Primal Heart

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Primal Heart
Primal Heart by Kimbra.jpg
Studio album by
Kimbra
Released20 April 2018
Recorded2015–2017
Genre Pop [1]
Length44:24
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Kimbra chronology
The Golden Echo
(2014)		Primal Heart
(2018)		 A Reckoning
(2023)
Singles from Primal Heart
  1. "Everybody Knows"
    Released: 29 September 2017
  2. "Top of the World"
    Released: 10 November 2017
  3. "Human"
    Released: 19 January 2018 [2]
  4. "Version of Me"
    Released: 23 February 2018 [3]
  5. "Like They Do on the TV"
    Released: 30 March 2018 [4]
  6. "Lightyears"
    Released: 31 January 2019

Primal Heart is the third studio album by New Zealand musician Kimbra. It was released on 20 April 2018 through Warner Bros. Records. [5] It had originally been scheduled for release on 19 January 2018, but was pushed back. [6] Kimbra released "Hi Def Distance Romance" as a free exclusive download to fans signed up to her mailing list. [7] The album spawned 6 singles.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [13]

Primal Heart was positively received by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]

Track listing

Primal Heart
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Good War"
3:38
2."Top of the World"
3:25
3."Everybody Knows"
  • Johnson
  • Taylor Graves
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Graves [b]
  • Martin [b]
3:44
4."Like They Do on the TV"
4:19
5."Recovery"
  • Johnson
  • Graves
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Graves [b]
3:19
6."Human"
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
3:58
7."Lightyears"
  • Johnson
  • Matt Friedman
  • Scott Mellis
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Maury [a]
  • Friedman [b]
3:31
8."Black Sky"
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
3:51
9."Past Love"
  • Johnson
  • Friedman
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Friedman [b]
3:35
10."Right Direction"
  • Johnson
  • Benjamin Davies
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
4:45
11."Version of Me"
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Gruska [b]
  • Berg [b]
3:57
12."Real Life"JohnsonKimbra2:22
Total length:44:24
Songs from Primal Heart: Reimagined [14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Black Sky"
 Lars Horntveth 5:24
2."Everybody Knows"
  • Johnson
  • Taylor Graves
Horntveth4:46
3."The Good War"
  • Johnson
  • Timon Martin
Horntveth4:19
4."Hi Def Distance Romance"
  • Johnson
  • Martin
Horntveth3:32
Total length:18:01

Notes

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [16] 12
US Billboard 200 [17] 179

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  2. ↑ "Kimbra Shares Official Video For New Track 'Human'". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kimbra Releases Her New Song, "Version of Me" With Her Official Music Video – Warner Bros. Records Official Blog". Warner Bros. Records Official Website. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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