Desert Dove

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Desert Dove
Desert Dove.album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)
Length40:21
Label Yep Roc
Producer
  • Michaela Anne
  • Sam Outlaw
  • Kelly Winrich
[1]
Michaela Anne chronology
Bright Lights and the Fame
(2016)
Desert Dove
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Paste 8/10 [5]

Desert Dove is the third studio album by American musician Michaela Anne. It was released on September 27, 2019 under Yep Roc Records. [6]

Contents

Singles

The first single from the album "By Our Design" on June 13, 2019. [7]

Critical reception

Desert Dove 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 78, based on 4 reviews. [2]

Accolades

Accolades for
PublicationAccoladeRank
AlbumismAlbumism's Top 50 Albums of 2019
45 [8]
Rolling Stone Rolling Stone's 40 Best Country Albums of 2019
10 [9]
Stereogum Stereogum's 10 Best Country Albums of 2019
9 [10]

Track listing

Desert Dove track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."By Our Design" Michaela Anne 3:13
2."One Heart"
4:07
3."I'm Not the Fire"
  • M. Anne
  • S. Outlaw
  • Jamie Kent
3:05
4."Child of the Wind"
3:20
5."Tattered, Torn and Blue"M.Anne3:20
6."Desert Dove"M. Anne4:42
7."Run Away With Me"
  • M. Anne
  • S. Outlaw
3:31
8."Two Fools"M. Anne3:39
9."If I Wanted Your Opinion"
  • M. Anne
  • Mary Powell Bragg
3:35
10."Somebody New"M. Anne5:23
11."Be Easy"M. Anne2:26

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Desert Dove
Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 35

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