Remember Her Name (Mickey Guyton album)

Remember Her Name
Studio album by
Mickey Guyton
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)
Genre
Length50:45
LabelCapitol Nashville
Producer
Mickey Guyton chronology
Bridges
(2020) 		Remember Her Name
(2021) 		House on Fire
(2024)
Singles from Remember Her Name
  1. "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?"
    Released: March 6, 2020
  2. "Black Like Me"
    Released: June 2, 2020

Remember Her Name is the debut studio album by American country artist Mickey Guyton. It was released on September 24, 2021, through Capitol Records Nashville. A follow-up release to her extended play, Bridges (2020), the album includes the singles "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?", "Black Like Me" and a re-recorded version of her 2015 single, "Better Than You Left Me". The project centers around her personal and professional setbacks over the course of several years. Lyrical themes highlight Guyton's insecurities, anxieties while on her musical journey. The project received generally a favorable response from critics as well.

Background

Mickey Guyton had been signed to Capitol Records Nashville in 2011.[3] She later released several extended plays (EPs) until her 2015 debut single "Better Than You Left Me". Although reaching the top 40, the single did not create enough momentum to spawn a full-length album release.[1] Guyton had also reached a personal and professional crossroads that prompted her to change her outlook on music. She started writing songs with a small group of people and wrote songs that felt more personal to her. "A lot of these songs were just kind of therapy for me. I never wrote these thinking that they were ever going to be heard," she told The New York Times.[4]

Remember Her Name was crafted from these writing sessions.[4][3] She titled the album in tribute to Breonna Taylor, a black resident of Louisville, Kentucky who was shot and killed by local police enforcement. "The frustration that I've felt as an African-American has been a part of my process for a while. So the song, and album, are dedicated to [Breonna Taylor] and giving her the justice that she deserves," she told Country Music Television.[5]

Content

Remember Her Name features production credits from Nathan Chapman, David Kalmusky, Karen Kosowski, Jimmy Robbins, Johnny Simmen, Andy Skib, Gavin Slate and Forest Whitehead.[6] The disc's 16 tracks center around Guyton's "self-discovery" and "re-discovery" in the music world.[4][3][7] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the track "All American" as a song that embraces "her heritage as well as inclusion".[1] The fourth track "Love My Hair" came from Guyton's insecurities about her black hair.[4] In a promotional statement from UMG Nashville, Guyton stated that the title track is "a song for anyone who has ever felt less than, forgotten or up against impossible obstacles."[8] The eighth track, "Do You Really Wanna Know", is based on Guyton's experiences with going to therapy and taking control of an alcohol problem.[4]

In addition, the track "Words" was derived from a comment Guyton read online pertaining to her race.[3] Carl Wilson of Slate magazine described "Indigo" as "another eponym to bear in mind, an alias that might encompass Guyton more fully."[9] Other songs on the project are dedicated to Guyton's husband who provided an emotional support to her during difficult times. These tracks include "Higher", "Lay It on Me" and "Dancing in the Living Room".[9] She also covers Beyonce's pop single "If I Were a Boy".[10]

Other track were originally included on Guyton's 2020 extended play, Bridges.[11] This includes "Rosé",[11] that Guyton described as a "low-key protest song for women" about how women should have their song about drinking.[3] Also from Bridges is the song "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?", which The New York Times described as "a bracing ballad about the limitations society places on young women."[4] A third song from the EP is "Black Like Me".[11] The song was written in 2019 and was originally composed as a way to describe her experiences as a black woman in America. It has since received attention since its original release as a song in 2020.[4] The album also include a re-recorded version of "Better Than You Left Me", Guyton's debut single,[10] which was first released in 2015 and first included on her eponymous extended play.[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[13]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork7.0/10[14]
Rolling Stone[15]

Remember Her Name was met with generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 6 reviews.[13] Rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "Guyton's specific experiences of being a Black woman in country music are a distinctly American experience, and those struggles inform the heartbreaking 'What Are You Gonna Tell Her' and rousing title track. A good portion of the record is devoted to lighter songs of love, dancing, and drinking -- the topics that are country music's bread and butter -- and they showcase Guyton's versatility as a singer". He concluded that "If the bombast and ballads flatten the production of Remember Her Name somewhat, it nevertheless feels genuine, not calculated. Guyton is broadening and expanding the genre-bending sounds of 1990s country-pop".[1]

Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called the album "an astute survey of ambitious country music by a singer-songwriter who’s been carefully watching from the sidelines, deciding what parts worked best for her, and what needed to be tinkered with."[4] Slate highlighted how the album is essentially a "protest record": "On Remember Her Name, Mickey Guyton lays down a brief for her reformist side as eloquently as anyone in popular music ever has.[9]

Meanwhile, Pitchfork gave the album a 7.0 rating. Reviewer Claire Shaffer disliked the album's country pop production, which she characterized as "bland". Yet Shaffer praised Guyton's vocal delivery and truthfulness in her lyrics: "As country music continues to grapple with its racial reckoning, Guyton has had no qualms about calling her white peers' complacency to task, and it's a relief that her defiance has carried over into the music. At its best, Remember Her Name captures her steadfastness and grace in equal measure."[14] Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone gave the collection a four-star rating in his review and found the album reflective: "She conjures pride, pain, wisdom, and joy when she delivers six words that she wishes the Mickey Guyton of 2015 could hear: 'I'm better than I should be.' And she's right on."[15]

