The Two Worlds

The Two Worlds
Studio album by Brigid Mae Power
Released	9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)
Studio	Analogue Catalogue, County Down, Ireland The Half Dome
Genre	Irish folk music
Language	English
Label	Tompkins Square
Brigid Mae Power chronology
The Ones You Keep Close (2017) The Two Worlds (2018) Head Above the Water (2020)

The Two Worlds is a 2018 studio album by Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power. The album has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.2⁄10 (6 reviews)[1]
Metacritic	82⁄100 (6 reviews)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[3]
The Irish Times	[4]
The Line of Best Fit	8⁄10[5]
Pitchfork Media	7.4⁄10[6]
Record Collector	[7]
Sputnikmusic	4.0⁄5[8]
Uncut	[9]

Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.2 out of 10, based on six reviews.[1] Brigid Mae Power received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on six reviews.[2]

In The Guardian, Laura Snapes rated this release 4 out of 5 stars, characterizing the music as "steely songs about abuse and recovery" and calling it "less oblique" than 2016's self-titled album.[3] Dustin Van Nguyen of The Irish Times gave this album 3 out of 5 stars, writing that it "encapsulates a romantic vision of rustic, pastoral terrain" and that few musicians "can maintain either the chilly sense of isolation or epic sweep of Power's best numbers".[4] Janne Oinonen of The Line of Best Fit gave The Two Worlds 8 out of 10, stating that Peter Broderick "squeezes maximum atmospherics out of a sparse sonic palette and the unadorned melodies that carry Power's clear-eyed observations about the world around her and inside her".[5] Mother Jones' Jon Young favorably reviewed this release, ending that it "sticks with you long after it’s over".[10]

Sam Sodomsky rated this album 7.4 out of 10 for Pitchfork Media, calling it "a dizzyingly isolated album, music that gains momentum as it burrows deeper".[6] Record Collector's Mike Goldsmith gave The Two Worlds 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "so much better" than Powers' debut full-length, writing that it is "emotional and feminine, but now so much tougher and dark as hell".[7] Atari of Sputnikmusic calls this release "completely intimate" and "conjured up from the musician’s most isolated, profound moments".[8] Writing for Uncut, Michael Bonner gave The Two Worlds 4 out of 5 stars, praising Powers' ability to balance the personal and political, stating that "the two worlds co-exist beautifully here, the soft Power and the raw".[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Brigid Mae Power.

1. "I’m Grateful" – 4:33
2. "Don’t Shut Me Up (Politely)" – 5:20
3. "So You’ve Seen My Limit" – 3:48
4. "On My Own with You" – 3:45
5. "Is My Presence in the Room Enough for You?" – 4:20
6. "Down on the Ground" – 3:53
7. "Peace Backing Us Up" – 3:53
8. "How’s Your New Home?" – 4:55
9. "The Two Worlds" – 4:08
10. "Let Me Go Now" – 4:31

Personnel

• Brigid Mae Power – instrumentation, vocals, artwork
• Peter Broderick – instrumentation, recording, mixing, mastering at The Sparkle, Woods, Oregon, United States
• Julie Mclarnon – recording

See also

• List of 2018 albums

References

1. "The Two Worlds by Brigid Mae Power reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
2. "The Two Worlds by Brigid Mae Power Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
3. Snapes, Laura (9 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power: The Two Worlds review – steely songs about abuse and recovery". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
4. Van Nguyen, Dustin (9 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power: The Two Worlds review – poised and ornate". Music. The Irish Times. ISSN 0791-5144. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
5. Oinonen, Janne (9 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power turns the volume up and then down again on The Two Worlds". Albums. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. Sodomsky, Sam (9 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power: The Two Worlds Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
7. Goldsmith, Mike (28 February 2018). "The Two Worlds | Brigid Mae Power". Record Collector. No. 477. ISSN 0261-250X. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
8. Atari (12 February 2018). "Review: Brigid Mae Power – The Two Worlds". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
9. Bonner, Michael (8 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power – The Two Worlds". Uncut. ISSN 1368-0722. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
10. Young, Jon (5 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power's New Album is Magic". Mother Jones. ISSN 0362-8841. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

External links

• The Two Worlds at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Two Worlds at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• A set for NPR's World Cafe