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The Lioness is the fourth studio album by Songs: Ohia.[8] It was released by Secretly Canadian on January 17, 2000. A reissue of the album, Love & Work: The Lioness Sessions, was released on November 23, 2018.[9]

ReleasedJanuary 17, 2000 (2000-01-17)
Recorded1999
GenresIndie rock, alt-country
Length39:36
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The Lioness
Studio album by
Songs: Ohia
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2000 (2000-01-17)
Recorded1999
GenresIndie rock, alt-country
Length39:36
LabelSecretly Canadian
ProducerAndrew Miller
Songs: Ohia chronology
Protection Spells
(2000)		 The Lioness
(2000)		 Ghost Tropic
(2000)
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Aggregate scores
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Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[3]
NMEStarStarHalf star[4]
Pitchfork7.6/10 (2000)[5]
8.7/10 (2018)[6]
Reno Gazette-JournalStarStarStarStar[7]
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Production

The album was recorded by Andy Miller at Chem 19 Studios in Hamilton, near Glasgow, Scotland, with Alasdair Roberts, Geof Comings, Jonathan Cargill, and members of Arab Strap.[citation needed]

Critical reception

The Lioness was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 74, based on 4 reviews.[1]

Exclaim! thought that "the transatlantic recording session inspired Molina to produce what is both his darkest and cheerful record to date."[10] The Austin Chronicle called the album "quiet and reflective, numbing and resolute, with writing as simple and straightforward as an ice pick under the ribs."[11] The Sunday Times wrote that "Songs: Ohia's slug- paced folk-blues owe an obvious debt to the spectral yowling of Will Oldham's Palace Brothers, but The Lioness still has the power to turn the most brightly lit room a delicate shade of blue."[12]

Track listing

All songs written by Jason Molina.

Original release

  1. "The Black Crow" – 7:16
  2. "Tigress" – 3:20
  3. "Nervous Bride" – 2:43
  4. "Being in Love" – 5:41
  5. "Lioness" – 6:37
  6. "Coxcomb Red" – 4:05
  7. "Back on Top" – 4:22
  8. "Baby Take a Look" – 3:06
  9. "Just a Spark" – 2:19

Love & Work: The Lioness Sessions

  1. "The Black Crow" – 7:16
  2. "Tigress" – 3:20
  3. "Nervous Bride" – 2:43
  4. "Being in Love" – 5:41
  5. "Lioness" – 6:37
  6. "Coxcomb Red" – 4:05
  7. "Back on Top" – 4:22
  8. "Baby Take a Look" – 3:06
  9. "Just a Spark" – 2:19
  10. "On My Way Home" (Lioness sessions outtake) – 3:01
  11. "Never Fake It" (Lioness sessions outtake) – 3:10
  12. "From the Heart" (Lioness sessions outtake) – 4:28
  13. "It Gets Harder Over Time" (Lioness sessions outtake) – 2:12
  14. "I Promise Not to Quit" (Lioness sessions outtake) – 5:44
  15. "Neighbors of Our Age" (Lioness sessions outtake) – 2:43
  16. "Pyrate II (Even Now)" (Lioness sessions outtake) – 4:08
  17. "Velvet Marching Band" (Lissy's sessions) – 3:00
  18. "Raw" (Lissy's sessions) – 3:46
  19. "Already Through" (Lissy's sessions) – 4:00
  20. "Wonderous Love" (Lissy's sessions) – 2:20

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