''Wild Creatures'' is a 2022
compilation album
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by American singer-songwriter
Neko Case
Neko Richelle Case ( ; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case's singing voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", "a pow ...
. The retrospective includes songs from her entire solo career—minus debut album ''
The Virginian''
—as well as a new track and has received positive reviews from critics. Case has promoted the release with custom animations for each song,
a series of
live-streamed events, and a concert tour.
Reception
Editors at
AllMusic
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chose this as one of their favorite archival releases of the year
and rated this album 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that Case's "body of work that...never fails to impress with her silky but bold vocals, her inventive melodic sense, her atmospheric and evocative arrangements, and lyrics that are deeply personal and artful while also being powerfully direct and emotionally forceful" and he characterized this compilation as "a deeply satisfying sampling from her first 25 years, and it's hard not to believe (or hope) she has another 25 this good still in her".
Justin Cober-Lake of ''
PopMatters
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'' gave this collection a 7 out of 10, praising the songs, but stating that it "feels like a missed opportunity in a way" due to not displaying the shifts in Case's sound, although he still declared this "a fantastic listen".
Track listing
All songs written by
Neko Case
Neko Richelle Case ( ; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case's singing voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", "a pow ...
, except where noted.
See also
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2022 in American music
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2022 in music in the United States.
Notable events January
*8 – After a 50-year career, David Lee Roth retired from music following the conclusion of a five-date Las Vegas res ...
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List of 2022 albums
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2022 compilation albums
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