My Wild West

My Wild West
Studio album by Lissie
Released	12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
Genre	Folk, rock
Length	42:55
Language	English
Label	Lionboy & Thirty Tigers, Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Curt Schneider, Bill Reynolds
Lissie chronology
Back to Forever (2013) My Wild West (2016) Castles (2018)
Singles from My Wild West
"Hero (promotional)" Released: November 5, 2015 "Don't You Give Up On Me" Released: January 15, 2016 "Daughters" Released: March 2, 2016 "Wild West" Released: July 18, 2016

My Wild West is the third album by American singer-songwriter Lissie, released on February 12, 2016. ^[1] It is released under her own label, Lionboy, together with Thirty Tigers. In anticipation of the album, a music video for the promotional single "Hero" was released on November 5, 2015. ^[2]

The album has three singles: the promotional single "Hero", the lead single "Don't You Give Up On Me" and "Daughters", a charity single for the association "Charity Water", that helps women working to get clean water. The album was Lissie's most critically acclaimed with an average grade of 73% on Metacritic.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
American Songwriter	[3]
The Boston Globe	[4]
Paste Magazine	(8/10) [5]
Pitchfork	(5.8/10) [6]
The Guardian	[7]

My Wild West received generally favorable reviews, with several critics considering it as her best album. Metacritic gave an average score of 73, based on 13 reviews. ^[8]

The Q magazine said it was "undoubtedly her best album yet" and gave 4 stars for the record.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram called it the 10th best album of 2016.

French paper "Marie Claire" wrote "My Wild West is primed to be a ray of light amidst the doldrums of winter". Meanwhile, "The Guardian" describes the album in these words : "My Wild West has a west-coast pop sheen to it, but touches of acoustic guitar and banjo suggest a country feel. This contrast mirrors the album’s theme".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Wild West Overture"	Elisabeth Maurus	1:14
2.	"Hollywood"	Maurus, Martin Craft	3:41
3.	"Wild West"	Maurus, Curt Schneider	3:50
4.	"Hero"	Maurus, Schneider	3:32
5.	"Sun Keeps Risin'"	Maurus, Craft	4:27
6.	"Don't You Give Up on Me"	Maurus, Craft	4:15
7.	"Stay"	Maurus	3:29
8.	"Daughters"	Maurus, Angelo Petraglia	4:17
9.	"Together or Apart"	Maurus	3:52
10.	"Shroud"	Maurus, Petraglia	3:16
11.	"Go for a Walk"	Maurus	3:27
12.	"Ojai"	Maurus, Jim Irvin, Julian Emery	3:35

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9]	193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10]	80
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [11]	9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12]	46
UK Albums (OCC) [13]	16
US Billboard 200 [14]	171

References

1. "New Album My Wild West Announcement" . Retrieved January 4, 2015.
2. "News: Lissie Announces New Album 'My Wild West'". November 7, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
3. Horowitz, Hal (February 12, 2016). "Album review: Lissie, 'My Wild West'". American Songwriter.
4. Capobianco, Ken (February 10, 2016). "Album review: Lissie, 'My Wild West'". Boston Globe.
5. Gleason, Holly (February 12, 2016). "Lissie: My Wild West Review". Paste.
6. St. Asaph, Katherine (February 11, 2016). "My Wild West". Pitchfork.
7. Dennis, Jon (February 11, 2016). "Lissie: My Wild West review – heartfelt songs of pain, solidarity and rural retreat". The Guardian.
8. "My Wild West Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved February 12, 2016.
9. "Ultratop.be – Lissie – My Wild West" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
10. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Lissie – My Wild West". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Lissie – My Wild West". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
14. "Lissie Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2016.