''Male'' is the fifth studio album by Australian-British singer

Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Jane Imbruglia ( , ; born 4 February 1975) is an Australian singer and actress. In the early 1990s, she played Beth Brennan in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. Three years after leaving the programme, she began a singing caree ...

, released by

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on 31 July 2015. It was released in Europe on 21 August 2015. ''Male'' is Imbruglia's first album in six years and features the singer covering tracks made famous by male-led acts, hence the album's title.

Critical reception

''Male'' received generally positive reviews from

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. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an

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score of 65, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on four reviews by critics.

Tour

On 7 February 2017, Imbruglia announced that she would embark on the 2017 Acoustic Tour in support of the album, which took place from April to May 2017.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References