Sound of a Woman is the major label debut studio album by Canadian singer Kiesza. It is her second album after her 2008 self-titled independent release[3] and her first full-length international debut. It was released on October 13, 2014.
In February 2014, Kiesza released the video for her new single "Hideaway" through the indie label Lokal Legend.[4]Idolator considered it unique, for having a single take through the entire video, as Kiesza walked and danced through the streets of Brooklyn.[4] John Gentile of Rolling Stone called the style "impressive".[5] Kiesza reported to Rolling Stone that she had trouble making the video, partly because she broke a rib just before filming, and "couldn't move for an entire month afterward."[5] It was premiered by Annie Mac on her Mac's Special Delivery segment on BBC Radio 1.[6][7] "Hideaway" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart issued for April 26, 2014.[8]
Shortly after "Hideaway" charted, Kiesza released a new video for her cover of Haddaway's song "What Is Love".[9] Mike Bell of the Calgary Herald referred to her version of the song as a "jaw-droppingly gorgeous cover of Haddaway's 1993 dance smash What Is Love?"[10] She did a slowed down version, with a video showing her and others, slowly revealed to be without clothes, to express "raw emotions".[10]
Kiesza described Sound of a Woman as having grunge, rock, and folk influences in addition to her usual house or dance genre and that some songs on the album would be surprising to people.[11]
Singles
"Hideaway" was released as Kiesza's debut single on April 11, 2014. Both the song and its accompanying music video have been met with general acclaim from contemporary music critics. "Hideaway" topped the UK Singles Chart upon release, selling over 136,000 copies in its first week, becoming the third-fastest selling single of 2014 in the United Kingdom.
"Giant in My Heart" was released as the album's second single on June 13, 2014, and reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, while "Bad Thing" featuring American rapper Joey Badass was released as the album's third single on September 22, 2014.[12] "No Enemiesz" was released as the album's fourth single on November 23, 2014. Its music video was released a month earlier on October 24, 2014.
"Sound of a Woman" was released as the album's fifth single on May 24, 2015. The SeeB remix of "Cut Me Loose" was released as the album's sixth and final single on August 21, 2015.[2]
Sound of a Woman received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63 based on twelve reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews."[13] Brennan Carley of Spin called it "one of the most elastic albums of the 1990s, both 20 years too late and also totally in time" and noted that Kiesza "shows the insight to carve a lane out for herself in pop music that apparently nobody else felt the need to journey down."[25] Melody Lau of Exclaim! felt that the album makes "an important statement" in the dance music scene and hailed Kiesza's voice as "exceptionally strong and versatile."[17] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote that "while [Kiesza] doesn’t quite have the freedom in her voice to mimic fully the divas she’s aiming for, she sings powerfully and with an understanding of how to deliver notes with rhythmic aggression."[20]
Bianca Gracie of Idolator described the album as "the perfect soundtrack that feeds your '90s nostalgia."[19] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that "while Sound of a Woman is slightly too long and unfocused, at its best it's a potent reminder of how much fun this sound was -- and is."[14] Julia Leconte of NOW Magazine noticed that "at first, [...] Kiesza's debut album seems overwrought [...] but eventually, subtleties and variety emerge" and felt that "Kiesza's so much better when she reels back her impressively ranging vocals to buttery."[21] Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork noted that Sound of a Woman "fails to spark, as its homogenous textures blend together to rob this music of the personality and emotion it has when done right" and felt that the songs on the album "don't give any clues as to who Kiesza is."[23] Elliot Greiner of Mxdwn asserted that "lyrically [Sound of a Woman] is dry, musically it leeches off of the inventiveness of its predecessors, and in total it sounds like the extended soundtrack to a Samsung advert."[26] Sandra Sperounes of the Edmonton Journal concluded that "it's too early to tell if Kiesza will end up on the same heap of former pop-culture phenoms, but her album's brief forays into R&B [...] hint at a much more promising and multi-dimensional future for the 25-year-old redhead."[16]
