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Released | 31 July 2015 | |||
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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]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 65/100 [7] |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Various | 31 July 2015 | Sony Music | [21] | |
New Zealand | CD | [22] | ||
Europe | 21 August 2015 |
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Australia | 11 September 2015 | [25] [26] | ||
New Zealand | Digital download | [27] |