Brigid Mae Power (album)

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Brigid Mae Power
A simple, stylized, and colorful piece of art of a fox
Studio album by
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[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.410 (5 reviews)[1]
Metacritic85100 (5 reviews)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Irish Times[3]
The Observer[4]
Pitchfork Media7.510[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.

  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[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]

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

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