Like I'm a Warrior

Like I'm a Warrior
Studio album by Emilie Nicolas
Released 19 August 2014
Genre Electropop
Length 42:03
Label Columbia Records / Sony Music Norway
Emilie Nicolas chronology

N/A Like I'm a Warrior
(2014)

Like I'm a Warrior is the 2014 debut album of the Norwegian singer-songwriter Emilie Nicolas[1][2] released on Sony Music.[3][4][5][6]

Background

Like I'm a Warrior was awarded two times at the 2014 Spellemannprisen in the categories best Pop singer and Newcomer. With a solid background in jazz from the Conservatory of Trondheim, the girl from Bærum, Norway, Emilie Nicolas, let the music talk alone and she belong on the same stage as the big ones.[1][7] The arrangements work best when ideas do not stand in the way of Nicolas' voice, and do not overflow it with intricate data finely tuned maximalist details, like the exquisite «Grown Up», or the mysterious and up tempo, but equally well soft «Melancholia», where the rhodes lines are let to dance.[3][8] After her grand success in Norway 2014, Emilie Nicolas is one of the headliners for the Øya Festival in Oslo 2015,[9] and will allso be heard at the international festival Moldejazz 2015.[10]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Aftenposten [8]
Dagbladet [1]
Verdens Gang [3]
Romerikes Blad [11]
Gaffa.com [2]

Like I'm a Warrior reached number 1 on VG-lista, the official Norwegian Albums Chart. The reviewer Robert Hoftun Gjestad of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten awarded the album grade 6,[8] the reviewer Torgrim Øyre of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 6,[1] the Verdens Gang review awarded the album dice 5,[3] the reviewer Torstein Davidsen of the Norwegian newspaper Romerikes Blad awarded the album dice 6.[11] and the reviewer Brand Barstein of the Scandinavian website Gaffa.com awarded the album 6 stars.[2]

Tracklist

No. Title Length
1. "Nobody Knows"   4:34
2. "Let You Out"   3:38
3. "Grown Up"   [12]3:33
4. "Melancholia"   5:01
5. "Fail"   [13]3:26
6. "Charge"   5:19
7. "Us"   3:07
8. "Pstereo"   3:58
9. "Games"   5:03
10. "Put Me Down"   4:18

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 1

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Øyre, Torgrim (2014-11-22). "Et usedvanlig velmodnet og helstøpt debutalbum - Emilie Nicolas balanserer kunst og kommers på utsøkt vis". Musical reviews (in Norwegian) (Dagbladet). Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barstein, Brand (2014-09-29). "Emilie Nicolas - Like I'm A Warrior". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). Gaffa.com. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Plateanmeldelse: Emilie Nicolas - «Like I’m A Warrior»". Musical reviews (in Norwegian) (Verdens Gang). 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  4. ↑ Gjestad, Robert Hoftun (2014-11-28). "Emilie Nicolas: - Nå må jeg snart lære meg å si «Yess, jeg får det til»". Musical reviews (in Norwegian) (Aftenposten). Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  5. ↑ Hambro, Maya (2014-11-26). "Emilie Nicolas: “It has to be personal”". Interview. TheBestFit.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  6. ↑ Ålvik, Jon Mikkel Broch (2014-10-03). "Voksesmerter". Musical reviews (in Norwegian) (Morgenbladet). Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  7. ↑ "Emilie Nicolas". Biography. MusicNorway.no. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gjestad, Robert Hoftun (2014-09-22). "Nicolas overgår hypen". Musical reviews (in Norwegian) (Aftenposten). Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  9. ↑ "Emilie Nicolas opplevde et stort gjennombrudd i 2014" (in Norwegian). Øya Festival. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  10. ↑ "Youth and critics favorite!". Moldejazz. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Davidsen, Torstein (2014-10-14). "Emilie Nicolas: «Like I'm A Warrior»". Musical reviews (in Norwegian) (Romerikes Blad). Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  12. ↑ "Emilie Nicolas - Grown Up". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  13. ↑ "Emilie Nicolas - Fail". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  14. ↑ "Emilie Nicolas – Like I'm a Warrior". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Monica Heldal		 Recipient of the Pop vocalist Spellemannprisen
2014 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Monica Heldal		 Recipient of the Newcomer Spellemannprisen
2014 		Succeeded by
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