Natalie Merchant (album)
2014 studio album by Natalie Merchant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natalie Merchant is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on May 6, 2014 by Nonesuch Records. Her first studio album consisting of all original material since Motherland (2001), it revisits a characteristic theme of Merchant's, of "characters, and women in particular, struggling in a culture where odds are stacked against them".[2]
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Released | May 6, 2014 | |||
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Length | 47:25 | |||
Label | Nonesuch | |||
Producer | Natalie Merchant | |||
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Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 73/100[3] |
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Drowned in Sound | 6/10[5] |
Exclaim! | 7/10[6] |
PopMatters | 7/10[7] |
Upon release, the album received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the album received a score of 73, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Commercial reception
In the United States, the album debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week of release,[8] selling around 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Folk Albums,[9] and No. 5 on the Rock Albums chart.[10] As of October 2015, the album has sold 44,000 copies in the US.[11]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ladybird" | 6:37 |
2. | "Maggie Said" | 4:27 |
3. | "Texas" | 5:02 |
4. | "Go Down Moses" | 5:01 |
5. | "Seven Deadly Sins" | 4:51 |
6. | "Giving Up Everything" | 4:20 |
7. | "Black Sheep" | 4:08 |
8. | "It's A-Coming" | 3:50 |
9. | "Lulu (introduction)" | 1:03 |
10. | "Lulu" | 4:15 |
11. | "The End" | 5:11 |
Total length: | 47:25 |
All tracks are written by Natalie Merchant
Personnel
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Credits adapted from CD liner notes.[1]
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Charts
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] | 87 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 29 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] | 153 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] | 17 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] | 72 |
UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 34 |
US Billboard 200[18] | 20 |
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[19] | 2 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20] | 5 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21] | 8 |
References
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