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Primal Heart

2018 studio album by Kimbra From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Primal Heart

Primal Heart is the third studio album by New Zealand musician Kimbra. It was released on 20 April 2018 through Warner Bros. Records.[5] It had originally been scheduled for release on 19 January 2018, but was pushed back.[6] Kimbra released "Hi Def Distance Romance" as a free exclusive download to fans signed up to her mailing list.[7] The album spawned 6 singles.

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Primal Heart
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Studio album by
Kimbra
Released20 April 2018
Recorded2015–2017
GenrePop[1]
Length44:24
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Kimbra chronology
The Golden Echo
(2014)		 Primal Heart
(2018)		 A Reckoning
(2023)
Singles from Primal Heart
  1. "Everybody Knows"
    Released: 29 September 2017
  2. "Top of the World"
    Released: 10 November 2017
  3. "Human"
    Released: 19 January 2018[2]
  4. "Version of Me"
    Released: 23 February 2018[3]
  5. "Like They Do on the TV"
    Released: 30 March 2018[4]
  6. "Lightyears"
    Released: 31 January 2019
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Critical reception

More information Aggregate scores, Source ...
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
The Independent[10]
NME[11]
The Observer[12]
Pitchfork5.9/10[13]
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Primal Heart was positively received by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

Track listing

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Primal Heart
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Good War"
3:38
2."Top of the World"
3:25
3."Everybody Knows"
  • Johnson
  • Taylor Graves
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Graves[b]
  • Martin[b]
3:44
4."Like They Do on the TV"
4:19
5."Recovery"
  • Johnson
  • Graves
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Graves[b]
3:19
6."Human"
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
3:58
7."Lightyears"
  • Johnson
  • Matt Friedman
  • Scott Mellis
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Maury[a]
  • Friedman[b]
3:31
8."Black Sky"
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
3:51
9."Past Love"
  • Johnson
  • Friedman
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Friedman[b]
3:35
10."Right Direction"
  • Johnson
  • Benjamin Davies
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
4:45
11."Version of Me"
  • Kimbra
  • Congleton
  • Gruska[b]
  • Berg[b]
3:57
12."Real Life"JohnsonKimbra2:22
Total length:44:24
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Songs from Primal Heart: Reimagined[14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Black Sky"
  • Johnson
  • Saw
  • Robinson
  • Bedingfield
Horntveth5:24
2."Everybody Knows"
  • Johnson
  • Graves
Horntveth4:46
3."The Good War"
  • Johnson
  • Martin
Horntveth4:19
4."Hi Def Distance Romance"
  • Johnson
  • Martin
Horntveth3:32
Total length:18:01
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Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Personnel

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Musicians

  • Kimbra – vocals (all tracks), drum programming (tracks 1–4, 7), keyboards (1, 8)
  • John Congleton – bass (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7), drum programming (2, 4–7), additional programming (2), synthesizer (6)
  • Timon Martin – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7), programming (1, 6), synthesizer (1), drum programming (3, 8), additional keyboards (6), additional programming (9)
  • Bobby Sparks – synthesizer (track 1), Wurlitzer (2), keyboards (9, 10)
  • Lars Horntveth – synthesizer (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8), synth bass (2, 3, 5, 7), saxophone (4), tenor saxophone (6), guitar (8, 9),arrangement (8), string arrangement (9, 10), strings (9), sound effects (11)
  • Pino Palladino – bass (track 2)
  • Skrillex – drum programming (track 2)
  • Taylor Graves – keyboards, programming (tracks 3, 5); synthesizer (5)
  • Spencer Zahn – bass (tracks 3, 6), synth bass (8)
  • Joey Waronker – drums (tracks 3, 9, 10), additional programming (5)
  • Andrew Maury – additional programming, guitar (track 4); programming, synthesizer (7)
  • Ian Kirkpatrick – synthesizer programming (track 4)
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – synthesizer (tracks 6, 9, 10), piano (9), Wurlitzer (10)
  • Paul Salva – additional programming (track 6)
  • Robin Hannibal – keyboards (track 6)
  • Matthew Masurska – additional synthesizer, programming (track 7)
  • Matt Friedman – programming, synthesizer (track 7)
  • F.A.M.E.'s Project – strings (tracks 9–11)
  • Macedonian Orchestra – strings (tracks 9–11)
  • Zachary Dawes – bass (tracks 9, 10)
  • Ethan Gruska – piano (track 11)
  • Owen Pallett – string arrangement (track 11)

Technical

Visuals

  • Kimbra – creative direction
  • Margo Graxeda – creative direction
  • Norman Wonderly – creative direction
  • Vlad Sepetov – art direction, graphic design, packaging
  • Micaiah Carter – photography

Charts

More information Chart (2018), Peak position ...
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15]31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16]12
US Billboard 200[17]179
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