Make Way for Love

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Make Way for Love
Marlon Williams - Make Way for Love.jpg
Studio album by
Marlon Williams
Released16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
StudioPanoramic Studios, California
Length39:03
Label Caroline Australia
Producer Noah Georgeson
Marlon Williams chronology
Marlon Williams
(2015)		Make Way for Love
(2018)		Plastic Bouquet
(2020)
Singles from Make Way for Love
  1. "Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore"
    Released: 8 November 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [5]
Exclaim! 9/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Make Way for Love is the second studio album by New Zealand musician Marlon Williams. It was released 16 February 2018. [8]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded with Grammy-winning producer Noah Georgeson at Panoramic Studios in California, USA. [8]

Release

On 8 November 2017, Williams announced the release of his second studio album, along with the single "Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore". [8]

Critical reception

Make Way for Love 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 14 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 13 reviews. [9]

James Christopher Monger of AllMusic explained "Written in the wake of a breakup with fellow Kiwi crooner Aldous Harding, the 11-track set is awash in post-midnight reverb and spilling over with the myopic despondency of heartbreak." [2] Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter noted "singer-songwriter Marlon Williams creates a lasting, durable and above all emotionally poignant work that makes the inherent self-doubt, confusion and frustration of his split feel universal and distinctive." [3]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
The New Zealand Herald Top 20 Albums of 2018
1
Exclaim! Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2018
6
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2018
53

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Come to Me"3:15
2."What's Chasing You"2:41
3."Beautiful Dress"3:31
4."Party Boy"2:33
5."Can I Call You"3:48
6."Love Is a Terrible Thing"3:12
7."I Know a Jeweller"2:36
8."I Didn't Make a Plan"4:01
9."The Fire of Love"4:31
10."Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore"4:59
11."Make Way for Love"3:56

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 149
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 60
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [16] 1

Certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [17] Gold15,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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  3. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal (16 February 2018). "American Songwriter Review". American Songwriter . Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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