La Vita Nuova (album)

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La Vita Nuova
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)
Length64:19
Label Fire
Maria McKee chronology
Late December
(2007)
La Vita Nuova
(2020)

La Vita Nuova is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Maria McKee. It was released on March 13, 2020 under Fire Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [6]

La Vita Nuova 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 80, based on 7 reviews. [2]

Track listing

La Vita Nuova track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Effigy of Salt"4:08
2."Page of Cups"3:40
3."Let Me Forget"4:22
4."I Should Have Looked Away"3:34
5."Right Down to the Heart of London"6:48
6."La Vita Nuova"3:46
7."Little Beast"3:04
8."Courage"7:21
9."Ceann Bró"4:38
10."The Last Boy"4:49
11."I Never Asked"5:06
12."I Just Want to Know If You're Alright"3:59
13."Weatherspace"3:41
14."However Worn"5:23

Charts

Chart performance for La Vita Nuova
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 34
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [8] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [9] 14

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References

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