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Returning To Myself

Brandi Carlile

Returning To Myself

Seventh studio album from the singer-songwriter produced with Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon and Andrew Watt

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
EMI
UK Release date
24/10/2025
US Release date
24/10/2025
  1. 10.0 |   Rolling Stone UK

    On her brilliant new album, Brandi Carlile confronts mortality and togetherness in a way that proves incredibly impactfu
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  2. 8.7 |   Paste Magazine

    Carlile’s eighth album does the difficult work of cracking open the soul to let flow her vulnerability. The songs succeed in their tasks: bringing her into a fresh creative moment where she flourishes
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  3. 8.7 |   A.V. Club

    Carlile’s eighth album does the difficult work of cracking open the soul to let flow her vulnerability. The songs succeed in their tasks: bringing her into a fresh creative moment where she flourishes
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    With its comparatively restrained approach only reasserting Carlile's gifts as a confident, compassionate, and sympathetic communicator, Returning to Myself offers an equally compelling edition of the musician that may appeal to new, less country-inclined fans
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    There's a fine story-telling country song (No One Knows Us); a dramatic rocker (Church & State) - and songs whose piano and multiple harmonies feel like church (You Without Me; Joni). But it never sounds less than gorgeous. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Hot Press

    With 11 Grammys already to her name, who would bet against Carlile hoovering up more golden trophies with this supremely confident collection?
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  7. 7.3 |   Spectrum Culture

    It’s a vulnerable reminder that longevity in art doesn’t have to be about chasing youth, but, instead, aging gracefully
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  8. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    On Returning to Myself the esteemed singer-songwriter turns inward
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  9. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Brandi Carlile has returned to herself, but it doesn’t mean isolation; she is her own awareness, embracing community, knowing what to treasure, and making sure to speak it
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