Goodbye Swingtime
title: "Goodbye Swingtime" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2003-debut-albums", "matthew-herbert-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Swingtime" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Goodbye Swingtime |
| type | studio |
| artist | The Matthew Herbert Big Band |
| cover | Goodbye Swingtime.jpg |
| released | |
| genre | Electronic, jazz |
| length | |
| label | Accidental Records |
| producer | Matthew Herbert |
| next_title | There's Me and There's You |
| next_year | 2008 |
| :: |
| name = Goodbye Swingtime | type = studio | artist = The Matthew Herbert Big Band | cover = Goodbye Swingtime.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Electronic, jazz | length = | label = Accidental Records | producer = Matthew Herbert | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = There's Me and There's You | next_year = 2008 | rev1 = Exclaim! | rev1score = favorable | rev2 = Pitchfork | rev2score = 7.6/10 | rev3 = PopMatters | rev3score = mixed | rev4 = San Francisco Bay Guardian | rev4score = favorable Goodbye Swingtime is the first studio album by The Matthew Herbert Big Band. It was released on Accidental Records in 2003.
Critical reception
Mark Richardson of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, calling it "a highly original and engaging record that's also one of the last things one would expect for a producer who made his name with house music." Marshall Bowden of PopMatters said, "Goodbye Swingtime is both interesting and innovative, but somehow it just doesn't allow the listener to connect emotionally with either the big band side or the electronic side of the project."
Track listing
| title1 = Turning Pages | length1 = 7:45 | title2 = Everything's Changed | length2 = 4:44 | title3 = Fiction | length3 = 4:14 | title4 = The Three W's | length4 = 5:55 | title5 = Chromoshop | length5 = 5:50 | title6 = The Battle | length6 = 4:58 | title7 = Misprints | length7 = 6:13 | title8 = The Many and the Few | length8 = 5:01 | title9 = Simple Mind | length9 = 5:20 | title10 = Stationary | length10 = 8:29
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart | Peak position | UK Independent Albums (OCC) | UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) | |---|---|---|---| | 26 | | | | | 6 | | | | ::
References
References
- Benson, Denise. (1 June 2003). "Matthew Herbert Big Band: Goodbye Swingtime". [[Exclaim!]].
- Richardson, Mark. (19 August 2003). "The Matthew Herbert Big Band: Goodbye Swingtime". [[Pitchfork (website).
- Bowden, Marshall. (11 December 2003). "Matthew Herbert: Goodbye Swingtime". [[PopMatters]].
- Huston, Johnny Ray. (21 January 2004). "Grooves". [[San Francisco Bay Guardian]].
- "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 25 May 2003 – 31 May 2003". [[Official Charts Company]].
- "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30: 25 May 2003 – 31 May 2003". [[Official Charts Company]].
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