Self Made Man (album)

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Self Made Man
Larkin Poe - Self Made Man.png
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 2020 (2020-06-12)
Length34:58
Label Tricki-Woo
Larkin Poe chronology
Venom & Faith
(2018)
Self Made Man
(2020)
Kindred Spirits
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Exclaim! 7/10 [3]

Self Made Man is the fourth studio album by American band Larkin Poe. It was released on June 12, 2020 under Tricki-Woo Records. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Self Made Man was met with "generally favorable" 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 78, based on 7 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of Year gave the album 77 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews. [5]

Track listing

Self Made Man track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's a Self Made Man"
  • Megan Lovell
  • Rebecca Lovell
3:02
2."Holy Ghost Fire"
  • R. Lovell
3:23
3."Keep Diggin'"
  • M Lovell
  • R. Lovell
  • Tony Esterly
3:13
4."Back Down South" (featuring Tyler Bryant)
3:55
5."Tears of Blue to Gold"
  • M Lovell
  • R. Lovell
3:12
6."God Moves on the Water"
  • Blind Willie Johnson
2:44
7."Every Bird That Flies"
3:41
8."Scorpion"
  • R. Lovell
3:13
9."Danger Angel"
  • R. Lovell
2:28
10."Ex-Con"
  • R. Lovell
3:57
11."Easy Street"
  • M Lovell
  • R. Lovell
  • Tony Esterly
2:17
Total length:34:58

Charts

Chart performance for Self Made Man
Chart (2020)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 79
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 41
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 76
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [10] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [11] 1
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [12] 8
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [13] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14] 39

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