One Day (Peter Toussaint album)

One Day is the debut studio album by Dutch musician and singer-songwriter Peter Toussaint, who has been living in Pretoria since 2003. His first release as a solo artist, it was released on 11 December 2017. The album is an instrumental album and a concept album, musically going through a full day. As a bonus track, there is the song "Home" which follows after Moonlight.

One Day
Studio album by
Peter Toussaint
RecordedApril–October 2017
StudioWagon Wheel Records, Pretoria
GenreRock
Length43:56
LabelIndependent
ProducerIllimar Neitz

Critical reception

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Initial reaction for One Day from music critics has been highly favorable. Lenore Germeshuys of The Flow described the album as "A very good listen." [1]

Clive Fisher of Guitar Ninja wrote:"One Day is a great album created by awesome musicians..." [2]

Pedro Barbosa of Running Wolf's Rant described the album as "chilled,melodic and relaxing." [3]

Darren Johnston of GeoGravity wrote “‘One Day’ isn’t a string of songs loosely slapped together onto a record; it is a meticulously-curated and detail-driven thematic story, of which its songs seamlessly segue into each other.” [4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Peter Toussaint

No.TitleLength
1."Sunrise"4:08
2."A Journey"3:49
3."The Forest"3:06
4."Oak Trees"3:38
5."Teckel Race"2:43
6."Cay's Song"3:15
7."Mosquito"1:53
8."Sunset"2:58
9."Thunderstorm"3:45
10."Calm After"3:15
11."Amsterdam by Night"3:26
12."Moonlight"8:08
Total length:43:56

Personnel

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Taken from album liner notes.

  • Peter Toussaint – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, vocals
  • Franco Jamneck – bass guitar, trumpet
  • Riaan van Rensburg – drums, percussion
  • Rika du Plessis - cello
  • Johan Scheppel - violin
  • Illimar Neitz – producer, mixing
  • Stephan Bester - mastering

References

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  1. ^ Lenore Germeshuys (February 12, 2018). "One Day in Peter Toussaint's life". The Flow.
  2. ^ Clive Fisher (February 5, 2018). "A Journey to One Day". Guitar Ninja.
  3. ^ Pedro Barbosa (March 8, 2018). "Album Review: Peter Toussaint – One Day". Running Wolf's Rant.
  4. ^ Darren Johnston (April 12, 2018). "Album Review: Peter Toussaint – One Day". GeoGravity.