My Wild West
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| Studio album by Lissie | ||||
| Released | 12 February 2016 | |||
| Genre | Folk, rock | |||
| Length | 42:55 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Lionboy & Thirty Tigers, Cooking Vinyl | |||
| Producer | Curt Schneider & Bill Reynolds | |||
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| Singles from My Wild West | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 |
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| The Boston Globe |    |
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| Paste Magazine | (8/10) |
| The Guardian | |
My Wild West is the third album by American singer-songwriter Lissie, released on February 12, 2016. It is released under her own label, Lionboy, together with Thirty Tigers. In anticipation of the album, a music video for the promotional single "Hero" was released on November 5, 2015.
The album has three singles so far: the promotional single Hero, the lead single Don't You Give Up On Me, and Daughters, a charity single for the association "Charity Water", that helps women working to get clean water. The album was Lissie's most critically acclaimed with an average grade of 73% on Metacritic.
My Wild West received generally favorable reviews, with several critics considering it as her best album. Metacritic gave an average score of 74, based on 13 reviews.
The Q magazine said it was "undoubtly her best album yet" and gave 4 stars for the record.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram called it the 10th best album of 2016.
French paper "Marie Claire" wrote "My Wild West is primed to be a ray of light amidst the doldrums of winter". Meanwhile, "The Guardian" describes the album in these words : "My Wild West has a west-coast pop sheen to it, but touches of acoustic guitar and banjo suggest a country feel. This contrast mirrors the album’s theme".
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