| Dirty | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Malina Moye |
| Cover: | Malina-Moye Dirty 2850x2850.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | March 17, 2023 |
| Length: | 39:20 |
| Label: | WCE Records, The Orchard |
| Producer: | Björn 'Polarbear' Soderberg, Malina Moye |
| Prev Title: | Bad As I Wanna Be |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
Dirty is the fourth album from singer-songwriter-guitarist Malina Moye. The album was released worldwide on March 17, 2023, landing at number 12 on the Billboard Blues chart marking Moye's third appearance on the chart. Dirty was also voted into the top five Best Guitar Albums of 2023 by Guitar World Magazine.[1]
Moye stated in an AXS TV interview that the theme of the album is "taking the high road when others do you wrong, which is so hard to do."[2] Dirty continues with Moye's signature sound of blues, rock, pop, and soul. Guitar Player Magazine called the instrumental single "F.I.N.E" a "blues-rock opus.".[3] The music video for "F.I.N.E" was released on March 13, 2023.
The album's first single "Say My Name" was released on January 18, 2023, with the music video directed by award-winning filmmaker Marc Fusco.[4]
In its March 2023 print issue, American Songwriter Magazine stated that "it's a nine-track surge through emotive blues instrumentals like "F.I.N.E.", flirtatious songs like "Obsexxed", nods to past greats like her cover of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er" and pronouncements like "What Do You Stand For".
While promoting the album, Moye played the national anthem for the 2022 Vikings vs Colts game at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.[5] All the tracks on Dirty were written by Malina Moye with the exception of D'yer Mak'er, and produced by Bjorn "Polarbear" Soderberg and Moye. In 2024, AXS TV and Spin Magazine listed Moye as one of the top left-handed guitarists of all time [6] and one of the 30 most famous left-handed players in the world.[7] Moye was also feature at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame's Revolutionary Women exhibit unveiled in March 2024 for Women's History Month.[8]