Song for Our Daughter
by Laura Marling
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 102 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 102
  3. Negative: 3 out of 102
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  1. All_ButTrU4
    May 20, 2022
    7
    Intimate folk tunes with introspective lyrics delivered with Marling's uniquely beautiful vocal stylings. Relevant, passionate and stark. "Only the Strong" is breathtaking, and deserves to be heard by everyone struggling with loneliness in these trying times.
  2. vitortfv
    Dec 5, 2020
    7
    Alexandra - 7,5/10
    Held Down - 7/10
    Strange Girl - 7,5/10
    Only the Strong - 7/10
    Blow By Blow - 7,5/10
    Song for Our Daughter - 7/10
    Fortune - 7/10
    The End of the Affair - 7,5/10
    Hope We Meet Again - 7/10
    For You - 7,5/10
  3. HG_Kitara
    Nov 20, 2020
    9
    This album is stunning and a must-listen. I have never heard such an intimate album. Each track is mesmerizing and calming. Some of the best writing of the year. A clear consideration for album of the year
  4. hellokittypie
    Sep 3, 2020
    10
    SONG FOR OUR DAUGHTER is by far one of the best works of that year! Laura managed to deliver an intimate work with perfect and totally unique lyrics. A milestone in his discography.
  5. LittleMostra
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is a beautiful piece of art, the songs are spectacular, and the Laura`s voice is incredible
  6. jr0drigs
    Aug 2, 2020
    9
  7. Ricko
    Jun 29, 2020
    8
    If you like your folk music modern and contemporary, this is as good an album as you'll hear in 2020. I've not heard much of Marling's stuff before this but she has it all. She is a great lyricist and has a gift for melodies. The songs sound like you've heard them before and have a timeless quality. Many of the songs stand out, while others simply flesh out the album. "Held Down" alreadyIf you like your folk music modern and contemporary, this is as good an album as you'll hear in 2020. I've not heard much of Marling's stuff before this but she has it all. She is a great lyricist and has a gift for melodies. The songs sound like you've heard them before and have a timeless quality. Many of the songs stand out, while others simply flesh out the album. "Held Down" already sounds like it's been a classic track for decades. Vocally, she is on inspired form and the general production of the album is top notch.… Expand
  8. Lajaleaa
    Jun 13, 2020
    8
    ( 87/100 )

    Laura Marling ha estado en la industria musical por más de 10 años y la conocí en LUMP, un proyecto colaborativo entre ella y Mike Lindsay decente. Pero ahora que la escucho por primera vez en un proyecto individual, la descubro como una persona increíblemente sensible, emocional e intima. Hay demasiada alma en este álbum que de repente te vez reflexionando sobre sus letras y    ( 87/100 )

    Laura Marling ha estado en la industria musical por más de 10 años y la conocí en LUMP, un proyecto colaborativo entre ella y Mike Lindsay decente. Pero ahora que la escucho por primera vez en un proyecto individual, la descubro como una persona increíblemente sensible, emocional e intima. Hay demasiada alma en este álbum que de repente te vez reflexionando sobre sus letras y pensando en ti mismo hasta llegar al borde de llorar. Producido por ella junto a Ethan Johns, cada canción tiene un valor que proviene de una lección, y esta nace de una experiencia o historia que comparte con tanta emoción y simpleza que el viaje es una colección de mensajes suficientemente humanos como para conmover inmediatamente. Este es bello acuerdo entre técnica, materia, alma y persona. Un aplauso a Laura Marling y gracias.
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    Laura Marling has been in the music industry for over 10 years where I knew her in LUMP, a decent collaborative project between her and Mike Lindsay. But now that I hear her in a solo project I find her as an incredibly sensible, emotional, and intimate person. There's too much soul in this album that, all of a sudden, you find yourself reflecting about her lyrics and thinking about yourself to the border of tears. Produced by her along with Ethan Johns, each song has a value that comes from a lesson, and this one is born from an experience or story that shares with soo much emotion and simplicity that the journey is a collection of messages human enough to move immediately. This is a beautiful agreement between technique, matter, soul, and person. Bravo Laura Marling, and thank you.    … Expand
  9. FrancisNefrt
    May 4, 2020
    10
    Well-produced and beautifully performed album. A reminisce of Laura's musical influences presented elegantly.
  10. joethealien
    Apr 12, 2020
    9
    Very stunning album. Intimate folk tunes with introspective lyrics delivered with Marling's uniquely beautiful vocal stylings. Relevant, passionate and stark. "Only the Strong" is breathtaking, and deserves to be heard by everyone struggling with loneliness in these trying times.
  11. peyman_eun
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    I think the album "Song for our daughter", along with the album "Once I Was an Eagle", is the best album of Laura Marling so far! Very good folk rock music with great vocal. Many masterpiece tracks such as "Held Down" and "Fortune" make this album great.
  12. JuneD
    Apr 11, 2020
    8
    What a beautiful album. It has some of Laura's most affecting songs to date and wonderful lyricism as usual. Love the intimate sound of this record.
  13. DenefRobles
    Apr 10, 2020
    10
    Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, **** on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.
  14. brandoncisne
    Apr 10, 2020
    8
    A must-listen album, very relevant this month. One of the most remarkable in her discography
  15. datwilli
    Apr 10, 2020
    9
    Will def give it a listen, but struggling with the math here a bit, how do two 100's and two 80's average out to a 95?

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#14 Best Album of 2020
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#90 Most Discussed Album of 2020

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Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. AllMusic
    Aug 11, 2020
    80
    At just 30 years old and with seven albums to her credit, Marling's songwriting has been honed to a level of literate maturity that few artists achieve in their careers.
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  2. Under The Radar
    May 12, 2020
    80
    Song For Our Daughter is a mature and worthy work to serve as her latest statement. That its simply stated statements resonate all the more in a quieter time go to show that Marling’s instincts to deliver this gift to our doorsteps early were perfectly timed.
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  3. Q Magazine
    May 5, 2020
    80
    Marling's seventh solo LP has the clarity, mastery and quiet strength of a folk-rock classic. [Jul 2020, p.110]
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