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2016 studio album by Brigid Mae Power
Brigid Mae Power
A simple, stylized, and colorful piece of art of a fox
Studio album by Brigid Mae Power
Released10 June 2016 (2016-06-10)
StudioThe Sparkle, Woods, Oregon, United States
GenreIrish folk music
LanguageEnglish
LabelTompkins Square
Brigid Mae Power chronology
I Told You the Truth
(2014) 		Brigid Mae Power
(2016) 		The Ones You Keep Close
(2017)

Brigid Mae Power (album) is a 2016 studio album by Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4⁄10 (5 reviews)
Metacritic85⁄100 (5 reviews)
Review scores
SourceRating
The Irish Times
The Observer
Pitchfork Media7.5⁄10

Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.4 out of 10, based on five reviews. 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.

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". 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. 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".

Track listing

All songs written by Brigid Mae Power.

  1. "It’s Clearing Now" – 7:40
  2. "Sometimes" – 5:07
  3. "Let Me Hold You Through This" – 3:31
  4. "Is It My Low or Yours" – 3:45
  5. "Lookin' at You in a Photo" – 4:31
  6. "I Left Myself for a While" – 5:10
  7. "Watching the Horses" – 5:06
  8. "How You Feel" – 4:27

Personnel

  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power Reviews and Tracks". Pitchfork Media. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

External links

Brigid Mae Power
Studio albums
Other albums
  • You Are Here (2010, EP)
  • Ode to an Embryo (2011, EP)
  • Eee Tuts (2013, EP)
  • I Told You the Truth (2014, live)
  • The Ones You Keep Close (2017, EP)
  • Burning Your Light (2021, EP)
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