Fire Within (album)

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Fire Within
Birdy - Fire Within.png
Studio album by Birdy
Released 16 September 2013 (2013-09-16)
Recorded 2012–13
Genre
Length 56:37
Label
Producer
Birdy chronology
Birdy
(2011)Birdy2011		 Fire Within
(2013)		 Breathe
(2013)Breathe2013
Singles from Fire Within
  1. "Wings"
    Released: 29 July 2013
  2. "No Angel"
    Released: 23 September 2013
  3. "Light Me Up"
    Released: 23 February 2014
  4. "Words as Weapons"
    Released: 14 April 2014

Fire Within is the second studio album by English musician Birdy, released on 16 September 2013 by Atlantic Records. It is her first album of predominantly original compositions, as her eponymous debut album consisted largely of covers.

In North America, Fire Within was released on 3 June 2014. Prior to that, several album tracks and live versions of past songs were released as a US-only EP titled Breathe on 24 September 2013.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[4]
Contactmusic.com 4/5 stars[5]
Daily Echo 9/10[6]
Digital Spy 3/5 stars[7]
Hot Press 3.5/5 stars[8]
The Independent 3/5 stars[9]
Mail & Guardian 3/5 stars[10]
musicOMH 3/5 stars[11]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[12]
Time Out London 3/5 stars[13]

Fire Within received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on seven reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Wings"  
4:12
2. "Heart of Gold"   Van den Bogaerde
3:34
3. "Light Me Up"  
  • Costey
  • Hill[a]
 4:15
4. "Words as Weapons"  
  • Van den Bogaerde
  • Tedder
 Tedder 3:59
5. "All You Never Say"  
Jim Abbiss 4:38
6. "Strange Birds"  
  • Abbiss
  • Alex H. N. Gilbert[b]
 3:03
7. "Maybe"  
  • Van den Bogaerde
  • Wilson
  • Abbiss
  • Wilson[a]
 3:14
8. "No Angel"  
Abbiss 4:03
9. "All About You"  
  • Van den Bogaerde
  • Wilson
  • Abbiss
  • Costey[a]
 4:37
10. "Standing in the Way of the Light"  
Smith 4:04
11. "Shine"   Van den Bogaerde Abbiss 4:04
Total length:
 43:43
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a strings producer

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[50] Gold 7,500
France (SNEP)[51] Platinum 100,000
Germany (BVMI)[52] Gold 100,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[53] Gold 3,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[54] Gold 10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] Gold 103,786[56]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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