Heart of My Own

Heart of My Own
Studio album by
Basia Bulat
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
GenreFolk
Americana
Length39:54
LabelSecret City Records
ProducerHoward Bilerman
Basia Bulat chronology
Oh, My Darling
(2007) 		Heart of My Own
(2010) 		Tall Tall Shadow
(2013)

Heart of My Own is the second full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, released on January 26, 2010, on Secret City Records.[1] The tracks "Gold Rush" and "Run" were released as singles to promote the album.

Track listing

  1. "Go On"
  2. "Run"
  3. "Sugar and Spice"
  4. "Gold Rush"
  5. "Heart of My Own"
  6. "Sparrow"
  7. "If Only You"
  8. "I'm Forgetting Everyone"
  9. "The Shore"
  10. "Once More, for the Dollhouse"
  11. "Walk You Down"
  12. "If It Rains"
  13. "Hush" (Bonus Track)[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [4]
Drowned in Sound(8/10) [5]
Filter84% [6]
musicOMH [7]
Pitchfork Media(7.0/10) [8]
Prefix(8.0/10) [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes [10]

The album received a fair amount of favourable reviews, as indicated by the aggregate score of 72 at Metacritic.[3]

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.[11]

Heart of My Own was awarded the second spot in Exclaim!'s 2010 Folk & Country Year in Review music rankings. The album was praised for the rumbling, rollicking edge in many of its songs, "The arresting vocal and autoharp simplicity of "The Shore" demonstrates the fundamental talent at work, one so transcendent that it hints at a timeless soulfulness that Bulat is still at the outset of channelling."[12]

References

  1. ^ "Basia Bulat Second Album Set For January Release"[usurped]. chartattack.com, September 17, 2009.
  2. ^ "iTunes - Music - Heart of My Own (Bonus Track Version) by Basia Bulat". Itunes.apple.com. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  3. ^ a b "Metacritic — Heart of My Own reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  4. ^ Leahey, Andrew. "Review: Heart of My Own". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Heart of My Own — Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  6. ^ "Heart of My Own — Filter review".
  7. ^ "Heart of My Own — musicOMH review". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  8. ^ "Heart of My Own — Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ "Heart of My Own — Prefix Magazine review". 3 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Heart of My Own — Tiny Mix Tapes review".
  11. ^ "Blue Rodeo, BSS on Polaris long list". The Globe and Mail, June 17, 2010.
  12. ^ Nicole Villeneuve, Exclaim!


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