- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Release Date: Nov 11, 2014
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MagnetDec 10, 2014Transformation is richly and lushly inherent in everything Hegarty makes his own. [No. 116, p.53]
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Dec 1, 2014Each performance bursts with unadulterated emotionalism as Hegarty's voice swoops and swells around the impeccable-sounding band.
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MojoNov 19, 2014A relatively orthodox live recording. [Dec 2014, p.92]
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Q MagazineNov 13, 2014It's a decent enough introduction to Antony & The Johnson's early works.... Turning bursts into colour on the accompanying DVD. [Dec 2014, p.106]
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Nov 12, 2014The songs sound more muscular than on record, swollen by live strings; Cripple & The Starfish, from his debut, is a standout.
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Nov 12, 2014Though nearly a decade has passed since the performances recorded here, their power is not diminished. If anything, that power resonates more strongly for the strides made by the transgender community during that interim.
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Nov 11, 2014In short, without seeing Atlas's film, Turning is simply a live recording of Antony and the Johnsons on-stage in London, but thankfully, given their talent and their commitment to their craft, that's more than enough to make this a remarkable experience.
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Nov 21, 2014Turning gives everyone a chance to be himself or herself-and to be celebrated for it.
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Nov 11, 2014This is, to date, his quintessential live release, capturing a set that toggles carefully between the band’s luxurious sounds and his urgent songs. The Johnsons are in their most measured and exquisite phase, giving new life to cuts familiar from Hegarty’s catalog.... The accompanying film, however, tries to do too much, in turn missing the simple, genius focus of the conceit.
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UncutDec 4, 2014It's a giddily emotive affair, primarily slow and sensual. [Jan 2015, p.86]
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Dec 3, 2014Antony commands a stadium with his vocals and tone, or in this case the Barbican in London, while the fragile live air has not failed to be captured in the final product of Turning.
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Nov 20, 2014It makes for a decent compilation if you’re not already familiar with Hegarty’s material as it features many of his best tracks, but the long-term fan will struggle to find too much of interest. Yet it makes for an excellent souvenir of a band at the height of their powers.
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Nov 11, 2014Here, as always, Hegarty's art gives shape to the deepest loves and darkest sufferings of the human heart.
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Nov 11, 2014The resulting album is a heartfelt set that showcases the 42-year-old singer and pianist’s elegant style.
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The WireDec 15, 2014Too often though, and as is almost always the case with live sets, the album is cloistered and airless.... It doesn't so much scourge New York as embody the place it has become. [Nov 2014, p.71]
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Nov 13, 2014The songs are largely beautiful, the vocal performance is mostly impeccable and the recording generally captivating, but so was its predecessor.... not quite as good live album.