My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross

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My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
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Studio album by
Anohni and the Johnsons
ReleasedJuly 7, 2023
Genre Soul
Length41:19
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer
Anohni and the Johnsons chronology
Turning
(as Antony and the Johnsons)
(2014)		My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
(2023)
Anohni chronology
Paradise
(2017)		My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
(2023)
Ref.
Crack 8 [23]
GQ UK — [24]
Les Inrockuptibles 9 [25]
Loud and Quiet 31 [26]
Mojo 26 [27]
Mondo Sonoro 5 [28]
The New York Times
(Lindsay Zoladz)		10 [29]
The Quietus 97 [30]
Rolling Stone 17 [31]
Uncut 38 [32]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anohni Hegarty.

My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross track listing
No.TitleLength
1."It Must Change"4:55
2."Go Ahead"1:30
3."Sliver of Ice"3:41
4."Can't"4:40
5."Scapegoat"5:22
6."It's My Fault"2:15
7."Rest"5:45
8."There Wasn't Enough"4:55
9."Why Am I Alive Now?"5:59
10."You Be Free"2:17
Total length:41:19

Personnel

Anohni and the Johnsons

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [33] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [34] 80
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [35] 42
French Albums (SNEP) [36] 123
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [37] 52
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [38] 26
Scottish Albums (OCC) [39] 20
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [40] 69
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [41] 49
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [42] 11
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [43] 7
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [44] 53

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