My Wild West

My Wild West is the third album by American singer-songwriter Lissie, released on February 12, 2016.^[1] It is released under her own label, Lionboy, together with Thirty Tigers. In anticipation of the album, a music video for the promotional single "Hero" was released on November 5, 2015.^[2]

My Wild West
Studio album by Lissie
Released	12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
Genre	Folk, rock
Length	42:55
Language	English
Label	Lionboy & Thirty Tigers, Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Curt Schneider, Bill Reynolds
Lissie chronology
Back to Forever (2013) My Wild West (2016) Castles (2018)
Singles from My Wild West
"Hero (promotional)" Released: November 5, 2015 "Don't You Give Up On Me" Released: January 15, 2016 "Daughters" Released: March 2, 2016 "Wild West" Released: July 18, 2016

The album has three singles: the promotional single "Hero", the lead single "Don't You Give Up On Me" and "Daughters", a charity single for the association "Charity Water", that helps women working to get clean water. The album was Lissie's most critically acclaimed with an average grade of 73% on Metacritic.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
American Songwriter	[3]
The Boston Globe	[4]
Paste Magazine	(8/10)[5]
Pitchfork	(5.8/10)[6]
The Guardian	[7]

My Wild West received generally favorable reviews, with several critics considering it as her best album. Metacritic gave an average score of 73, based on 13 reviews.^[8]

The Q magazine said it was "undoubtedly her best album yet" and gave 4 stars for the record.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram called it the 10th best album of 2016.

French paper "Marie Claire" wrote "My Wild West is primed to be a ray of light amidst the doldrums of winter". Meanwhile, "The Guardian" describes the album in these words : "My Wild West has a west-coast pop sheen to it, but touches of acoustic guitar and banjo suggest a country feel. This contrast mirrors the album’s theme".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Wild West Overture"	Elisabeth Maurus	1:14
2.	"Hollywood"	Maurus, Martin Craft	3:41
3.	"Wild West"	Maurus, Curt Schneider	3:50
4.	"Hero"	Maurus, Schneider	3:32
5.	"Sun Keeps Risin'"	Maurus, Craft	4:27
6.	"Don't You Give Up on Me"	Maurus, Craft	4:15
7.	"Stay"	Maurus	3:29
8.	"Daughters"	Maurus, Angelo Petraglia	4:17
9.	"Together or Apart"	Maurus	3:52
10.	"Shroud"	Maurus, Petraglia	3:16
11.	"Go for a Walk"	Maurus	3:27
12.	"Ojai"	Maurus, Jim Irvin, Julian Emery	3:35

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	80
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11]	9
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12]	13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	46
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	16
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[15]	2
US Billboard 200[16]	171
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17]	13
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	18
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19]	8
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[20]	5