Fire Within received generally positive reviews from
music critics. In North America, Fire Within was released on 3 June 2014. Prior to that, several album tracks and live versions of past songs were released as a US-only
EP titled Breathe on 24 September 2013.[1][2]
Background and recording
"It's an album of all originals and for me, that is very exciting! It's what I've always wanted to do. I had never thought of doing covers before "Skinny Love" so that was a different experience." [...] It was my first time co-writing and it was really weird because I've always been a writer on my own. It's weird to be open with someone you just met but I learned a lot and I love what we made."
Following the commercial success of her debut album Birdy (2011), Birdy decided for her second record to be mostly of original compositions instead of covering songs like in her previous album.[4] She noted that she began writing songs aged eight, and considers this album "very special" for her.[5] She also talked about her experience as a songwriter: "A lot of people thought [she couldn't write] but then it was good doing it by stealth so I could develop my own writing and have time to work on it."[6]
Fire Within received generally positive reviews from
music critics. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on seven reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Fire Within received generally positive reviews from
music critics. In North America, Fire Within was released on 3 June 2014. Prior to that, several album tracks and live versions of past songs were released as a US-only
EP titled Breathe on 24 September 2013.[1][2]
Background and recording
"It's an album of all originals and for me, that is very exciting! It's what I've always wanted to do. I had never thought of doing covers before "Skinny Love" so that was a different experience." [...] It was my first time co-writing and it was really weird because I've always been a writer on my own. It's weird to be open with someone you just met but I learned a lot and I love what we made."
Following the commercial success of her debut album Birdy (2011), Birdy decided for her second record to be mostly of original compositions instead of covering songs like in her previous album.[4] She noted that she began writing songs aged eight, and considers this album "very special" for her.[5] She also talked about her experience as a songwriter: "A lot of people thought [she couldn't write] but then it was good doing it by stealth so I could develop my own writing and have time to work on it."[6]
Fire Within received generally positive reviews from
music critics. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on seven reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]