^Persaud, Navi (13 October 2014). "Kiesza And Mick Jenkins Release 'Losin' My Mind': 'Sound Of A Woman' Album Next Week". emptylighthouse.com. Westbourne International LLC. Retrieved 20 September 2022. The song features Kiesza's soulful lyrics about heartbreak and being completely obsessively in love with someone. There is an old school R&B vibe and Jenkins adds a quality verse
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^"Kiesza – 'Hideaway'". PopJustice.com. January 24, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
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^Daw, Robbie (23 April 2014). "Kiesza Covers Haddaway's "What Is Love": Watch The Video For Her Rendition Of The '90s Classic". Idolator. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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^ abPhares, Heather (October 2014). "Kiesza Sound of a Woman". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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^ abSperounes, Sandra (23 October 2014). "Album review: Kiesza, Sound of a Woman". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ abLau, Melody (October 2014). "Kiesza Sound of a Woman". Exclaim!. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^Gibsone, Harriet (27 November 2014). "Kiesza: Sound of a Woman review – full-throttle pop with lots of jazz hands". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ abBianka, Gracie (21 October 2014). "Kiesza's 'Sound Of A Woman': Album Review". Idolator. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ abCaramanica, Jon (20 October 2014). "Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox and Kiesza Release New Albums". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ abLeconte, Julia (23 October 2014). "Kiesza Sound Of A Woman (Universal)". Now. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^Jones, Corinne (30 November 2014). "Kiesza: Sound of a Woman review – too much stylistic muddle". The Guardian/The Observer. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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^Cinquemani, Sal (14 October 2014). "Kiesza Sound of a Woman". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ abCarley, Brennan (21 October 2014). "SPIN Album of the Week: Kiesza Channels '90s House Divas on 'Sound of a Woman'". Spin. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^Elliot Greiner. "Kiesza- Sound of A Woman; Music". Mxdwn. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
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August 24, 2023
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Sound of a Woman is the major label debut studio album by Canadian singer Kiesza It is her second album after her 2008 self titled independent release 3 and her first full length international debut It was released on October 13 2014 Sound of a WomanStudio album by KieszaReleasedOctober 13 2014 2014 10 13 GenreHouse music Dance pop Electronic dance music R amp B 1 Length50 21LabelLokal Legend Island 4th amp B wayProducerRami Samir Afuni also exec Jordan Orvosh Simen amp EspenKiesza chronologyHideaway 2014 Sound of a Woman 2014 Weird Kid 2019 Singles from Sound of a Woman Hideaway Released April 11 2014 Giant in My Heart Released June 16 2014 Bad Thing Released September 22 2014 No Enemiesz Released November 24 2014 Sound of a Woman Released May 12 2015 Cut Me Loose Released August 21 2015 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Singles 3 Critical reception 4 Track listing 5 Charts 6 Release history 7 ReferencesBackground EditIn February 2014 Kiesza released the video for her new single Hideaway through the indie label Lokal Legend 4 Idolator considered it unique for having a single take through the entire video as Kiesza walked and danced through the streets of Brooklyn 4 John Gentile of Rolling Stone called the style impressive 5 Kiesza reported to Rolling Stone that she had trouble making the video partly because she broke a rib just before filming and couldn t move for an entire month afterward 5 It was premiered by Annie Mac on her Mac s Special Delivery segment on BBC Radio 1 6 7 Hideaway debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart issued for April 26 2014 8 Shortly after Hideaway charted Kiesza released a new video for her cover of Haddaway s song What Is Love 9 Mike Bell of the Calgary Herald referred to her version of the song as a jaw droppingly gorgeous cover of Haddaway s 1993 dance smash What Is Love 10 She did a slowed down version with a video showing her and others slowly revealed to be without clothes to express raw emotions 10 Kiesza described Sound of a Woman as having grunge rock and folk influences in addition to her usual house or dance genre and that some songs on the album would be surprising to people 11 Singles Edit Hideaway was released as Kiesza s debut single on April 11 2014 Both the song and its accompanying music video have been met with general acclaim from contemporary music critics Hideaway topped the UK Singles Chart upon release selling over 136 000 copies in its