The Golden Echo is the second studio album by New Zealand recording artist Kimbra, released by Warner Bros. Records in the United States on 19 August 2014.
Background Kimbra was inspired by Greek mythology for the album and spent time in a small sheep farm in the middle of Los Angeles. Kimbra went to the farm the day after the 2013 Grammys. "I'd been caught up with all the Grammy and Gotye stuff happening, and the touring, the constant affirmation— or praise, or criticism, or self-reflection— everywhere," she said. "You get wrapped up in it. Then here I was chilling with a bunch of sheep. And they don't give a crap who you are. You're not special to them. You spend time with them and there's this beautiful kind of harmony of how everything works in that environment. It was a really great space to create."
Cover The cover and all the photographs of The Golden Echo's booklet were shot by Thom Kerr, who also directed the music video for "Miracle".
Critical reception
The Golden Echo received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album obtained a normalised score of 70 out of 100, based on reviews from 12 selected mainstream critics.
Track listing
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Golden Echo
Kimbra Johnson - vocals ; production Matt Bellamy - guitar Bilal - featured artist Mario Borgatta - assistant Ron Bruner - writer Thundercat - writer Keefus Ciancia - production Martin Cooke - engineer Rich Costey - production ; executive producer; mixing Zachary Dawes - writer Mark Foster - writer Nicolas Fournier - engineer Fraser T. Smith - writer Taylor Graves - writer and production Nick Haussling - A&R Bo Hill - engineer John Hill - engineer
Daniel Johns - writer Thom Kerr - artwork and photography John Legend - writer Bob Ludwig - mastering M-Phazes - production Major Dudes - production Timon Martin - writer Sonny J. Mason - writer, drums Stephen McQuinn - writer Matt Morris - writer Tyler Parkford - writer Kaveh Rastegar - writer John "JR" Robinson - drums Omar Rodríguez-López - guitar Michael Shuman - writer Surahn "Sid" Sidhu - writing and production Alex Tenta - design and layout Dave Tozer - writing and production Lenny Waronker - A&R Ben Weinman - guitar Joel Whitley - writer PolySlyme - writing and production
Charts Chart (2014) Peakposition
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