Natalie Merchant | ||||
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Released | May 6, 2014 | |||
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Length | 47:25 | |||
Label | Nonesuch | |||
Producer | Natalie Merchant | |||
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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]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 73/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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]
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]
All tracks are written by Natalie Merchant
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 |
Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [1]
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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 |
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Natalie Merchant | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 6, 2014 | |||
Studio |
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Length | 47:25 | |||
Label | Nonesuch | |||
Producer | Natalie Merchant | |||
Natalie Merchant chronology | ||||
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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]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 73/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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]
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]
All tracks are written by Natalie Merchant
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
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 |
Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [1]
|
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Chart (2014) | Peak position |
---|---|
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 |
{{
cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (
link) Retrieved 17 December 2022 from
Discogs.