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Stand for Myself es el segundo álbum de estudio de la cantante y compositora inglesa Yola. Fue lanzado el 30 de julio de 2021, a través de Easy Eye Sound. El álbum debutó en el número 196 en la lista Billboard 200 y en el número 46 en la lista de álbumes del Reino Unido, siendo su primera entrada en ambas listas. El álbum fue nominado como Mejor Álbum Americana en los Premios Grammy 2022.
El álbum presenta varias canciones que Yola estaba tratando de terminar a lo largo de los años. La grabación tuvo lugar en Nashville, donde Yola tuvo que ubicarse permanentemente después de la pandemia de COVID-19. Al igual que su disco anterior, Dan Auerbach, guitarrista y vocalista de los Black Keys, se desempeñó como productor mientras que compositores como Natalie Hemby, Liz Rose, Ruby Amanfu y Joy Oladokun también colaboraron en el álbum.
El 22 de abril de 2021, se lanzó "Diamond Studded Shoes" como el primer sencillo del álbum, y el mismo día se lanzó un video musical de la canción dirigida por Kwaku Otchere. El 27 de mayo de 2021, "Stand for Myself", la canción principal del álbum, fue lanzado como el segundo single, el single se realizó el 21 de julio de 2021, en The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Stand for Myself was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 11 reviews.Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.5 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Timothy Monger called the album "a fully present and vital collection of timely emotions and timeless arrangements" commenting that the album "is a stunner with plenty of emotional firepower, but it can also feel soft as a wool blanket".Steve Horowitz of PopMatters said, "The dozen tracks here showcase the range of her talents as a singer and a songwriter and that of a human being who refuses to accept life's limitations and stand up for herself".Charles Waring of Mojo praised Yola's "caressing vocals", calling the album an "enthralling step on her musical voyage".Reviewing the album for Uncut, Stephen Deusner wrote that Yola emphasises "the nuance in her voice" on the Stand for Myself, which he called "lovingly written, arranged and produced".Writing for musicOMH, Graeme Marsh stated, "The vocals here are telling; it's effortlessly stunning, grabbing attention with how easily she achieves something countless others spend years chasing".Austin Saalman from Under the Radar enjoyed the album, saying, "Stand For Myself hangs together more cohesively than Walk Through Fire, feeling more urgent and existing upon a grander scale than its predecessor".
Writing for Paste, Andy Crump described the album as "triumphant" and claimed that "it's frank and fresh in its fashion, carrying darkness and unguarded emotions on crests of S-tier artistry".Maura Johnston from Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of ten writing that the album "isn't a record defined by genre as much as it is by Yola's spirit, which transforms her matter-of-fact assertions of personhood into amphitheater-ready anthems".Kitty Empire from The Observer gave the album three out of five stars mentioning on the "eclectic inspirations" of the album.
External Album Reviews
allmusic.com/album/stand-for-myself-mw0003514689
undertheradarmag.com/reviews/stand_for_myself_yola
pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yola-stand-for-myself/
pastemagazine.com/music/yola/stand-for-myself-album-review/
popmatters.com/yola-stand-for-myself-review
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Great new Album!