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^ "Sara Bareilles, OneRepublic Announce Co-Headlining Tour"."SARA BAREILLES Reveals Album Title "The Blessed Unrest" For Her Third Studio Album This July!". "Sara Bareilles set to release new album this summer". "Sara Bareilles Offers Inside Look at Making of 'The Blessed Unrest '". ^ "With 'The Blessed Unrest,' Sara Bareilles Finds Inspiration – And Aspiration – In The Stars".^ "Sara Bareilles Gets 'Brave' With Third Album And Solo Tour".Recording Industry Association of America. ^ a b "RIAA Certifications - Sara Bareilles".^ "Jay Z Stays Atop Billboard 200, Sara Bareilles Debuts at No.^ "Brave: Sara Bareilles: MP3 Downloads".^ ": Sara Bareilles: Songs, Albums, Pictures, Bios".Digital Editing - Doug Johnson, Ian Shea.Art direction - Holly Adams, Matt Taylor.Recording assistants - Alex DeGroot, John Horne, Phil Joly, Geoff Neal, Dave Rowland, Alex Williams, Sadaharu Yagi.Additional producer - Kurt Uenala (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10 - 12).Producer - John O'Mahony, Mark Endert (tracks: 1, 2, 9), Sara Bareilles.Brian Kornfeld - drum programming technician.Todor Kobakov - conductor, horn arrangements, string arrangements.Mark Endert - production, programming, keyboards, mixing.Sara Bareilles - vocals, piano, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards.Bareilles is hiding behind styles that aren’t her own." Brett Faulkner of PopMatters wrote that the release is a "well conceived effort, but not sans flaws." However, Stacey Anderson at Rolling Stone highlighted that the release "hints at more adventurous paths left unexplored in its abstract piano and slightly distorted harmonies odd, intriguing tools she could use for a second-act career twist, if she indulges them." Because of this, Anderson noted that Bareilles was "just too diplomatic." At The New York Times, Jon Caramanica was mixed on the album, when he alluded to how "Ms. Īt AbsolutePunk, Craig Manning felt that Bareilles built "the sort of stunning and nuanced arrangements that elevate her songs beyond traditional singer/songwriter fare." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic noted that "its melancholy is warm and inviting." At Billboard, Jason Lipshutz evoked that the "new album was the result of unrest, but as its title suggests, she has positively embraced her dissatisfaction and subsequently grown as an artist." Elysa Gardner of USA Today called this Bareilles' "most mature and satisfying to date, with fewer of the twee touches that marred her previous fare." At Entertainment Weekly, they said the album is " a lovely collection of confessional sketches." At Metacritic, they assign a weighted average score based on reviews and ratings from selected mainstream critics, and the Metascore is a 68, based on seven reviews.
The Blessed Unrest received generally positive reviews from music critics. Bareilles sounds bright, too, and comfortable doing her familiar trick of making the melancholy chirp."
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Elysa Garnder of USA Today stated that the release's "lingering traces of preciousness are mitigated by her sinewy hooks and thoughtful, tasteful delivery." At Entertainment Weekly, they said Bareilles is "channeling Fiona Apple and Florence Welch".Īt Rolling Stone, Stacey Anderson touched on that " The Blessed Unrest is full of broad, exposition-heavy vignettes of heartache and resiliency the songs feel groomed for rom-com soundtracks." Jon Caramanica of The New York Times felt that "vocally, Ms. At Billboard, Jason Lipshutz felt that the album is "exciting when viewed in its larger context as a transitional album the 12-song collection has its share of light fare that could earn spins on adult contemporary radio, but it's also more lyrically daring and serious-sounding". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic told that the music is "moody and textured, rolling out at a deliberate pace and colored in blues and greys, skillfully skirting the edges of alienation".