first week becoming the third fastest selling single of 2014 in the United Kingdom Giant in My Heart was released as the album s second single on June 13 2014 and reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart while Bad Thing featuring American rapper Joey Badass was released as the album s third single on September 22 2014 12 No Enemiesz was released as the album s fourth single on November 23 2014 Its music video was released a month earlier on October 24 2014 Sound of a Woman was released as the album s fifth single on May 24 2015 The SeeB remix of Cut Me Loose was released as the album s sixth and final single on August 21 2015 2 Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic63 100 13 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 14 Clash7 10 15 Edmonton Journal 16 Exclaim 7 10 17 The Guardian 18 Idolator4 5 19 The New York Timespositive 20 NOW Magazine 21 The Observer 22 Pitchfork5 2 10 23 Slant Magazine 24 Spinpositive 25 Sound of a Woman received generally positive reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 63 based on twelve reviews which indicates generally favorable reviews 13 Brennan Carley of Spin called it one of the most elastic albums of the 1990s both 20 years too late and also totally in time and noted that Kiesza shows the insight to carve a lane out for herself in pop music that apparently nobody else felt the need to journey down 25 Melody Lau of Exclaim felt that the album makes an important statement in the dance music scene and hailed Kiesza s voice as exceptionally strong and versatile 17 Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote that while Kiesza doesn t quite have the freedom in her voice to mimic fully the divas she s aiming for she sings powerfully and with an understanding of how to deliver notes with rhythmic aggression 20 Bianca Gracie of Idolator described the album as the perfect soundtrack that feeds your 90s nostalgia 19 Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that while Sound of a Woman is slightly too long and unfocused at its best it s a potent reminder of how much fun this sound was and is 14 Julia Leconte of NOW Magazine noticed that at first Kiesza s debut album seems overwrought but eventually subtleties and variety emerge and felt that Kiesza s so much better when she reels back her impressively ranging vocals to buttery 21 Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork noted that Sound of a Woman fails to spark as its homogenous textures blend together to rob this music of the personality and emotion it has when done right and felt that the songs on the album don t give any clues as to who Kiesza is 23 Elliot Greiner of Mxdwn asserted that lyrically Sound of a Woman is dry musically it leeches off of the inventiveness of its predecessors and in total it sounds like the extended soundtrack to a Samsung advert 26 Sandra Sperounes of the Edmonton Journal concluded that it s too early to tell if Kiesza will end up on the same heap of former pop culture phenoms but her album s brief forays into R amp B hint at a much more promising and multi dimensional future for the 25 year old redhead 16 Track listing EditSound of a Woman Standard editionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Hideaway Kiesa Rae Ellestad Rami Samir AfuniAfuni4 112 No Enemiesz Ellestad AfuniAfuni3 173 Losin My Mind featuring Mick Jenkins Ellestad Afuni Jayson JenkinsAfuni3 514 So Deep Ellestad AfuniAfuni4 285 Vietnam Ellestad Afuni Paolo Shirazi PrudencioAfuni3 506 Bad Thing featuring Joey Badass Ellestad Afuni Carlos St John Jo Vaughn Scott Corey Latif WilliamsAfuni3 317 What Is Love Dieter Lunstedt Karin Hartmann EisenblatterAfuni3 088 Sound of a Woman Ellestad AfuniAfuni3 469 The Love Ellestad Afuni Prudencio St JohnAfuni3 5710 Piano Ellestad Afuni St JohnAfuni4 2811 Giant in My Heart Ellestad AfuniAfuni4 2912 Over Myself Ellestad Simen Eriksrud Espen BergSimen amp Espen3 3213 Cut Me Loose Ellestad Jordan OrvoshOrvosh3 53Total length 50 21 Sound of a Woman iTunes edition bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length14 Hideaway acoustic version Ellestad Afuni3 14Total length 53 35 Sound of a Woman UK deluxe edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length14 Hideaway acoustic version Ellestad Afuni3 1615 Take Me to Church Hozier cover Andrew Hozier Byrne4 4316 Prayer in C Lilly Wood and the Prick cover BBC live version Benjamin Cotto Nili Hadida3 5517 Take U There Jack U featuring Kiesza Ellestad Sonny Moore Thomas Wesley Pentz3 3018 Hideaway video 4 3619 Giant in My Heart video 4 37Total length 73 36Charts EditChart performance for Sound of a Woman Chart 2014 PeakpositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 27 18Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 28 19Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 29 33Canadian Albums Billboard 30 14Dutch Albums Album Top 100 31 