Spirit (Amos Lee album)

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Spirit
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2016
Genre Folk rock, Neo soul
Length47:52
Label John Varvatos/Republic
Producer Amos Lee
Amos Lee chronology
Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
(2013)
Spirit
(2016)
My New Moon
(2018)
Professional ratings
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Spirit is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Amos Lee. It was released August 16, 2016 on the John Varvatos imprint of Republic Records, Lee's first album on a label other than Blue Note Records. It is also the first album which Lee self-produced. Like all previous albums, Lee penned all thirteen songs.

Contents

The album debuted on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart at No. 3, [2] selling 12,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

All songs written by Amos Lee

  1. "New Love" – 3:45
  2. "Running Out of Time" – 3:19
  3. "Spirit" – 4:50
  4. "Lost Child" – 3:54
  5. "Highways and Clouds" – 3:29
  6. "Lightly" – 3:00
  7. "One Lonely Light" – 3:35
  8. "Wait Up for Me" – 3:45
  9. "Till You Come Back Through" – 3:02
  10. "Hurt Me" – 3:17
  11. "Vaporize" – 3:51
  12. "Walls" – 4:38
  13. "With You" – 3:27

Personnel

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References

  1. Collar, Matt. Spirit at AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. "Rock Albums: August 31, 2016". Billboard.