This Wild Willing

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This Wild Willing
Studio album by
Glen Hansard
Released12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
Length64:17
LabelAnti-
ProducerGlen Hansard
Glen Hansard chronology
Between Two Shores
(2018)		 This Wild Willing
(2019)		 All That Was East Is West of Me Now
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
Consequence of SoundC−[3]
Exclaim!9/10[4]
Sputnikmusic4.7/5[5]
The SkinnyStarStarStarStar[6]

This Wild Willing is the fourth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. It was released on 12 April 2019, under Anti-.[7]

Critical reception

This Wild Willing was met with "generally favourable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews.[8]

Track listing

This Wild Willing track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I'll Be You, Be Me"4:23
2."Don't Settle"6:01
3."Fool's Game"6:04
4."Race to the Bottom"6:15
5."The Closing Door"4:27
6."Brother's Keeper"5:07
7."Mary"3:40
8."Threading Water"4:12
9."Weight of the World"7:28
10."Who's Gonna Be Your Baby Now"4:33
11."Good Life of Song"7:36
12."Leave a Light"4:27

Personnel

Musicians

  • Glen Hansard – lead vocals, producer
  • Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich – accordion
  • Joseph Doyle – bass
  • Paula Hughes – cello
  • Earl Harvin – drums
  • Rosie MacKenzie
  • Justin Carroll – keyboard
  • Rob Bochnik – guitar
  • Ruth O'Mahony Brady – piano
  • Dunk Murphy – keyboard
  • Katie O'Connor – violin
  • Nadia Genet – backing vocals
  • Maire Saaritsa – backing vocals
  • Markéta Irglová – backing vocals
  • Mãni Khoshravesh – backing vocals
  • Pouyã Khoshravesh – backing vocals
  • Nadia Genet – backing vocals
  • Una O'Kane – violin
  • Michael Buckley – saxophone
  • Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
  • David Smith – trumpet
  • Javier Mas – classical guitar

Production

Charts

Chart performance for This Wild Willing
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]45
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]47
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]30
Irish Albums (OCC)[12]23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14]27
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[15]38
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]16

References

  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. Sorich, Jake (11 April 2019). "Glen Hansard Focuses More on Vibes Than Romance on This Wild Willing". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. Falk, David (11 April 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. "Sputnikmusic Review". Sputnikmusic. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. O'Hare, Alan (12 April 2019). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. Martin, Montana (17 January 2019). "Glen Hansard Announces New Solo Album, This Wild Willing". Paste. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. "Austriancharts.at – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. "Official Irish Albums Chart on 19/4/2019 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Glen Hansard – This Wild Willing". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. "Official Independent Albums Chart on 19/4/2019 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  16. "Glen Hansard Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2020.