Fire Within | ||||
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Studio album by Birdy | ||||
Released | 16 September 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012–13 | |||
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Length | 43:43 | |||
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Metacritic | 66/100 |
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Contactmusic.com | |
Daily Echo | 9/10 |
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Fire Within is the second studio album by English musician Birdy, released on 16 September 2013 by Atlantic Records. It is her first album of predominantly original compositions, as her eponymous debut album consisted largely of covers.
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.
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".
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone