Nobody Owns You Explained

Nobody Owns You
Type:studio
Artist:Joan Osborne
Cover:Joan Osborne - Nobody Owns You.jpg
Alt:A photo of Osborne smiling
Studio:Degraw Sound, Brooklyn, New York, US
Language:English
Label:Womanly Hips
Producer:Ben Rice
Prev Title:Radio Waves
Prev Year:2023

Nobody Owns You is a 2023 studio album by American singer-songwriter Joan Osborne. The release balances personal and political themes and has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

In American Songwriter, Lee Zimmerman rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, writing that "Osborne is in typical robust voice throughout, Rice's production is appropriately subtle if needed and more vivid when required, but some selections don't connect melodically" and "there is little of the frisky soul or funk that made Osborne's albums of R&B, Motown, and oldie pop covers so successful, replaced by a somber, pensiveness". Jim Hynes of Glide Magazine praised the "raw emotional place" and how Osborne has "never been as focused and direct as she is with this poignant effort".

Track listing

  1. "I Should've Danced More" (Joan Osborne and Ben Rice) – 3:56
  2. "Nobody Owns You" (Osborn and Rice) – 3:32
  3. "So Many Airports" (Osborn and Rice) – 3:44
  4. "Woman's Work" (Adam Bernstein, Osborn, Larry Perfetti Jack Petruzzelli, and Rice) – 3:39
  5. "The Smallest Trees" (Osborn) – 3:40
  6. "Time of the Gun" (Osborn and Petruzzelli) – 4:03
  7. "Dig a Little Ditch" (Osborn) – 3:40
  8. "Secret Wine" (Rice and Wade Schuman) – 3:37
  9. "Child of God" (no songwriting credits) – 4:26
  10. "Tower of Joy" (Osborn) – 4:00
  11. "Lifeline" (Osborn and Rice) – 4:16
  12. "Great American Cities" (Osborn and Rice) – 4:39

Personnel

See also