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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Deep Field
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Joan as Police Woman]]
| cover      = thedeepfield.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 24, 2011
| recorded   = 2010
| studio     =
| genre      =
| length     = 55:35
| label      = [[Reveal Records|Reveal]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/136864-joan-as-police-woman-the-deep-field-2496080630.html|title=Joan As Police Woman: The Deep Field|date=February 15, 2011|website=PopMatters}}</ref>
| producer   =
* Joan Wasser<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joan-as-police-woman-mn0000713445/biography|title=Joan as Police Woman &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
| prev_title = [[Cover (Joan as Policewoman album)|Cover]]
| prev_year  = 2009
| next_title = [[The Classic (Joan as Police Woman album)|The Classic]]
| next_year  = 2014
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = The Deep Field
| type        = studio
| single1     = The Magic
| single1date = January 18, 2011
| single2     = Nervous
| single2date = April 10, 2011
| single3     = Chemmie
| single3date = Promo Only
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-deep-field-mw0002090235|title=The Deep Field - Joan as Police Woman &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]''
|rev2score = C−<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2011/04/album-review-joan-as-police-woman-deep-field/|title=Album Review: Joan as Police Woman - Deep Field|date=April 20, 2011}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
|rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15887/reviews/4141844|title=Album Review: Joan As Police Woman - The Deep Field|website=DrownedInSound|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303060349/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/15887/reviews/4141844|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Deep Field''''' is the third studio album by [[Joan as Police Woman]], released in 2011.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>
==Critical reception==
The album has received positive reviews from critics. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-deep-field/critic-reviews|title=The Deep Field Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</ref>
In a positive review, ''[[Q Magazine|Q]]'' magazine stated, "There is slick virtuosity to all the playing here but it is her warm, witty presence that shines through."<ref name="qmagazine">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/publication/q-magazine?filter=albums|title=Q-Magazine Deep Field Review |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</ref> James Skinner, in his 8/10 review for [[BBC]] Music says "...there is something fantastically indulgent and heartening going on here: the sense that Wasser is embracing her peculiarities and making giddy, ebullient light of them. Long may she continue to do so."<ref name="BBCmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nw5c|title=BBC - Music - Review of Joan as a Police Woman - The Deep Field |author=James Skinner |accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</ref> Andy Gill, from ''[[The Independent]]'' called it "everything the [[Adele]] album lacks: real emotional insight, couched in genuinely soulful arrangements bristling with imagination."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=21 January 2011|title=Album: Joan As Police Woman, The Deep Field (Play It Again Sam) - Reviews, Music - The Independent|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-joan-as-police-woman-the-deep-field-play-it-again-sam-2190066.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123205035/http://www.independent.co.uk:80/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-joan-as-police-woman-the-deep-field-play-it-again-sam-2190066.html|archive-date=23 January 2011|access-date=13 August 2021|website=The Independent}}</ref> However, Michael Cragg's review for ''[[The Guardian]]'' was mixed, saying, "Wasser's featherlight voice suits the slower songs, it has a tendency to sound slightly one-dimensional on the over-fussy bigger numbers, and there are moments when it drifts too close to polite MOR."<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/20/joan-police-woman-deep-review|title=Joan as a Police Woman: The Deep Field - Review |author=Michael Cragg |accessdate=May 4, 2011 |location=London |work=The Guardian |date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> In a negative review, David Raposa for ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' criticized the overall sound of the album stating, "While she aims for such critically acclaimed heights, her shots often land in a middle-of-the-road, adult-contemporary wasteland."<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15387-the-deep-field/|title=Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Joan as a Police Woman: The Deep Field |author=David Raposa |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |accessdate=May 6, 2011}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 55:35
| title1 = Nervous
| length1 = 6:02
| title2 = The Magic
| length2 = 4:10
| title3 = The Action Man
| length3 = 5:08
| title4 = Flash
| length4 = 7:52
| title5 = Run For Love
| length5 = 5:38
| title6 = Human Condition
| length6 = 5:33
| title7 = Kiss the Specifics
| length7 = 4:30
| title8 = Chemmie
| length8 = 4:47
| title9 = Forever and a Year
| length9 = 5:56
| title10 = I Was Everyone
| length10 = 6:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = UK iTunes & North American bonus track
| title11         = Say Yes
| length11        = 3:47
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = Vinyl edition bonus tracks
| title11         = It's Possible
| length11        =
| title12         = Human Condition
| note12          = solo
| length12        =
}}
==References==
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