Natalie Merchant (album)

Natalie Merchant
Studio album by Natalie Merchant
Released	May 6, 2014
Genre	Soft rock folk pop
Length	47:25
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant chronology
Leave Your Sleep (2010) Natalie Merchant (2014) Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings (2015)

Natalie Merchant is the eponymous sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, released on May 6, 2014 by Nonesuch Records. It is her first studio album consisting of all original material since Motherland (2001).

Commercial reception

In the United States, the album debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week of release,^[1] selling around 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Folk Albums,^[2] and No. 5 on the Rock Albums chart.^[3] As of October 2015, the album has sold 44,000 copies in the US.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ladybird"	Natalie Merchant	6:37
2.	"Maggie Said"	Merchant	4:27
3.	"Texas"	Merchant	5:02
4.	"Go Down Moses"	Merchant	5:01
5.	"Seven Deadly Sins"	Merchant	4:51
6.	"Giving Up Everything"	Merchant	4:20
7.	"Black Sheep"	Merchant	4:08
8.	"It's A-Coming"	Merchant	3:50
9.	"Lulu (introduction)"	Merchant	1:03
10.	"Lulu"	Merchant	4:15
11.	"The End"	Merchant	5:11
Total length:			47:25

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	153
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	72
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	34
US Billboard 200[10]	20
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[11]	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[12]	5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[13]	8

References

1. "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
2. "Folk Albums". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
3. "Rock Albums". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
4. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015.
5. "Ultratop.be – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
6. "Ultratop.be – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in French). Hung Medien.
7. "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
9. "Natalie Merchant | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
10. "Natalie Merchant – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Natalie Merchant.
11. "Natalie Merchant – Chart history" Billboard Folk Albums for Natalie Merchant.
12. "Natalie Merchant – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Natalie Merchant.
13. "Natalie Merchant – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Natalie Merchant.

External links

• Natalie Merchant Lyrics