Year of the Tiger (Myles Kennedy album)

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Year of the Tiger
Myles Kennedy - Year of the Tiger.jpg
Studio album by
Myles Kennedy
ReleasedMarch 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)
StudioStudio Barbarosa, Orlando, Florida
Length50:40
Label Napalm
Producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette
Myles Kennedy chronology
Live at the Roxy 9.25.14
(2015)		Year of the Tiger
(2018)		 Living the Dream
(2018)

Year of the Tiger is the debut studio album by American musician and singer-songwriter Myles Kennedy. His first release as a solo artist, it was released on March 9, 2018, by Napalm Records. [1] The album is a musical departure from the hard rock music of Kennedy's other projects, instead featuring a stripped-back blues-based sound. A concept album, it explores the death of Kennedy's father in 1974, the year of the Tiger in the Chinese calendar. [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Cryptic RockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Daily Express Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Spill Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]

Initial reaction for Year of the Tiger from music critics has been highly favorable. Hannah May Kilroy of Classic Rock gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "essentially Year of the Tiger sounds like Alter Bridge relocated to the deep south—if they swapped their hard rock riffs for bluesy twangs" and "the final message is one of finding hope in the darkness, and it’s evident that making Year of the Tiger has been a therapeutic experience for Kennedy and should be celebrated." [2] Cryptic Rock's Vito Lanzi gave the album a perfect 5-star rating, and commented that "with Year of the Tiger, Kennedy has really found his own individuality as a musician and is proud of his accomplishments." [5] Daily Express writer Paul Davies was also positive towards the album, concluding that "As though created from the confessional booth of inward reflection and conveyed with brutal honesty, Kennedy gloriously rides the tiger across all the tracks with emotional and musical aplomb." [6]

Loudwire's Chad Childers described the album as "not a Slash rehash or Alter Bridge minus Mark Tremonti" but as "a stellar, more nuanced and autobiographical release that shows the singer as an artist taking a risk, being his most vulnerable while telling a deeply personal tale of a tragedy from his youth that influenced and informed the rest of his life." Childers concluded that "While the album is about Kennedy's journey, it's one that is satisfying to us as listeners." [1]

The Arts Desk's Russ Coffey was more critical of the album, giving it a three out of five stars, adding up that "there are plenty for whom this kind of folky hard rock is the absolute last word in ghastliness. But if you're a classic rock fan and you enjoy Kennedy's voice, you're unlikely to be disappointed with Year of the Tiger." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Myles Kennedy.

No.TitleLength
1."Year of the Tiger"3:40
2."The Great Beyond"4:50
3."Blind Faith"4:29
4."Devil on the Wall"3:44
5."Ghost of Shangri La"3:32
6."Turning Stones"3:38
7."Haunted by Design"3:39
8."Mother"3:42
9."Nothing but a Name"5:00
10."Love Can Only Heal"5:32
11."Songbird"4:04
12."One Fine Day"4:50
Total length:50:40
Best Buy exclusive edition & Japan bonus tracks [9]
No.TitleLength
13."Nothing but a Name" (Demo Acoustic Version)4:51
14."The Great Beyond" (Demo Acoustic Version)4:45
15."Haunted by Design" (Demo Acoustic Version)3:46
Total length:64:07
Limited Digipack edition
No.TitleLength
1."Year of the Tiger" (Demo Acoustic Version)3:40
2."Blind Faith" (Demo Acoustic Version)4:15
3."One Fine Day" (Demo Acoustic Version)4:42
4."Songbird" (Demo Acoustic Version)4:01
5."Turning Stones" (Demo Acoustic Version)3:38
6."Ghost of Shangri-La" (Demo Acoustic Version)3:36
Total length:23:51

Personnel

Taken from album liner notes.

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 85
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 122
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 14
Irish Albums (IRMA) [16] 16
Italian Albums (FIMI) [17] 40
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [18] 292
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [19] 9
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [20] 34
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 12
US Billboard 200 [24] 63
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [25] 11

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