My Wild West

My Wild West
Studio album by Lissie
Released 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
Genre Folk, rock
Length 42:55
Language English
Label Lionboy & Thirty Tigers, Cooking Vinyl
Producer Curt Schneider & Bill Reynolds
Lissie chronology
Back to Forever
(2013)
My Wild West
(2016)
Singles from My Wild West
  1. "Hero (promotionnal)"
    Released: November 5, 2015
  2. "Don't You Give Up On Me"
    Released: January 15, 2016
  3. "Daughters"
    Released: March 2, 2016
  4. "Wild West"
    Released: July 18, 2016

My Wild West is the third album by American singer-songwriter Lissie, released on February 12, 2016.[1] It is released under her own label, Lionboy, together with Thirty Tigers. In anticipation of the album, a music video for the promotional single "Hero" was released on November 5, 2015.[2]

The album has three singles so far: the promotional single Hero, the lead single Don't You Give Up On Me, and Daughters, a charity single for the association "Charity Water", that helps women working to get clean water. The album was Lissie's most critically acclaimed with an average grade of 73% on Metacritic.

Critical Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100
Review scores
SourceRating
The Boston Globe[3]
The Boston Globe[4]
Paste Magazine(8/10)[5]
The Guardian[6]

My Wild West received generally favorable reviews, with several critics considering it as her best album. Metacritic gave an average score of 74, based on 13 reviews.[7]

The Q magazine said it was "undoubtly her best album yet" and gave 4 stars for the record.

French paper "Marie Claire" wrote "My Wild West is primed to be a ray of light amidst the doldrums of winter". Meanwhile, "The Guardian" describes the album in these words : "My Wild West has a west-coast pop sheen to it, but touches of acoustic guitar and banjo suggest a country feel. This contrast mirrors the album’s theme".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Wild West Overture"  Elisabeth Maurus1:14
2."Hollywood"  Maurus, Martin Craft3:41
3."Wild West"  Maurus, Curt Schneider3:50
4."Hero"  Maurus, Schneider3:32
5."Sun Keeps Risin'"  Maurus, Craft4:27
6."Don't You Give Up on Me"  Maurus, Craft4:15
7."Stay"  Maurus3:29
8."Daughters"  Maurus, Angelo Petraglia4:17
9."Together Or Apart"  Maurus3:52
10."Shroud"  Maurus, Petraglia3:16
11."Go For A Walk"  Maurus3:27
12."Ojai"  Maurus, Jim Irvin, Julian Emery3:35

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 80
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 46
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 16
US Billboard 200[13] 171

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.