Liberty (Lindi Ortega album)

Liberty
Studio album by Lindi Ortega
Released	March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
Studio	Battle Tapes Studio, Nashville, Tennessee [1]
Genre	Country [2]
Length	46:10
Label	Shadowbox
Producer	Lindi Ortega Skylar Wilson
Lindi Ortega chronology
Faded Gloryville (2015) Liberty (2018) From the Ether (2024)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
American Songwriter	[5]
Exclaim!	9/10 [6]
MusicOMH	[7]
Pitchfork	7.4/10 [2]

Liberty is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Lindi Ortega. It was released on March 30, 2018 under Shadowbox Records. ^[1]

Critical reception

Liberty was met with "generally favourable" 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 77, based on 7 reviews. ^[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews. ^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Through the Dust, Pt. I"		1:27
2.	"Afraid of the Dark"		4:03
3.	"You Ain't Foolin' Me"		4:34
4.	"Til My Dyin' Day"		3:01
5.	"Nothing Is Impossible"		2:43
6.	"Through the Dust, Pt. II"		1:07
7.	"The Comeback Kid"		3:01
8.	"Darkness Be Gone"		3:52
9.	"Forever Blue"		3:44
10.	"In the Clear"		4:02
11.	"Pablo"		4:21
12.	"Lovers in Love"		3:08
13.	"Through the Dust, Pt. III"		1:08
14.	"Liberty"		3:09
15.	"Gracias a la Vida"	Violeta Parra	3:06

Personnel

Musician Lindi Ortega – primary artist Savannah Conley – backing vocals Charlie McCoy – harmonica Jeremy Fetzer – guitar Jon Radford – drums Mike Rinne – bass Leif Shires – trumpet

Production Jeremy Ferguson – engineer Graham Waks – engineer Skylar Wilson – producer Jordan Lehning – mixing Sangwook Nam – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for Liberty

Chart (2018)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9]	13
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10]	35

References

1. Slingerland, Calum (January 17, 2018). "Lindi Ortega Returns with 'Liberty'". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 5, 2020.
2. April 3, 2018. "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 5, 2020.
3. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved June 3, 2018.
4. Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 3, 2018.
5. Horowitz, Hal (March 28, 2018). "American Songwriter Review". American Songwriter . Retrieved September 5, 2020.
6. Ashley, Mario (March 27, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 5, 2020.
7. Clarke, Helen (May 25, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved September 5, 2020.
8. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
9. "Lindi Ortega Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
10. "Lindi Ortega Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2020.