Hunter (Anna Calvi album)

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Hunter
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Studio album by
Anna Calvi
Released31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
Studio Konk (London)
Length43:40
Label Domino
Producer Nick Launay
Anna Calvi chronology
One Breath
(2013)		Hunter
(2018)
Singles from Hunter
  1. "Don't Beat the Girl Out of My Boy"
    Released: 6 June 2018 [1]
  2. "Hunter"
    Released: 31 July 2018 [2]
  3. "As a Man"
    Released: 30 August 2018 [3]

Hunter is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Anna Calvi, released on 31 August 2018 by Domino. [4] The album was produced by Nick Launay, with additional production by Calvi. The album features Adrian Utley from Portishead and Martyn P. Casey from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

Contents

Calvi announced the album on 6 June 2018. At the same time she released a single, "Don't Beat the Girl Out of My Boy", and announced a European tour in support. [5] [6] [7] Calvi enlisted director Matt Lambert to produce the video for title track "Hunter". Dazed called it "an exploration of queer intimacy and self-love." [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10 [9]
Metacritic 84/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The A.V. Club A− [12]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [13]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [17]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]
Uncut 7/10 [20]

Hunter received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 20 reviews. [10] At The Guardian , critic Michael Hann praised Hunter as "glorious and triumphant" and "a record that succeeds on any terms you try to force upon it". [13] Cameron Cook of Pitchfork noted Calvi's "remarkable evolution" and found that she "pushes her artistry to another level". [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anna Calvi.

No.TitleLength
1."As a Man"3:46
2."Hunter"4:11
3."Don't Beat the Girl Out of My Boy"4:03
4."Indies or Paradise"4:41
5."Swimming Pool"4:54
6."Alpha"3:40
7."Chain"4:47
8."Wish"5:16
9."Away"4:14
10."Eden"4:08
Total length:43:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hunter. [21]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [22] 48
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [23] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [24] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [25] 71
French Albums (SNEP) [26] 59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [27] 42
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA) [28] 18
Italian Albums (FIMI) [29] 63
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [30] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC) [31] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [32] 90
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [33] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [34] 22
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [35] 5

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Additional recording

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