Burn Your Fire for No Witness | ||||
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Studio album by Angel Olsen | ||||
Released | February 17, 2014 | |||
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Length |
44:20 60:17 (deluxe edition) |
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Label | Jagjaguwar | |||
Producer | John Congleton | |||
Angel Olsen chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | B+ |
Chicago Tribune | |
The Guardian | |
Mojo | |
NME | 9/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 8.3/10 |
Q | |
Rolling Stone | |
Spin | 7/10 |
Burn Your Fire for No Witness is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Angel Olsen. It was released in February 2014 under Jagjaguwar Records. Forgiven/Forgotten, Hi-Five and Windows were released as singles. A deluxe edition was released on November 18, 2014 with five additional tracks.
Burn Your Fire for No Witness garnered broadly positive reviews from critics. Turntable Kitchen called it "spellbinding and beautifully composed," while further describing it as "an album spilling over with heart-swelling and painfully visceral romance."The A.V. Club named it the best album of 2014. The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll named Burn Your Fire for No Witness the eighth-best album of 2014.
All tracks written by Angel Olsen, except where noted.