I Need to Start a Garden

I Need to Start a Garden
Studio album by
Haley Heynderickx
ReleasedMarch 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)
StudioNomah Studios, Portland, Oregon
Genre
Length30:56
LabelMama Bird Recording Co.
ProducerZak Kimball
Haley Heynderickx chronology
I Need to Start a Garden
(2018) 		Seed of a Seed
(2024)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?(7.6/10)[2]
Metacritic80/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
DIY[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
MusicOMH[7]
Pitchfork7.3/10[8]
PopMatters7/10[9]
The Skinny[10]

I Need to Start a Garden is the debut studio album by American musician Haley Heynderickx. It was released in March 2018 under Mama Bird Recording Company.

Production

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In an interview, Haley Heynderickx explained it took three attempts to record the album. Her first attempt was at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, with musician Colyn Cameron. However, a horse had passed away during one of her songs. She explained, "I lost faith in the songs and myself. The horse died". The second was at a conventional studio, but Heynderickx felt inhibited by insecurity and worries about money from the cost of the studio: "It doesn't feel like a labour of love when every moment you're in a studio it feels like you're losing money. The last thing I want to think about when capturing songs that were made from a place of love, is money." Her third attempt was made at Nomah Studios – an in-house licensing studio set up by Heynderickx's friends.[11]

Music video

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On May 2, 2018, the music video of "No Face" was released. In a statement, Heynderickx explained the song was inspired by the 2001 Japanese animated movie Spirited Away.[12] The video was directed by Evan James Atwood.[13]

Critical reception

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I Need to Start a Garden 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 80 based on 10 reviews.[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release an 80 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.[1]

Marcy Donelson of AllMusic said: "With eight tracks and a playing time of 30 minutes, it's an efficient debut without a weak song in the bunch, one noteworthy for its poise as well as its engaging eccentricity."[4]

Accolades

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Accolades for I Need to Start a Garden
Publication Accolade Rank
Digital Trends Digital Trends' Top 50 Albums of 2018
17[14]
Exclaim! Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2018
4[15]
God Is in the TV God Is in the TV's Top 100 Albums of 2018
22[16]
Loud and Quiet Loud and Quiet's Top 40 Albums of 2018
27[17]
Paste Paste's Top 50 Albums of 2018
30[18]
Paste's Top 20 Albums of 2018 – Mid-Year
7[19]
PopMatters PopMatters's Top 20 Albums of 2018
8[20]
Sputnikmusic Sputnikmusic's Top 100 Albums of the Decade (2010s)
56[21]
The Wild Honey Pie The Wild Honey Pie's Top 30 Albums of 2018
10[22]
Uproxx Uproxx's Top 50 Albums of 2018
25[23]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Haley Heynderickx.

No.TitleLength
1."No Face"1:56
2."The Bug Collector"3:48
3."Jo"3:52
4."Worth It"7:53
5."Show You a Body"3:29
6."Untitled God Song"3:44
7."Oom Sha La La"2:57
8."Drinking Song"3:16

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Any Decent Music? Review". Anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Donelson, Marcy. "I Need To Start A Garden - Haley Heynderickx". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Bentley, James (30 March 2018). "Haley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden". DIY. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  6. ^ Greene, Sarah (March 2, 2018). "Exclaim! review". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Murphy, John (March 26, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  8. ^ Horn, Olivia (March 12, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx: I Need to Start a Garden". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  9. ^ Laird, Christopher (March 15, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx's 'I Need to Start a Garden' Addresses This Sad World with Absurdity". PopMatters. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  10. ^ Inglis, Tony (April 3, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx – I Need to Start a Garden". Theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  11. ^ Greene, Sarah (March 8, 2018). "It Took Haley Heynderickx Three Tries to Make Her Debut Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  12. ^ Rossignol, Derrick (May 2, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx's 'No Face' Video Mirrors The Song's Simplicity With Artistic Silhouettes". Uproxx. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  13. ^ "Haley Heynderickx - No Face". YouTube. May 2, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  14. ^ Hall, Parker (December 12, 2018). "The Best Albums of 2018". Digital Trends. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  15. ^ "Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk and Country Albums". Exclaim!. December 6, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  16. ^ "GIITTV Albums of the Year". God Is in the TV. December 10, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  17. ^ "The Loud and Quiet Best 40 Albums of 2018". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  18. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Paste. November 26, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  19. ^ "Paste's 20 Best Albums of 2018 So Far". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  20. ^ Frahm, Jonathan (November 27, 2018). "Top 20 Folk Albums of 2018". PopMatters. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  21. ^ "Sputnikmusic's Top 100 Albums of the 2010s". Sputnikmusic. April 7, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  22. ^ "Top 30 Albums of 2018". The Wild Honey Pie. December 18, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  23. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Uproxx. December 3, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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