Release, chart performance and singles

Guyton announced the release of Remember Her Name in July 2021, in a statement from her record label.[16] Guyton made the album's release public following her appearance at the 2021 CMT Music Awards, where she performed alongside Gladys Knight.[5] The album was released on September 24, 2021, on Capitol Records Nashville. With its release, it became Guyton's first full-length studio album issued in her career. It was offered as a compact disc,[6] a music download and to streaming sites.[17] It reached a peak of 47 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, becoming her first album to reach the list in her career.[18] It was also her fourth release to make the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, peaking at number seven.[19]

Prior to the album's release, Capitol had issued "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?" as a single on March 6, 2020,[20] and "Black Like Me" as a single on June 2, 2020.[21] The latter recording spent four weeks on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and reached number 27.[22] In addition several promotional singles were also released prior to the album: the title track,[23] "If I Were a Boy",[24] "All-American",[25] and "Love My Hair".[26] At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Album, while the title track received nominations for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song.[27]

Track listing

Remember Her Name track listing[6][17]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Remember Her Name"
Karen Kosowski2:58
2."All American"
Kosowski3:02
3."Different"
  • Guyton
  • Kosowski
  • Emma-Lee
Kosowski2:50
4."Love My Hair"
  • Guyton
  • Anna Krantz
Kosowski2:57
5."Lay It on Me"
  • Guyton
  • Jaden Michaels
  • Gavin Slate
  • Kosowski
  • Slate
3:09
6."Higher"
Chapman2:56
7."Dancing in the Living Room"
  • Guyton
  • Banks
  • Kosowski
  • Emma-Lee
Kosowski3:16
8."Do You Really Wanna Know"
Skib3:08
9."Black Like Me"
  • Chapman
  • Churchill
  • Emma Davidson Dillon
  • Guyton
  • Chapman
  • Forest Whitehead
3:30
10."Words"
Kalmusky3:28
11."What Are You Gonna Tell Her?"
  • Guyton
  • Banks
  • Kosowski
  • Emma-Lee
Kosowski3:15
12."Smoke"
Chapman2:15
13."Rosé"
  • Guyton
  • Banks
  • Kosowski
  • Kosowski
  • Whitehead
2:57
14."Indigo"
Robbins2:58
15."If I Were a Boy"
Kosowski4:04
16."Better Than You Left Me" (Fly Higher Version)
Johnny Simmen4:02
Total length:50:45

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Remember Her Name.[6]

Vocals

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Remember Her Name
Chart (2021) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[28] 7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[29] 47

Release history

Release history and formats for Remember Her Name
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various September 24, 2021
  • Compact disc
  • digital download
  • streaming
 Capitol Records Nashville [6][17][30][31][32]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Remember Her Name: Mickey Guyton: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Mickey Guyton: Remember Her Name". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e Crone, Madeline (September 2021). "Mickey Guyton's Debut LP Leaves A Legacy to Ensure We Will 'Remember Her Name'". American Songwriter. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Caramanica, Jon (September 17, 2021). "Nashville Didn't Make Room for Mickey Guyton. So She Made Her Own". The New York Times. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Dowling, Markus K. "Mickey Guyton Says Her Album Title 'Remember Her Name' Is Inspired By Breonna Taylor". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e Guyton, Mickey (September 24, 2021). "Remember Her Name (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Capitol Records Nashville. 002281702.
  7. ^ "On Debut Album, Mickey Guyton Remembers Her Name". NPR. September 24, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Mickey Guyton Releases Album Title Track REMEMBER HER NAME". Universal Music Group Nashville. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Wilson, Carl (September 30, 2021). "Country Music Needs Mickey Guyton More Than She Needs Country Music". Slate. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Freeman, Jon. "Mickey Guyton Details Debut Album 'Remember Her Name'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "Bridges: Mickey Guyton: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "Mickey Guyton: Mickey Guyton: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Reviews for Remember Her Name". Metacritic. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  14. ^ a b Shaffer, Claire. "Mickey Guyton: Remember Her Name Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  15. ^ a b Bernstein, Jonathan (September 21, 2021). "Mickey Guyton Demands to Be Heard on 'Remember Her Name'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  16. ^ "Mickey Guyton Will Release Album Remember Her Name September 24". Universal Music Group Nashville. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  17. ^ a b c "Remember Her Name by Mickey Guyton". Apple Music. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  18. ^ "Mickey Guyton chart history (Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  19. ^ "Mickey Guyton chart historu (Heatseekers)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  20. ^ Stokebrand, Carson. "Mickey Guyton Tells CMT About "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?"". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  21. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (June 2, 2020). "Mickey Guyton Addresses Racial Inequality in Personal New Song 'Black Like Me'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  22. ^ ""Black Like Me" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  23. ^ Hudak, Joseph. "Mickey Guyton's Charisma Drives the Empowering New Song 'Remember Her Name'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  24. ^ ""If I Were a Boy": Mickey Guyton: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  25. ^ ""All American": Mickey Guyton: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  26. ^ ""Love My Hair": Mickey Guyton: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  27. ^ Coscarelli, Joe (November 24, 2017). "Mickey Guyton on Her Grammy Nominations: 'I Was Right'". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  28. ^ "Mickey Guyton Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  29. ^ "Mickey Guyton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  30. ^ Remember Her Name / Amazon Japan, retrieved October 18, 2021
  31. ^ Remember Her Name / Amazon UK, 2021, retrieved October 18, 2021
  32. ^ Remember Her Name / Amazon Canada, Universal Music, 2021, retrieved October 18, 2021

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