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Latest revision as of 08:39, 24 October 2025
2025 studio album by Brandi Carlile
Returning to Myself is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, released on October 24, 2025, via Interscope and Lost Highway.[2] It was announced on September 3, 2025, which also served as the release date for the title track as the lead single and its Floria Sigismondi-directed music video.[3][4]
Background and composition
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In 2023, after her seventh studio album In These Silent Days (2021), Charlile had started to record and write sogns with Elton John, including the collaboration “Never Too Late“,[5] the theme to John’s 2024 documentary of the same name, wich was nominated for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards.[6] The two artists released the collaboretive album Who Believes in Angels? on 4 April 2025, through Interscope Records.[7]
Between 2024 and 2025 Carlile worked for a solo recording project with her three co-producers Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon at the Long Pond n the Hudson Valley and Henson Studios in Hollywood.[8][9] Inspiration for Returning to Myself came from the album Wrecking Ball by Emmylou Harris.[8]
Returning to Myself received positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator Metacritic, the album received a score of 82 out of 100 based on 26 reviews, indicating “universal acclaim”.[10]
Lee Campbell of Rolling Stone UK wrote that the album “finds the singer-songwriter at her most philosophically engaged” and “at her most honest, insightful and reflective best”, in which she “confronts mortality without flinching while insisting that togetherness remains our finest achievement”.[14] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic describe the album “personal, especially reflective one that notably features quieter, tenderer vocal performances from Carlile” prising the “contemplative, wistfully melodic, and rooted in a bolstered folk sensibility”.[11]
| Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | ||
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| 1. | “Returning to Myself” | Brandi Carlile | 4:17 | |
| 2. | “Human” | 4:20 | ||
| 3. | “A Woman Oversees” | Carlile | 4:26 | |
| 4. | “A War with Time” | 4:02 | ||
| 5. | “Anniversary” | Carlile | 3:55 | |
| 6. | “Church & State” |
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4:18 | |
| 7. | “Joni” | Carlile | 4:08 | |
| 8. | “You Without Me” | Watt | 4:39 | |
| 9. | “No One Knows Us” | 4:23 | ||
| 10. | “A Long Goodbye” |
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4:47 |
- Brandi Carlile – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 2–4, 6–7, 9–10), production (1–7, 9–10), acoustic guitar (1, 7), piano (1), electric guitar (2), Wurlitzer (2), Rhodes piano (3), guitar (8–10)
- Andrew Watt – production (1–4, 6–10), engineering (1), electric guitar (1–3, 6, 9–10), bass (2, 4, 8), percussion (2–3, 7, 9–10), synthesizer (3–4, 6, 10), guitar (4), piano (4, 7), acoustic guitar (6)
- Justin Vernon – background vocals (4), production (2), synthesizer (1–2, 10), electric guitar (1–2), acoustic guitar (2, 10), piano (2, 4)
- Aaron Dessner – production (2, 4–5, 9), organ (1), electric guitar (2, 4, 9), synthesizer (2, 4, 9), piano (4, 9), acoustic guitar (4–5, 9), percussion (4, 9), drum programming (4), Mellotron (5), synth bass (5), shaker (5), upright piano (5), electric bass (5)
- Josh Klinghoffer – synthesizer (1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10), pedal steel guitar (1), electric guitar (4), piano (6), keyboards (8), organ (8)
- Phil Hanseroth – bass (2–3, 6, 9–10), electric guitar (2)
- Tim Hanseroth – electric guitar (2, 6), acoustic guitar (3–4, 10), guitar (9)
- Matt Chamberlain – drums (2, 4, 6, 9–10), percussion (2, 4, 6)
- Chad Smith – drums (2, 7), percussion (2)
- Dave Mackay – organ (2), synthesizer (2)
- Stewart Cole – trumpet (2), French horn (2)
- SistaStrings – strings (5)
- Rob Moose – strings (5, 9)
- Blake Mills – electric guitar (7), acoustic guitar (7)
- Mark Isham – tenor saxophone (7)
- Elton John – Rhodes piano (8)
- Paul Lamalfa – engineering (1)
- Marco Sonzini – engineering (1)
- Bryce Bordone – engineering (1–2, 4, 6)
- Serban Ghenea – mixing (all tracks)
- Pete Lyman – mastering (1–7, 9–10)
- John Hanes – immersive mixing (3–4, 6)
- Matt Colton – mastering (8)
- ^ Willman, Chris (2025-09-03). “Brandi Carlile Announces First Solo Album in Four Years, ‘Returning to Myself,’ and Releases Video for Title Track”. Variety. Archived from the original on 2025-09-13. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ^ Paul, Larisha (2025-09-03). “Brandi Carlile Is ‘Returning to Myself’ With First Album in Four Years”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ Fu, Eddie (2025-09-03). “Brandi Carlile Announces New Album Returning to Myself, Unveils Title Track”. Consequence. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ Daw, Stephen (2025-09-03). “Brandi Carlile Is Coming Back to Her Solo Career With New Album ‘Returning to Myself’“. Billboard. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ Snapes, Laura (7 February 2025). “‘He smashed his iPad and headphones. My lyrics got torn up’: inside Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s explosive duets album”. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2024). “Elton John & Brandi Carlile Team Up On New Song “Never Too Late”: Listen”. Stereogum. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
- ^ Strauss, Matthew (5 February 2025). “Elton John and Brandi Carlile Announce Album, Shares New Song “Who Believes in Angels?”: Listen”. Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ a b Willman, Chris (2025-09-03). “Brandi Carlile Announces First Solo Album in Four Years, ‘Returning to Myself,’ and Releases Video for Title Track”. Variety. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ Ryzik, Melena (October 17, 2025). “Brandi Carlile Climbed Music’s Peak. Then She Had to Start Over”. New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ a b “Returning To Myself by Brandi Carlile Reviews and Tracks”. Metacritic. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Donelson, Marcy. “Returning to Myself Review by Marcy Donelson”. AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ Ryan, Elise (October 22, 2025). “Music Review: Brandi Carlile looks inward on the great ‘Returning to Myself’“. Associated Press. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ Simmons, Sylvie (October 23, 2025). “Brandi Carlile Returning To Myself Reviewed: A pearl from the new queen of Laurel Canyon”. Mojo. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ a b Campbell, Lee (October 22, 2025). “Brandi Carlile ‘Returning to Myself’ review: A superb sonic evolution from Americana star”. Rolling Stone UK. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
