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Historian is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus, released on March 2, 2018, through Matador Records. [3]
Historian was produced by Dacus, Jacob Blizard and Collin Pastore, the same team that produced her debut album, No Burden . [4] Dacus and her band recorded the album over the course of a week in March 2017 in Nashville. [4] [5] She described the album as a song cycle about "living through loss and the inevitable darkness of life, and doing so hopefully and joyfully." [4] Of the title of the album, Dacus explained, "It's me having this impulse to document and capture and create a history of my life and the people that I know ... Because as I'm making this history and capturing these things that I hold dear, those things won't stay." [6]
On December 12, 2017, Dacus formally announced the album, alongside the first single from the album "Night Shift". [7] The second single "Addictions" was released on January 16, 2018. [8]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10 [9] |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [10] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [11] |
| The A.V. Club | B [12] |
| Chicago Tribune | [13] |
| DIY | [14] |
| Mojo | [15] |
| NME | [16] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10 [17] |
| Q | [18] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [19] |
Historian was met with "universal acclaim" 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 82 based on 20 reviews. [10] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic said of the release: "Ultimately, the forte passages don't encroach on the songwriting, as they underline emotion, but they do, at times, step on Dacus' voice, when she's clouded by high-volume accompaniment or even vocal processing. Thankfully, those moments are brief and rare, allowing her lyrics and expressive sense of melody to shine." [11]
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Night Shift" | 6:31 |
| 2. | "Addictions" | 3:24 |
| 3. | "The Shell" | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Nonbeliever" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Yours & Mine" | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Body to Flame" | 3:05 |
| 7. | "Timefighter" | 5:48 |
| 8. | "Next of Kin" | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Pillar of Truth" | 7:14 |
| 10. | "Historians" | 3:56 |
| Total length: | 47:35 | |
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| UK Americana Albums (OCC) [33] | 9 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [34] | 39 |
| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC) [35] | 14 |
| UK Album Sales (OCC) [36] | 45 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [37] | 10 |
| US Folk Albums ( Billboard ) [38] | 12 |
| US Top Album Sales ( Billboard ) [39] | 20 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums ( Billboard ) [40] | 8 |
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