| Male | ||||
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| Released | 31 July 2015 | |||
| Length | 42:40 | |||
| Label | Portrait | |||
| Producer | Billy Mann | |||
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Male is the fifth studio album by Australian-British singer Natalie Imbruglia, released by Portrait on 31 July 2015. It was released in Europe on 21 August 2015. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Male is Imbruglia's first album in six years [5] and features the singer covering tracks made famous by male-led acts, hence the album's title. [6]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100 [7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| Billboard | [9] |
| The Guardian | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
Male received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on four reviews by critics. [12]
On 7 February 2017, Imbruglia announced that she would embark on the 2017 Acoustic Tour in support of the album, which took place from April to May 2017. [13]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Instant Crush" | Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas | 4:52 | |
| 2. | "Cannonball" | Damien Rice | Damien Rice | 3:27 |
| 3. | "The Summer" | Josh Pyke | Josh Pyke | 3:18 |
| 4. | "I Will Follow You into the Dark" | Ben Gibbard | Death Cab for Cutie | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Goodbye in His Eyes" |
| Zac Brown Band | 4:35 |
| 6. | "Friday I'm in Love" | The Cure | 3:16 | |
| 7. | "Naked as We Came" | Samuel Beam | Iron & Wine | 2:36 |
| 8. | "Let My Love Open the Door" | Pete Townshend | Pete Townshend | 3:08 |
| 9. | "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" | Neil Young | Neil Young | 2:50 |
| 10. | "I Melt with You" |
| Modern English | 4:07 |
| 11. | "The Waiting" | Tom Petty | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 3:16 |
| 12. | "The Wind" | Cat Stevens | Cat Stevens | 2:13 |
| 13. | "Instant Crush" (radio edit) (bonus track) |
| Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas | 3:26 |
| Total length: | 42:40 | |||
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] | 25 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 139 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] | 97 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] | 23 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] | 50 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 20 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 31 July 2015 | Sony Music | [21] | |
| New Zealand | CD | [22] | ||
| Europe | 21 August 2015 |
| [23] [24] | |
| Australia | 11 September 2015 | [25] [26] | ||
| New Zealand | Digital download | [27] |
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