Brigid Mae Power (album)
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| Released | 10 June 2016 | |||
| Studio | The Sparkle, Woods, Oregon, United States | |||
| Genre | Irish folk music | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Tompkins Square | |||
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Brigid Mae Power (album) is a 2016 studio album by Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4⁄10 (5 reviews)[1] |
| Metacritic | 85⁄100 (5 reviews)[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Irish Times |   [3] |
| The Observer | [4] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.5⁄10[5] |
Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.4 out of 10, based on five reviews.[1] Brigid Mae Power received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, based on five reviews.[2]
Writing for The Irish Times, Joe Breen rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "working with Oregon-based performer Peter Broderick has liberated her, she said, and this sparse, spectral collection is the evidence".[3] Kitty Empire also gave a 4-star review for The Observer, writing that this album is "so full of feeling" and notes the powerful emotions in Power's lyrics.[4] Pitchfork Media's Laura Snapes called this album "a liminal space made up of droning guitars, metallic piano reverberations, and lyrics that trace some barely escaped threat" with "clear seriousness" and a "sense of newfound freedom".[5]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Brigid Mae Power.
- "It’s Clearing Now" – 7:40
- "Sometimes" – 5:07
- "Let Me Hold You Through This" – 3:31
- "Is It My Low or Yours" – 3:45
- "Lookin' at You in a Photo" – 4:31
- "I Left Myself for a While" – 5:10
- "Watching the Horses" – 5:06
- "How You Feel" – 4:27
Personnel
[edit]- Brigid Mae Power – instrumentation, vocals, cover painting
- Peter Broderick – instrumentation, recording, mixing, mastering
- Cory Gray – recording for piano and vocals on "Sometimes", "I Left Myself for a While", and "How You Feel"
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ a b Breen, Joe (30 June 2016). "Brigid Mae Power album review: a powerful and almost hypnotic experience". Music. The Irish Times. ISSN 0791-5144. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ a b Empire, Kitty (26 June 2016). "Brigid Mae Power: Brigid Mae Power review – so full of feeling". Music. The Observer. Guardian Media Group. ISSN 0029-7712. OCLC 50230244. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power Reviews and Tracks". Pitchfork Media. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Brigid Mae Power at Discogs (list of releases)
- Brigid Mae Power at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
