Male (Natalie Imbruglia album)

Male
Studio album by Natalie Imbruglia
Released	31 July 2015
Studio	Turtle Sound Studios (Weston, CT) Playback Recording Studios (Santa Barbara, CA)
Length	42:40
Label	Portrait
Producer	Billy Mann
Natalie Imbruglia chronology
Come to Life (2009) Male (2015) Firebird (2021)
Singles from Male
"Instant Crush" Released: 23 March 2015

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

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]

Tour

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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Instant Crush"	Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Thomas Bangalter Julian Casablancas	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 Wyatt Durette John Driskell Hopkins Sonia Leigh	Zac Brown Band	4:35
6.	"Friday I'm in Love"	Perry Bamonte Boris Williams Simon Gallup Robert Smith Porl Thompson	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"	Robbie Grey Gary McDowell Richard Brown Michael Conroy Stephen Walker [14]	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)	Homem-Christo Bangalter Casablancas	Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas	3:26
Total length:				42:40

Charts

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

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	31 July 2015	CD digital download	Sony Music	[21]
New Zealand		CD		[22]
Europe	21 August 2015	CD digital download		[23] [24]
Australia	11 September 2015			[25] [26]
New Zealand		Digital download		[27]

See also

• Strange Little Girls , a 2001 album by Tori Amos with a similar concept

References

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6. Luke Morgan Britton (12 March 2015). "Natalie Imbruglia covers Daft Punk and Julian Casablancas collaboration 'Instant Crush' - listen". NME . Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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10. "Natalie Imbruglia: Male review – cover album of all-male artists plays it too safe". TheGuardian.com . 10 September 2015.
11. Rolling Stone review
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