Brave Enough

by Lindsey Stirling

Overview

This highly anticipated release features a number of high profile collaborations including Christina Perri, Dan + Shay, ZZ Ward, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Rivers Cuomo, Grammy Award winning hip-hop artist Lecrae, and critically acclaimed electronic musicians Zedd and Robert Delong who each produced a track.

Blending electronic music with a diverse number of musical genres that include pop, country, rap, alternative and rock, Brave Enough displays Lindsey Stirling’s impressive ability to push her own musical boundaries while continuing to embrace her own unique signature sound.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/19/2016
Label:	Lindsey Stomp Music
UPC:	0762184742625
catalogNumber:	9
Rank:	722

Tracks

1. Lost Girls
2. Brave Enough
3. The Arena
4. The Phoenix
5. Where Do We Go
6. Those Days
7. Prism
8. Hold My Heart
9. Mirage
10. Don’t Let This Feeling Fade
11. First Light
12. Love's Just a Feeling
13. Something Wild
14. Gavi's Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lindsey Stirling   Primary Artist,Violin
Andrew Goldstein   Keyboards
Ruth-Anne Cunningham   Vocals
Christina Perri   Vocals
Noah Churchill   Percussion

Technical Credits

Andrew Goldstein   Composer,Programming,Producer
Drew Lawrence   Composer
Rivers Cuomo   Composer
Josh Abraham   Producer,Executive Producer
Antonina Armato   Composer
Tim James   Composer
James Wong   Composer
Andrew McMahon   Composer
Toby Gad   Composer
Keith Varon   Composer,Producer
Nico Hartikainen   Composer
Carah Faye   Composer
Jason Gaviati   Composer
Stephen Anderson   Composer,Producer
Ryan Shanahan   Engineer
Autumn Rowe   Composer
Sean Walsh   Producer,Vocal Producer
Oligee   Producer
Lecrae Moore   Composer
Brett Nolan   Vocal Producer
Robert DeLong   Composer,Programming,Producer,Engineer
Anton Zaslavski   Composer
Afsheen   Composer,Producer
Zedd   Producer
Lindsey Stirling   Composer
ZZ Ward   Composer
Evan "Kidd" Bogart   Composer
Becky Hill   Composer
Josh Cumbee   Composer
Marty Rod   Composer
Raja Kumari   Composer
Peter Hanna   Composer
Taylor Bird   Composer
Nico Stadi   Producer,Additional Production
Niklas Lundberg   Artwork

Editorial Reviews

Lindsey Stirling's third album, Brave Enough, is where her crossover sound falls nicely into place. Her first two efforts -- thrilling collisions of violin acrobatics and electronic embellishment -- were novel, but there was something missing to that new age dubstep. On Brave Enough, Stirling taps into a deep well of pain -- inspired by her own emotional maturity and the death of her best friend and keyboardist, Jason Gaviati, in November 2015 -- and the result is an organic interplay between her instrument and digital beats that focuses more on pleasant rhythms than dubstep muscle. Each song is a step through the processing of pain, an emotional roller coaster that finds Stirling on a journey to face the darkness and find a way to carry on. The ethereal "Lost Girls" cleanses Stirling's confusion with a Celtic raver. From there, a handful of guests assist in conveying Stirling's thoughts. Christina Perri adds her effective sentimentality to the title track, mirroring Stirling's soul with lines like "There's some things I should have said/I was too afraid/It was just so hard to let you know/Now it's all too late." From there, Stirling enters "The Arena" to get dirty with her demons, before rising from the ashes on the explosive "The Phoenix," which is what one might imagine if Nero hired a classical violinist. Shiny Toy Guns/Versant vocalist Carah Faye conveys Stirling's faith and trust in God on "Where Do We Go," while country duo Dan + Shay step out of their boots for a shimmering dose of nostalgia on "Those Days." Blues-rocker ZZ Ward adds gritty soul to the empowering "Hold My Heart" and Andrew McMahon carries the torch even further with the adventurous "Something Wild." Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Christian rapper Lecrae appear on "Don't Let This Feeling Fade," but their star power never overshadows Stirling. On an album without a skippable track, the standouts are big moments like the tropical-trap jam "Prism" and the propulsive glory of the unique "Mirage" with Indian-American femcee Raja Kumari. Over 13 tracks of rousing violin stompers, Stirling continuously proves that she can party just as well as she can stir the soul. However, on the closing number, Stirling releases a wallop of sentiment. "Gavi's Song" is somber and mournful, a sweeping piano-violin gem that she began writing with the late Gaviati, later finishing it on her own. It's a quietly devastating heartbreaker that manages to lift the spirit with a tiny sparkle of hope. It ends with a faint recording of a demo session with Gavi, his voice the final sound on the album. It's a fitting tribute on an album infused with his spirit. That heart is central to what makes Brave Enough so successful: it's not just about cool crossover sounds anymore, it's about hitting that emotional target. Stirling and company pull it off quite nicely and Brave Enough ends up being one of her most listenable, enjoyable, and emotionally satisfying efforts. ~ Neil Z. Yeung

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