Liberty (Lindi Ortega album)

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Liberty
Liberty (Lindi Ortega album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
StudioBattle Tapes Studio, Nashville, Tennessee [1]
Genre
Length46:10
Label Shadowbox
Producer
  • Lindi Ortega
  • Skylar Wilson
Lindi Ortega chronology
Faded Gloryville
(2015)
Liberty
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 9/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

Critical reception

Liberty 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 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.TitleWriter(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

Charts

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

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