Rosegold (album)
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| Released | April 30, 2021 | |||
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| Length | 31:14 | |||
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Rosegold is the fifth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe, released April 30, 2021, via Mountainrose Sparrow and Thirty Tigers.[1] It follows her 2018 solo release Sparrow, as well as her album Interstate Gospel as part of the country group Pistol Annies from the same year.
Reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 5.9/10[2] |
| Metacritic | 70/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Paste | 7.6/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 5.7/10[6] |
| Slant |  [7] |
| Under the Radar |    [8] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Rosegold received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 from 7 critic scores.[3] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Sometimes, Rosegold threatens to drift away yet it's never threadbare: It's a singular mood piece, one that suits a spell of twilight reflection."[4] Paste's Ellen Johnson wrote, "It's easy to sink into these 10 songs".[5] Pitchfork's Stephen M. Deusner wrote that Monroe "flattens out the twang and borrows from pop and hip-hop, to mixed results", and that "once you get past the gutsiness of an artist willing to jettison her comfort zone, what you're left with is muddled and unsatisfying."[6]
Under the Radar's Mark Moody wrote that "If more focused, and either working exclusively with [producer Mike] Reaves or someone outside the Nashville inner circle, Rosegold could have had more of a chance to shine as a unified release. As it is, there are a handful of worthwhile singles worth mining, but unlike Monroe's work to date, as a whole the album doesn't coalesce as it could have."[8] Slate's Jim Malec wrote that the album "once again finds the singer-songwriter traversing new ground, but it's an even sharper departure from her previous work", and that "it's an ambitious exercise in style that's ultimately lacking in substance."[7]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Ashley Monroe with others noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
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| 1. | "Siren" |
| Reaves | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Silk" |
| Reynolds | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Gold" | Nathan Chapman | Chapman | 3:18 |
| 4. | "See" |
| Mitchell | 2:26 |
| 5. | "Drive" |
| Reaves | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Flying" |
| Reynolds | 2:50 |
| 7. | "Groove" |
| Reaves | 2:37 |
| 8. | "'Til It Breaks" |
| West | 3:21 |
| 9. | "I Mean It" | Chapman | Chapman | 3:25 |
| 10. | "The New Me" | Brett James | Tyler Cain | 3:32 |
| Total length: | 31:14 | |||
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[9] | 73 |
References
[edit]- ^ Minsker, Evan (February 19, 2021). "Ashley Monroe Announces New Album Rosegold, Shares Video for New Song "Drive"". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ "Rosegold by Ashley Monroe reviews". Any Decent Music. April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "Rosegold by Ashley Monroe Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (April 30, 2021). "Rosegold – Ashley Monroe". AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Johnson, Ellen (April 28, 2021). "Ashley Monroe Peers Through Rose-Colored Glasses on New Album". Paste. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Deusner, Stephen M. (May 4, 2021). "Ashley Monroe: Rosegold Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Malec, Jim (April 26, 2021). "Review: Ashley Monroe's Rosegold Favors Aesthetics Over Substance". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Moody, Mark (May 3, 2021). "Rosegold". Under the Radar. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ "Ashley Monroe Chart History: Top Current Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2021.