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2018 studio album by Lucy Dacus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historian is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus, released on March 2, 2018, through Matador Records.[3]
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Released | March 2, 2018 | |||
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Length | 47:35 | |||
Label | Matador | |||
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Historian was produced by Dacus, Jacob Blizard and Collin Pastore, the same team that produced her debut album, No Burden.[4] Dacus and her band recorded the album over the course of a week in March 2017 in Nashville.[4][5] She described the album as a song cycle about "living through loss and the inevitable darkness of life, and doing so hopefully and joyfully."[4] Of the title of the album, Dacus explained, "It's me having this impulse to document and capture and create a history of my life and the people that I know ... Because as I'm making this history and capturing these things that I hold dear, those things won't stay."[6]
On December 12, 2017, Dacus formally announced the album, alongside the first single from the album "Night Shift".[7] The second single "Addictions" was released on January 16, 2018.[8]
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10[9] |
Metacritic | 82/100[10] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
The A.V. Club | B[12] |
Chicago Tribune | [13] |
DIY | [14] |
Mojo | [15] |
NME | [16] |
Pitchfork | 8.1/10[17] |
Q | [18] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
Uncut | 8/10[19] |
Historian was met with "universal acclaim" 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 82 based on 20 reviews.[10] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic said of the release: "Ultimately, the forte passages don't encroach on the songwriting, as they underline emotion, but they do, at times, step on Dacus' voice, when she's clouded by high-volume accompaniment or even vocal processing. Thankfully, those moments are brief and rare, allowing her lyrics and expressive sense of melody to shine."[11]
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Night Shift" | 6:31 |
2. | "Addictions" | 3:24 |
3. | "The Shell" | 4:37 |
4. | "Nonbeliever" | 3:40 |
5. | "Yours & Mine" | 5:14 |
6. | "Body to Flame" | 3:05 |
7. | "Timefighter" | 5:48 |
8. | "Next of Kin" | 4:06 |
9. | "Pillar of Truth" | 7:14 |
10. | "Historians" | 3:56 |
Total length: | 47:35 |
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Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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UK Americana Albums (OCC)[33] | 9 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[34] | 39 |
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums (OCC)[35] | 14 |
UK Album Sales (OCC)[36] | 45 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[37] | 10 |
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[38] | 12 |
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[39] | 20 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[40] | 8 |
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