director Dino Doni, and former member of Italian progressive rock band Le Orme Tony Pagliuca.[1][2] The album will be released through the Believe Digital label.[3]

The album sets papal prayers and speeches to pop, rock, and classical music.[4] The lyrics are varyingly Spanish, Portuguese or Italian, although the title track "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!" is in English. While most of the music is described by Rolling Stone as "New Age neoclassicism" not unlike the work of Vangelis or Kitaro, "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!" is identified as "the most rocking".[4]

Reception

Tom Maxwell of Aljazeera America states "Musically, the album is similar to but more animated than what one would hear during a yoga class or massage session." and that "What might be most noteworthy about “Wake Up!” is how groundbreaking it is. ... For such a figure [as the pope] to release an album of music at all is scarcely precedented, much less one that incorporates popular musical forms of the last few decades."[5]

Entertainment reporter Chi Chi Izundu on BBC Newsbeat expressed the opinion that some of the album "has the vibe of 80s rock", and another part is "hauntingly beautiful" and that the album is "all in all, a very pleasant listen".[6]

Helen Brown in The Telegraph calls it a "mellow, accessible album" and states "Proceeds go to help refugees at a time when displaced people are struggling to find room at the inn. Whatever your stance on the Catholic Church, or its leader, I suspect Pope Francis has made a good call here. At a time of increasingly inflamed religious emotions, the world could use a little Holy chill out."[7]

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[8]
Pitchfork Media 5.0/10[9]

The first track released from the album was "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!" on 26 September 2015.[2]

Track listing

Wake Up! includes the following tracks.[10]

No. Title Speech location and date Length
1. "Annuntio Vobis Gaudium Magnum!"   Vatican City on 13 March 2013 6:53
2. "Salve Regina"   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25 July 2013 and Cagliari, Italy on 22 September 2013 5:17
3. "Cuidar el Planeda"   Rome, Italy on 20 November 2014 4:46
4. "Por Qué Sufren los Niños?"   Manila, Philippines on 18 January 2015 5:20
5. "Non lasciatevi rubare la speranza!"   Vatican City on 7 June 2013 3:57
6. "La Iglesia No Puede Ser una ONG!"   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25 July 2013 4:49
7. "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!"   South Korea, 17 August 2014 5:12
8. "La Fe Es Entera, No Se Licua!"   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25 July 2013 4:32
9. "Pace! Fratelli!"   Vatican City on 8 June 2014 5:52
10. "Santa famiglia di Nazareth"   Vatican City on 27 October 2013 5:10
11. "Fazei o Que Ele Vos Disser!"   Vatican City on 31 May 2013 3:31

References

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