This Wild Willing Explained

This Wild Willing
Type:	studio
Artist:	Glen Hansard
Cover:	This Wild Willing.jpg
Length:	64:17
Label:	Anti-
Producer:	Glen Hansard
Prev Title:	Between Two Shores
Prev Year:	2018
Next Title:	All That Was East Is West of Me Now
Next Year:	2023

This Wild Willing is the fourth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. It was released on 12 April 2019, under Anti-.^[1]

Critical reception

This Wild Willing was met with "generally favourable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews.^[2]

Personnel

Musicians

• Glen Hansard – lead vocals, producer
• Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich – accordion
• Joseph Doyle – bass
• Paula Hughes – cello
• Earl Harvin – drums
• Rosie MacKenzie
• Justin Carroll – keyboard
• Rob Bochnik – guitar
• Ruth O'Mahony Brady – piano
• Dunk Murphy – keyboard
• Katie O'Connor – violin
• Nadia Genet – backing vocals
• Maire Saaritsa – backing vocals
• Markéta Irglová – backing vocals
• Mãni Khoshravesh – backing vocals
• Pouyã Khoshravesh – backing vocals
• Nadia Genet – backing vocals
• Una O'Kane – violin
• Michael Buckley – saxophone
• Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
• David Smith – trumpet
• Javier Mas – classical guitar

Production

• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Dave Odlum – mixing, producer, guitar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glen Hansard Announces New Solo Album, This Wild Willing. Paste. Martin. Montana. 17 January 2019. 1 August 2020.
2. Web site: Album of the Year Review. Album of the Year. 1 August 2020.