| This Wild Willing | ||||
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| Released | 12 April 2019 | |||
| Length | 64:17 | |||
| Label | Anti- | |||
| Producer | Glen Hansard | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Consequence of Sound | C− [3] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10 [4] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.7/5 [5] |
| The Skinny | [6] |
This Wild Willing is the fourth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. It was released on 12 April 2019, under Anti-. [7]
This Wild Willing was met with "generally favourable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews. [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'll Be You, Be Me" | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Don't Settle" | 6:01 |
| 3. | "Fool's Game" | 6:04 |
| 4. | "Race to the Bottom" | 6:15 |
| 5. | "The Closing Door" | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Brother's Keeper" | 5:07 |
| 7. | "Mary" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Threading Water" | 4:12 |
| 9. | "Weight of the World" | 7:28 |
| 10. | "Who's Gonna Be Your Baby Now" | 4:33 |
| 11. | "Good Life of Song" | 7:36 |
| 12. | "Leave a Light" | 4:27 |
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| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] | 45 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] | 47 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] | 30 |
| Irish Albums (OCC) [12] | 23 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 27 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] | 27 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [15] | 38 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] | 16 |
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