Wild Creatures
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| Released | April 22, 2022 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | ANTI- | |||
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I have a very good relationship with ANTI-, so I worked a lot with [founder] Andy Kaulkin on it. There’s something they can see that I can’t, which is what it seems like from the outside — which I can’t really see, because I’m me. I have thoughts and opinions about things that are from a very narrow perspective, whereas they have input. There are eyes and ears everywhere on their end, whereas I’m one person. So, it was a community effort.
—Neko Case on choosing tracks to appear on Wild Creatures[1]
Wild Creatures is a 2022 compilation album by American singer-songwriter Neko Case. The retrospective includes songs from her entire solo career—minus debut album The Virginian[2]—as well as a new track and has received positive reviews from critics. Case has promoted the release with custom animations for each song,[3] a series of live-streamed events, and a concert tour.[4]
Reception
[edit]Editors at AllMusic chose this as one of their favorite archival releases of the year[5] and rated this album 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that Case's "body of work that...never fails to impress with her silky but bold vocals, her inventive melodic sense, her atmospheric and evocative arrangements, and lyrics that are deeply personal and artful while also being powerfully direct and emotionally forceful" and he characterized this compilation as "a deeply satisfying sampling from her first 25 years, and it's hard not to believe (or hope) she has another 25 this good still in her".[6] Justin Cober-Lake of PopMatters gave this collection a 7 out of 10, praising the songs, but stating that it "feels like a missed opportunity in a way" due to not displaying the shifts in Case's sound, although he still declared this "a fantastic listen".[7]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Neko Case, except where noted.
- "I'm an Animal" – 2:29
- "Lady Pilot" – 2:27
- "Halls of Sarah" (Case and Paul Rigby) – 3:52
- "Man" (Case and Rigby) – 3:29
- "Star Witness" – 5:18
- "I Wish I Was the Moon" – 3:34
- "The Next Time You Say "Forever"" – 1:47
- "Favorite" – 3:44
- "Hell-On" (Case and Rigby) – 4:01
- "Hold On, Hold On" (Case and The Sadies) – 2:44
- "Polar Nettles" – 2:33
- "Wild Creatures" – 2:40
- "Furnace Room Lullaby" (Case and Travis Good) – 2:56
- "A Widow's Toast" – 1:39
- "Deep Red Bells" – 4:04
- "This Tornado Loves You" – 3:19
- "Winnie" (Case and Rigby) – 3:52
- "Night Still Comes" – 3:48
- "Maybe Sparrow" – 2:37
- "Things That Scare Me" (Case and Tom V. Ray) – 2:36
- "The Tigers Have Spoken" (Case and The Sadies) – 2:58
- "Set Out Running" (Case, Peter Elkas, Ben Gunning, Ryan Myshrall, and Jason Tustin – 2:56
- "Oh, Shadowless" (Case and Rigby) – 2:30
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Enos, Morgan (April 21, 2022). "Neko Case Interview On 'Wild Creatures' Compilation Album". Features > Interviews. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Bennett II, James (September 2, 2022). "Neko Case packs up over twenty years worth of songs, bringing them to Boston on her "Wild Creatures" tour". Music. WGBH. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ Brodsky, Rachel (April 22, 2022). "Neko Case Shares New Song \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Oh, Shadowless\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ "Neko Case Announces Digital Only Career Retrospective 'Wild Creatures'". News. Glide Magazine. April 19, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ "Favorite Archival Releases". Year in Review. AllMusic. RhythmOne. n.d. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Wild Creatures – Neko Case". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Cober-Lake, Justin (May 24, 2022). "Neko Case: Wild Creatures". Reviews. PopMatters. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Wild Creatures at Discogs (list of releases)
- Wild Creatures at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
