This Wild Willing
Studio album by
Glen Hansard
Released12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
Length64:17
LabelAnti-
ProducerGlen Hansard
Glen Hansard chronology
Between Two Shores
(2018) 		This Wild Willing
(2019) 		All That Was East Is West of Me Now
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of SoundC−[3]
Exclaim!9/10[4]
Sputnikmusic4.7/5[5]
The Skinny[6]

This Wild Willing is the fourth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. It was released on 12 April 2019, under Anti-.[7]

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.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews.[8]

Track listing

This Wild Willing track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I'll Be You, Be Me"4:23
2."Don't Settle"6:01
3."Fool's Game"6:04
4."Race to the Bottom"6:15
5."The Closing Door"4:27
6."Brother's Keeper"5:07
7."Mary"3:40
8."Threading Water"4:12
9."Weight of the World"7:28
10."Who's Gonna Be Your Baby Now"4:33
11."Good Life of Song"7:36
12."Leave a Light"4:27

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for This Wild Willing
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 45
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 47
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 30
Irish Albums (OCC)[12] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 27
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[15] 38
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16] 16

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ Sorich, Jake (11 April 2019). "Glen Hansard Focuses More on Vibes Than Romance on This Wild Willing". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ Falk, David (11 April 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Sputnikmusic Review". Sputnikmusic. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. ^ O'Hare, Alan (12 April 2019). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. ^ Martin, Montana (17 January 2019). "Glen Hansard Announces New Solo Album, This Wild Willing". Paste. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Glen Hansard Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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