Natalie Merchant (album)

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Natalie Merchant
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Studio album by
Natalie Merchant
ReleasedMay 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
Studio
[1]
Length47:25
Label Nonesuch
Producer Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant chronology
Leave Your Sleep
(2010)		Natalie Merchant
(2014)		 Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings
(2015)

Natalie Merchant is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on May 6, 2014 by Nonesuch Records. Her first studio album consisting of all original material since Motherland (2001), it revisits a characteristic theme of Merchant's, of "characters, and women in particular, struggling in a culture where odds are stacked against them". [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [5]
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]
PopMatters 7/10 [7]

Upon release, the album received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the album received a score of 73, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Commercial reception

In the United States, the album debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week of release, [8] selling around 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Folk Albums, [9] and No. 5 on the Rock Albums chart. [10] As of October 2015, the album has sold 44,000 copies in the US. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Ladybird"6:37
2."Maggie Said"4:27
3."Texas"5:02
4."Go Down Moses"5:01
5."Seven Deadly Sins"4:51
6."Giving Up Everything"4:20
7."Black Sheep"4:08
8."It's A-Coming"3:50
9."Lulu (introduction)"1:03
10."Lulu"4:15
11."The End"5:11
Total length:47:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [1]

Charts

Chart performance for Natalie Merchant
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 153
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 72
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 34
US Billboard 200 [18] 20
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [19] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [20] 5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [21] 8

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References

  1. 1 2 Natalie Merchant (CD liner notes). Natalie Merchant. USA: Nonesuch Records. 2014. 541042-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Retrieved 17 December 2022 from Discogs.
  2. ↑ Hermes, Will (7 May 2014). "Album Review: Natalie Merchant". NPR. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Natalie Merchant by Natalie Merchant". Metacritic . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ Lukowski, Andrzej (April 29, 2014). "Album Review: Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ Henderson, Stuart (May 5, 2014). "Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant | Exclaim!". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ Casarino, Matt (May 8, 2014). "Natalie Merchant: Natalie Merchant, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Folk Albums". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Rock Albums". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
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  12. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 19 May 2014" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1264). ARIA: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-20. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
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  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in French). Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
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  19. ↑ "Natalie Merchant Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
  20. ↑ "Natalie Merchant Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  21. ↑ "Natalie Merchant Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
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