Healing Is a Miracle

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Healing Is a Miracle
Julianna Barwick - Healing is a Miracle.png
Studio album by
Julianna Barwick
ReleasedJuly 11, 2020 (2020-07-11)
Length33:30
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Julianna Barwick
Julianna Barwick chronology
Will
(2016)		Healing Is a Miracle
(2020)

Healing Is a Miracle is the fourth studio album by American musician Julianna Barwick. It was released on July 10, 2020 under Ninja Tune. [1] [2]

Contents

Singles

On May 20, 2020, Barwick announced the release of her new album, along with the first single "Inspirit". [3] The second single "In Light", which features Sigur Rós lead singer Jónsi, was released on June 18, 2020. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Beats Per Minute 70% [7]
Exclaim! 8/10 [8]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [9]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [10]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [12]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [13]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Uncut 8/10 [15]

Healing Is a Miracle 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 79, based on 13 reviews. [5] Aggregator albumoftheyear.org gave the album 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 14 reviews. [16]

Accolades

The album appeared in several best-albums-of-2020 yearend lists, including those published by Drowned in Sound , The Line of Best Fit , Crack Magazine , musicOMH , Paste , Gorilla vs. Bear, Our Culture , The Vinyl Factory, Uncut , Noisey.com, God Is in the TV , AllMusic and The New Yorker . [16]

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Tidal [17]

All tracks are written by Julianna Barwick, unless noted.

Healing Is a Miracle track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Inspirit"
  • Julianna Barwick
4:13
2."Oh, Memory" (featuring Mary Lattimore)
  • J. Barwick
3:47
3."Healing Is a Miracle"
  • J. Barwick
4:11
4."In Light" (featuring Jónsi)
6:06
5."Safe"
  • J. Barwick
5:00
6."Flowers"
  • J. Barwick
2:27
7."Wishing Well"
  • J. Barwick
3:53
8."Nod" (featuring Nosaj Thing)
  • J. Barwick
  • Jason Chung
3:57
Total length:33:30

Personnel

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References

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  2. ↑ Slingerlund, Calum (May 20, 2020). "Julianna Barwick Returns with New Album 'Healing Is a Miracle'". Exclaim! . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Kenneally, Cerys (May 20, 2020). "Julianna Barwick is back with details of her first LP in four years Healing Is A Miracle, and has shared the ethereal opening track "Inspirit"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ Kenneally, Cerys (June 18, 2020). "Julianna Barwick unveils new Jónsi collaboration "In Light"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ Fisette, Jeremy (July 9, 2020). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ Gee, Chris (July 8, 2020). "Julianna Barwick Brings Intentionality and High-Profile Collaborators to 'Healing Is a Miracle'". Exclaim! . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ Down, Lauren (July 6, 2020). "In the blink of an eye Julianna Barwick explores realms of subtly and freedom". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ Delaney, Woody (July 6, 2020). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet .
  11. ↑ Rogers, Jude (August 2020). "Julianna Barwick: Healing Is a Miracle". Mojo . No. 321. p. 87.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Steven (July 10, 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ Gottsegen, Will (July 15, 2020). "Julianna Barwick: Healing Is a Miracle Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  14. ↑ Lyons-Burt, Charles (July 10, 2020). "Review: Julianna Barwick's Healing Is a Miracle Is Music as Spiritual Renewal". Slant Magazine . Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  15. ↑ Richards, Sam (August 2020). "Julianna Barwick: Healing Is a Miracle". Uncut . No. 279. p. 27.
  16. 1 2 "Julianna Barwick - Healing Is a Miracle". Album of The Year. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
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