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Track listing Fire Within – Standard edition No. 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". Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresįire Within received generally positive reviews from music critics. Birdy cited the changes of routine and relationships she had after her breakthrough work as a primarily influence for the album. She released a preview of the recording of the album through YouTube alongside the album's release date. She also talked about her experience as a songwriter: "A lot of people thought but then it was good doing it by stealth so I could develop my own writing and have time to work on it." įor Fire Within Birdy worked with various musicians during its recording including Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson, Rich Costey, Ben Lovett from the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons, Tim Commerford from American rock band Rage Against the Machine, Paul Jackson Jr. She noted that she began writing songs at age of eight, and considers this album "very special" for her. It's weird to be open with someone you just met but I learned a lot and I love what we made."įollowing the commercial success of her debut album Birdy (2011), Birdy decided for her second record to be mostly of original compositions instead of covering songs like in her previous album. I had never thought of doing covers before "Skinny Love" so that was a different experience." It was my first time co-writing and it was really weird because I've always been a writer on my own. "It's an album of all originals and for me, that is very exciting! It's what I've always wanted to do.
