| My Wild West | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Lissie |
| Cover: | Lissie_-_My_Wild_West_album_cover.jpg |
| Genre: | Folk, rock |
| Length: | 42:55 |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Lionboy & Thirty Tigers, Cooking Vinyl |
| Producer: | Curt Schneider, Bill Reynolds |
| Prev Title: | Back to Forever |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Castles |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
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]
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.
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.[3]
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".