| May Your Kindness Remain | ||||
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| Released | March 23, 2018 | |||
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| Length | 42:59 | |||
| Label | Fat Possum Records | |||
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| Courtney Marie Andrews chronology | ||||
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May Your Kindness Remain is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews. It was released on March 23, 2018 via Fat Possum Records.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.5/10 [1] |
| Metacritic | 79/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Financial Times | [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| The Independent | [6] |
| The Irish Times | [7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
| Paste | 8.1/10 [9] |
| Q | [10] |
| The Times | [11] |
| Uncut | 5/10 [12] |
May Your Kindness Remain 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 79, based on nine reviews. [2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.5 out of 10, based on fourteen reviews. [1] The aggregator Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 78 out of 100, based on ten reviews. [13]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian | Best 25 Albums of 2018 | ||
| Paste | Best 50 Albums of 2018 | 21 | |
| Rolling Stone | 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2018 | ||
| Rough Trade | Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 91 | |
| Uncut | 75 Best Albums of 2018 | 25 |
All tracks are written by Courtney Marie Andrews, except track 8 written with Jason Blynn and Peter Harper
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "May Your Kindness Remain" | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Lift the Lonely from My Heart" | 4:57 |
| 3. | "Two Cold Nights in Buffalo" | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Rough Around the Edges" | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Border" | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Took You Up" | 4:46 |
| 7. | "This House" | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Kindness of Strangers" | 3:30 |
| 9. | "I've Hurt Worse" | 4:14 |
| 10. | "Long Road Back to You" | 6:01 |
| Total length: | 42:59 | |
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] | 185 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 58 |
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