Natalie Merchant (album)

Natalie Merchant is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on May 6, 2014 by Nonesuch Records. Her first studio album consisting of all original material since Motherland (2001), it revisits a characteristic theme of Merchant's, of "characters, and women in particular, struggling in a culture where odds are stacked against them".[2]

Natalie Merchant
Studio album by
Natalie Merchant
ReleasedMay 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
Studio
[1]
Length47:25
LabelNonesuch
ProducerNatalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant chronology
Leave Your Sleep
(2010)		 Natalie Merchant
(2014)		 Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings
(2015)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Drowned in Sound6/10[5]
Exclaim!7/10[6]
PopMatters7/10[7]

Upon release, the album received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the album received a score of 73, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Commercial reception

In the United States, the album debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week of release,[8] selling around 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Folk Albums,[9] and No. 5 on the Rock Albums chart.[10] As of October 2015, the album has sold 44,000 copies in the US.[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Ladybird"6:37
2."Maggie Said"4:27
3."Texas"5:02
4."Go Down Moses"5:01
5."Seven Deadly Sins"4:51
6."Giving Up Everything"4:20
7."Black Sheep"4:08
8."It's A-Coming"3:50
9."Lulu (introduction)"1:03
10."Lulu"4:15
11."The End"5:11
Total length:47:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.[1]

Charts
Chart performance for Natalie Merchant
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 153
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 72
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 34
US Billboard 200[18] 20
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[19] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20] 5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21] 8

References
  1. Natalie Merchant (CD liner notes). Natalie Merchant. USA: Nonesuch Records. 2014. 541042-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Retrieved 17 December 2022 from Discogs.
  2. Hermes, Will (7 May 2014). "Album Review: Natalie Merchant". NPR. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. "Natalie Merchant by Natalie Merchant". Metacritic. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  5. Lukowski, Andrzej (April 29, 2014). "Album Review: Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  6. Henderson, Stuart (May 5, 2014). "Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant | Exclaim!". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  7. Casarino, Matt (May 8, 2014). "Natalie Merchant: Natalie Merchant, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  8. "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
  9. "Folk Albums". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
  10. "Rock Albums". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
  11. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015.
  12. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 19 May 2014" (PDF). The ARIA Report. ARIA (1264): 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-20. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  14. "Ultratop.be – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in French). Hung Medien.
  15. "Dutchcharts.nl – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  16. "Offiziellecharts.de – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  17. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  18. "Natalie Merchant Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  19. "Natalie Merchant Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
  20. "Natalie Merchant Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  21. "Natalie Merchant Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
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