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of Bright Eyes. Stereogum premiered the album's first single "If Only" on October 19, 2016 and Billboard debuted the exclusive premiere of the video shot in

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premiered the full album stream on "First Listen" saying "she's made perhaps her warmest and most affecting album... and filled it with gorgeous, touching songs about family, legacy, fear and the pursuit of contentment." On December 5, "Free Song" was featured as

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's "Today's Top Tune." Buzzbands.LA said "''In the Next Lifes 10 poignant vignettes wrap with the closer "Pretty Scars" (which features

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), a musical timeline of Taylor mileposts that's breathtaking in its intimacy.". In their review of the album, Innocent Words said "Taylor has one of the most remarkable singing voices of the last 20 years... One that is more comforting than bombastic, more soulful than aggressive. She is real."

Track listing

Personnel

* Maria Taylor – lead vocals, guitar, piano, drums *Nik Freitas – guitar, keys, drums, bass, vocals, tambourine *Macey Taylor – bass, piano, banjo, guitar, vocals *Tiffany Osborn – violin, viola, glockenspiel *

– vocals (track: 3) * Louis Schefano – vocals (tracks: 4 and 9) * Jake Bellows – guitar and vocals (track: 8) *

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– vocals (track: 8) * Mike Bloom – lap steel (track: 7) *

– vocals (tracks: 7 and 10) *Ryan Dwyer – vocals (track: 9) Production *Nik Freitas – production, recording, engineer, mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 and 10) * Maria Taylor – producer * Andy LeMaster – mixing (tracks: 3 and 8) * Mike Bloom – mixing (tracks: 5 and 7) * Louis Schefano – additional recordings (track: 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9)

References

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