Jupiter's Wife by Joseph Chester
Irish Album Of The Year (2020) - The Irish Mirror
Jupiter’s Wife is one of the greatest Irish albums of the decade. Jason O’Toole, Irish Daily Mirror
The rich sound of Joe’s rare 40-year-old Lowden guitar becomes the centrepiece of the master songwriter-producer’s latest set of melodic, thoughtful compositions. Superior sonic cocooning. Eamonn Carr, The Evening Herald
Chester is back with Jupiter’s Wife, a characteristic mix of subtle lyricism and beautifully orechesrated music bristling with literary references. Apt for man who may belong in the same rarefied territory as Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens.
Alan Corr, RTE
Dans Jupiter’s Wife, il est évidemment question de folk à l’état pur. Habilement joué, sincèrement mis en forme. Un bel objet sonore.
Magic, Revue Pop Moderne
The mood is meditative, the music absorbing. This music stimulates the mind as much as it pleases the ear.
The Sunday Times
Jupiter's Wife is a beautiful album that aches with melancholy, heartbreak & reflectiveness but also with hope. Recorded in the famous Sun Studios, An early Choice Music Prize contender. PlayIrish
The sound throughout is warm and welcoming, even when the lyrics bleed pain… this album slowly and sensuously reveals its charms. The Heart of St Laurence O’Toole is a folk epic. From the haunting instrumentals to the soulful vocal and reverb-laden guitar, Jupiter’s Wife reels you in. An album to lose yourself in.
****½ - Sunday Business Post
Jupiter’s Wife is a double album and a substantial piece of work it is too. There are several songs, like “Staying Together For The Children,” that resonate powerfully.. It is typical of Chester’s approach to songwriting. Not for him the sort of cliched fare that pockmarks the work of so many of his peers. He has amassed more than a quarter century of high-quality music. He should be a household name.
The Irish Independent
Album of the week - RTE Lyric FM
Tracklist
| 1. | Jupiter's Wife | 3:17 |
| 2. | Staying Together For The Children | 5:50 |
| 3. | My Shipwrecked Mind | 4:35 |
| 4. | The Heart of Saint Laurence O'Toole | 6:32 |
| 5. | Somewhere Between Oblivion and Bliss | 5:07 |
| 6. | Nothing At The End | 6:15 |
| 7. | Is Cuimhin Liom (I Remember) | 3:55 |
| 8. | A Red Balloon | 4:53 |
| 9. | Synge's Chair | 4:26 |
| 10. | A Siren Song to a Shipwreck | 6:45 |
| 11. | Sweet Bird | 3:31 |
| 12. | Hilton and Michael | 6:56 |
| 13. | Novena | 6:59 |
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Joe Chester's albums have been written about in the books 101 Irish Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, by Tony Clayton-Lea and Buried Treasure by Dan Hegarty and featured recently in The Sunday Times list of the best Irish albums of all time.
Irish Album of the Year, 2020 - Irish Mirror (Jupiter's Wife)
Irish Album of the Year, 2017 - Irish Sun (The Easter Vigil)