Colt (Hilary Woods album)

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Colt
Studio album by
Released8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)
Length37:35
Label Sacred Bones
Producer James Kelly
Hilary Woods chronology
Colt
(2018)
Birthmarks
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [4]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [5]
PopMatters 7/10 [6]

Colt is the debut studio album by Irish musician Hilary Woods. It was released on June 8, 2018 under Sacred Bones Records. [7]

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Critical reception

Colt was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 71, based on 9 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 67 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews. [8]

Accolades

Accolades for Colt
PublicationAccoladeRank
Bandcamp Bandcamp's 100 Best Albums of 2018
34 [9]
Fact Fact's 50 Best Albums of 2018
26 [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hilary Woods, unless noted.

Colt track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Inhaler"5:13
2."Prodigal Dog"4:59
3."Take Him In"4:11
4."Kith"5:36
5."Jesus Said"5:43
6."Sever"2:52
7."Black Rainbow"4:14
8."Limbs"4:47

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