| Faster | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 10, 2021 | |||
| Studio | The Village, West Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock, country rock [1] [2] | |||
| Label | Rounder | |||
| Producer | Martin Kierszenbaum | |||
| Samantha Fish chronology | ||||
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Faster is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Samantha Fish. It was released on September 10, 2021, under Rounder Records. The album was produced by Martin Kierszenbaum at the Village studio in West Los Angeles.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| American Songwriter | [1] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 [2] |
Faster 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 75, based on 5 reviews. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Faster" | 2:55 | |
| 2. | "All Ice No Whiskey" |
| 3:09 |
| 3. | "Twisted Ambition" |
| 3:14 |
| 4. | "Hypnotic" |
| 3:09 |
| 5. | "Forever Together" |
| 2:53 |
| 6. | "Crowd Control" |
| 4:18 |
| 7. | "Imaginary War" |
| 3:09 |
| 8. | "Loud" (featuring Tech N9ne) |
| 4:53 |
| 9. | "Better Be Lonely" |
| 3:40 |
| 10. | "So-Called Lover" | Fish | 3:05 |
| 11. | "Like a Classic" |
| 3:47 |
| 12. | "All the Words" | Fish | 4:35 |
Adapted from the liner notes.
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Folk Albums (Billboard) [5] | 8 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [6] | 14 |
| US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [7] | 1 |
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