66French Albums SNEP 32 160German Albums Offizielle Top 100 33 10Italian Albums FIMI 34 28Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 35 14UK Albums OCC 36 40US Billboard 200 37 42US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 38 1Release history EditRegion Date Format s LabelAustralia 39 October 17 2014 CD digital download Lokal Legend IslandUnited States October 21 2014United Kingdom December 1 2014Brazil 40 February 25 2015 CD Universal MusicReferences Edit Persaud Navi 13 October 2014 Kiesza And Mick Jenkins Release Losin My Mind Sound Of A Woman Album Next Week emptylighthouse com Westbourne International LLC Retrieved 20 September 2022 The song features Kiesza s soulful lyrics about heartbreak and being completely obsessively in love with someone There is an old school R amp B vibe and Jenkins adds a quality verse a b Cut Me Loose SeeB Remix iTunes Australia Retrieved 6 January 2017 KIESZA 2008 Independent Release CD recorded before Hideaway or Giant In My Heart eBay Retrieved 9 November 2014 a b Daw Robbie March 20 2014 Popping Up Kiesza Idolator Retrieved March 20 2014 a b Gentile John February 13 2014 Kiesza Barrels Through the Pain in Hideaway Video Premiere Rolling Stone Retrieved March 20 2014 Kiesza Hideaway PopJustice com January 24 2014 Retrieved March 20 2014 Herr Lindsay February 13 2014 Kiesza takes it to the streets in her debut video for lead single Hideaway EarMilk Retrieved March 20 2014 Lane Daniel April 20 2014 Kiesza claims her debut UK Number 1 single with Hideaway Official Charts Company Archived from the original on April 24 2014 Retrieved May 3 2014 Daw Robbie 23 April 2014 Kiesza Covers Haddaway s What Is Love Watch The Video For Her Rendition Of The 90s Classic Idolator Retrieved 1 May 2014 a b Bell Mike May 3 2014 Calgary singer Kiesza taking the pop music world by storm Calgary Herald Retrieved May 5 2014 Kiesza reveals tracklisting for debut album Sound Of A Woman Officialcharts com 16 September 2014 Retrieved 23 September 2014 Breihan Tom September 22 2014 Kiesza Bad Thing Feat Joey Bada Stereogum a b Sound of a Woman Kiesza Metacritic Retrieved 4 November 2014 a b Phares Heather October 2014 Kiesza Sound of a Woman AllMusic Retrieved 4 November 2014 Diver Mike 26 November 2014 Kiesza Sound Of A Woman Clash Retrieved 13 June 2023 a b Sperounes Sandra 23 October 2014 Album review Kiesza Sound of a Woman Edmonton Journal Retrieved 19 November 2014 a b Lau Melody October 2014 Kiesza Sound of a Woman Exclaim Retrieved 4 November 2014 Gibsone Harriet 27 November 2014 Kiesza Sound of a Woman review full throttle pop with lots of jazz hands The Guardian Retrieved 13 June 2023 a b Bianka Gracie 21 October 2014 Kiesza s Sound Of A Woman Album Review Idolator Retrieved 4 November 2014 a b Caramanica Jon 20 October 2014 Aretha Franklin Annie Lennox and Kiesza Release New Albums The New York Times Retrieved 4 November 2014 a b Leconte Julia 23 October 2014 Kiesza Sound Of A Woman Universal Now Retrieved 4 November 2014 Jones Corinne 30 November 2014 Kiesza Sound of a Woman review too much stylistic muddle The Guardian The Observer Retrieved 13 June 2023 a b Fitzmaurice Larry 22 October 2014 Kiesza Sound Of A Woman Pitchfork Retrieved 4 November 2014 Cinquemani Sal 14 October 2014 Kiesza Sound of a Woman Slant Magazine Retrieved 4 November 2014 a b Carley Brennan 21 October 2014 SPIN Album of the Week Kiesza Channels 90s House Divas on Sound of a Woman Spin Retrieved 4 November 2014 Elliot Greiner Kiesza Sound of A Woman Music Mxdwn Retrieved 2020 01 03 Austriancharts at Kiesza Sound Of A Woman in German Hung Medien Retrieved 30 October 2014 Ultratop be Kiesza Sound Of A Woman in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 30 October 2014 Ultratop be Kiesza Sound Of A Woman in French Hung Medien Retrieved 30 October 2014 Kiesza Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved 13 November 2014 Dutchcharts nl Kiesza Sound Of A Woman in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 30 October 2014 Lescharts com Kiesza Sound Of A Woman Hung Medien Retrieved 30 October 2014 Offiziellecharts de Kiesza Sound Of A Woman in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 1 March 2019 Artisti Classifica settimanale WK 43 dal 20 10 2014 al 26 10 2014 in Italian Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Archived from the original on 30 October 2014 Retrieved 30 October 2014 Swisscharts com Kiesza Sounf Of A Woman Hung Medien Retrieved 30 October 2014 artist Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart Retrieved 8 December 2014 Billboard 200 2014 10 30 Billboard Archived from the original on 28 October 2014 Retrieved 30 October 2014 Kiesza Chart History Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard Retrieved 30 October 2014 Sound of a Woman by Kiesza iTunes Store Retrieved 23 September 2014 Sound Of 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