| Burn Your Fire for No Witness | ||||
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| Released | February 17, 2014 | |||
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| Length | 44:20 60:17 (deluxe edition) | |||
| Label | Jagjaguwar | |||
| Producer | John Congleton | |||
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Burn Your Fire for No Witness is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Angel Olsen. It was released in February 2014 under Jagjaguwar Records. "Forgiven/Forgotten", "Hi-Five" and "Windows" were released as singles. A deluxe edition was released on November 18, 2014, with five additional tracks.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.2/10 [1] |
| Metacritic | 84/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B+ [4] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| NME | 9/10 [8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [9] |
| Q | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Spin | 7/10 [12] |
Burn Your Fire for No Witness garnered broadly positive reviews from critics. Turntable Kitchen called it "spellbinding and beautifully composed," while further describing it as "an album spilling over with heart-swelling and painfully visceral romance." [13] The A.V. Club named it the best album of 2014. The Village Voice 's Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll named Burn Your Fire for No Witness the eighth-best album of 2014.
In December 2019, Pitchfork listed Burn Your Fire for No Witness as the 26th best album of the decade. [14]
All tracks are written by Angel Olsen, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Unfucktheworld" | 2:05 |
| 2. | "Forgiven/Forgotten" | 2:03 |
| 3. | "Hi-Five" | 2:57 |
| 4. | "White Fire" | 6:55 |
| 5. | "High & Wild" | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Lights Out" | 4:27 |
| 7. | "Stars" | 4:38 |
| 8. | "Iota" | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Dance Slow Decades" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Enemy" | 5:43 |
| 11. | "Windows" | 4:07 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "White Water" | 5:40 |
| 13. | "All Right Now" | 2:59 |
| 14. | "Only with You" | 2:35 |
| 15. | "May as Well" | 2:39 |
| 16. | "Endless Road" (Hoyt Axton) | 2:04 |
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 81 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 55 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [17] | 146 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [18] | 64 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] | 13 |
| US Billboard 200 [20] | 71 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [21] | 16 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [22] | 12 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [23] | 19 |
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