Castles (Lissie album)

Castles is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lissie. It was released worldwide on March 23, 2018 through Cooking Vinyl. From the record four singles have been released with "Boyfriend" serving as the lead single with "Blood & Muscle" being released as the second single. "Best Days" was released as the third single with "Love Blows" following as the fourth. The album currently holds a score of 76 on Metacritic indicating positive reception.[3]

Castles
Studio album by
Lissie
Released23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)
GenreFolk, pop, rock
Length44:55 [1]
LanguageEnglish
LabelLionboy, Cooking Vinyl
ProducerJulian Emery, Nick Lotto & Lissie [2]
Lissie chronology
My Wild West
(2016)		 Castles
(2018)
Singles from Castles
  1. "Boyfriend"
    Released: June 20, 2017 [2]
  2. "Blood & Muscle"
    Released: December 1, 2017[2]
  3. "Best Days"
    Released: January 19, 2018 [2]
  4. "Love Blows (promotional)"
    Released: March 9, 2018 [2]

Background

Writing for the album commenced in late 2016 with Lissie moving from her long time recording base in Ojai, California to a more rural setting in Iowa. Lissie has said the setting change helped promote a "very natural and enjoyable" recording process. The album was released on March 23, 2018, through Cooking Vinyl on CD, LP and through online services.[2]

The first single from the album "Boyfriend" was released worldwide on June 20, 2017. The music video premiered on 28 June 2017 on Lissie's official YouTube account and was directed by Talain Rayne.[4] The album's second single "Blood & Muscle" was released on December 1, 2017. "Best Days" was released as the third single on January 19, 2018. The single stayed on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs Top 40 chart for 18 weeks [from February 10, 2018 (#37) to June 9, 2018 (#40)], peaking at #9 [on April 28, 2018].[5]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Line of Best Fit [6]
NME [7]
The Skinny

Critical reception to the album has been very positive with the record currently sitting at a score of 76 based on 4 reviews on review aggregator website Metacritic.[3] NME gave the album 4 stars with reviewer Leonie Cooper writing on the tack 'World Away' she writes "she weaves in sparkling, electronic production and heavily layered vocals to produce something bordering on the symphonic" also praising "Blood & Muscle's" passion by "belting out her demons against stripped-down piano." [7] The Line of Best Fit gave the album a positive review and an 8/10 rating. Helena Wadia praised the album as her "most intense, open and raw yet – which seems to be in contrast with the fact it's the most all out pop record she's made thus far" summarizing "Castles is a message for those who are feeling uprooted - find self-determination, and never concede your power for love." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lissie [1].

No.TitleLength
1."World Away"2:33
2."Crazy Girl"3:34
3."Castles"3:36
4."Blood & Muscle"3:53
5."Best Days"2:53
6."Feels Good"3:31
7."Boyfriend"3:58
8."Somewhere"3:24
9."Love Blows"2:53
10."What Am I Gonna Do"4:05
11."Peace"3:39
12."Sand"3:52
13."Meet Me in the Mystery"3:04
Total length:44:55

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 80
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 9
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[11] 15
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[13] 13

Release history
Country Date Format Label Catalog no.
Worldwide March 23, 2018
  • DL
  • LP
  • TP
COOKLP695[1]
CD COOKCD695[1]

References
  1. "Album Information", Amazon, Retrieved on March 28, 2018.
  2. "Production Information", Genius, Retrieved on March 28, 2018.
  3. "Metacritic Score", Metacritic, Retrieved on March 28, 2018.
  4. "BF Video", YouTube Retrieved on March 28, 2018.
  5. "Lissie Chart History: Adult Alternative Songs - February 14, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  6. "LOBF review", The Line of Best Fit Retrieved on March 28, 2018.
  7. "NME Review", NME March 22, 2018, Retrieved on March 28, 2018.
  8. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  9. "Swisscharts.com – Lissie – Castles". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  11. "Lissie Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  12. "Lissie Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  13. "Lissie Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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