I Heard It In A Past Life
| Maggie Rogers
I Heard It In A Past Life
Heard It in a Past Life is the major-label debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers. It was released on January 18, 2019, via Debay Sounds under exclusive license to Capitol Records. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Three years after an encounter with Pharrell turned her into a viral phenomenon, the accidental star finally delivers her debut album, but her talents are eclipsed by overproduction.
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Rolling Stone
The singer-songwriter’s major-label debut is full of tuneful goodness and relatable detail.
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NME
Maggie Rogers writes empowering, honest songs about falling hopelessly in love, getting your heart broken and discovering your self-worth. Her debut album is the work of an idiosyncratic talent.
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Consequence of Sound
The new queen of indie pop proves that she is here to stay on her debut full-length.
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Paste Magazine
The charts are starved for something real and down-to-earth, and her songs, while heavily produced in comparison to some of her folksier beginnings, have an earnestness to them that can’t be fabricated.
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The Guardian
Alaska hitmaker's debut lacks edge.
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Variety
The newcomer makes musical comfort food out of ambivalence and anxiety in an arresting major-label debut.
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Hotpress
Thanks to Rogers’ ability to craft catchy yet intelligent pop, this listener fully expects her to be one of the breakout successes of 2019. Watch her fly.
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Independent
Rogers took her time with her debut album – but it never quite reaches the mountainous heights of her breakout song.
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The 405
Maggie Rogers finds her light a bit dimmed on Heard It in a Past Life, but there's still pleasure to be found.
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The Post Athens
It seems Rogers is only going up, and it only makes sense when she’s producing music of this quality.
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Whitman Wire
Maggie Rogers blesses her listeners with her inspiring passion for music and taps into an overflowing reservoir of artistry.
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The Line of Best Fit
There’s something about Maggie Rogers: something rare and something wonderful.
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Refinery29
Maggie Rogers Inspires Introspection On Debut Album.
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The Needle Drop
Maggie Rogers' debut studio album doesn't have much in the way of memorable songwriting or a distinctive voice.
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Atwood Magazine
Rogers has continued to expand on her sound- her own blending of folk imagery and harmony with the backbone and energy of dance music- while gaining more recognition and success.
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The Current
There's lots to enjoy.
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Reading Eagle
The album features her distinctive and warm voice.
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Golden Plec
Although nothing else quite reaches the creative heights of Alaska, there’s plenty to admire about ‘Hard It In A Past Life’.
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The Ringer
With her debut album ‘Heard It in a Past Life,’ the 24-year-old NYU grad is making good on her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and asserting herself as a bold young artist.
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Irish Times
Vibrant electro-pop collection.
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Albumism
Maggie Rogers Transcends the Hype Machine with ‘Heard It In A Past Life’.
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DIY Mag
Maggie has certainly found her own voice.
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The Skinny
While Maggie Rogers' major label debut lacks some vital elements, it acts as a stepping stone from a talent who is just about to surge ahead.
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88.5 KURE
Overall, I think “Heard It In a Past Life is an amazing album, especially for a solo female artist!
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Northern Transmissions
Heard It in a Past Life nonetheless stands as a powerful mission statement, marrying influences from the dance music she embraced while in Europe during a gap year and the folk music of her upbringing with finesse and conviction. Festival darling status beckons.
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Plugged In
Heard It in a Past Life is filled with honest, thought-provoking lyrics that follow the singer's personal journey and tell a story of someone who is simultaneously looking at her past while expectantly longing for all that is yet to come.
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Gigwise
Incisive lyrics propel the Maryland singer’s debut.
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Medium
I really wanted to like this album, but the more I listened to it, the less I liked it, and what a disappointment this one turned out for me.
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DBK News
Maggie Rogers’ debut album is a cohesive ear worm.
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Soundigest
Heard It in a Past Life Is for the Nostalgia-Driven Dreamers.
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Beat Route
Rogers’ transcendent vocals belt out thought-provoking lyrics with the album having an overall lyrical theme of reminiscing, revival and letting go of resentment.
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The AU Review
Heard It in a Past Life’s strength comes as a result of Rogers and the time she’s taken to put these tracks together. It is joyous and clean; heartfelt and emotive.
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The Ithacan
Maggie Rogers’ album is full of heart.
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Uproxx
Maggie Rogers Spins Pop Songs Into Revelations.
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All Music
While it sometimes feels like Rogers could be even bolder than she is on Heard It in a Past Life, it's a strong debut that shows how well she's growing into her fame as well as all the dimensions of her music.
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Lion Newspaper
If you’re looking for an authentic album full of songs to dance and sing (or scream) along to, this is perfect for you.
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Immortal Reviews
This album makes Rogers more than a musician to look up to: it makes her just another person you can relate to.
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Pop Matters
Her singing provides the album's highlights.
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Beyond the Stage Magazine
When listeners walk away from listening to Heard It In A Past Life, they will walk away realizing two things—that Rogers is her own woman and she’s ready to take on the world.
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The Crimson
Rogers is a skilled conduit for emotion, translating sentiments into concise verse.
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Glide Magazine
MAGGIE ROGERS CONTINUES METEORIC RISE WITH EXCEPTIONAL DEBUT FULL LENGTH ‘HEARD IT IN A PAST LIFE’.
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Exclaim!
Change may come, but this time Rogers is ready for it.
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Clash Music
A bold debut album that finds Maggie Rogers rising to the challenge.
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34st
With her first studio album, Maggie Rogers proves herself to be a bright new talent.
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Sputnik Music
Young star proves she's here to stay.
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The Central Trend
With a style all her own and songs that are lyrically genius, I think she will surely wind up being one of the best breakout artists of 2019.
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Time
Much more than a viral trend.
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Bowdoin Orient
She’s made something beautiful out of the storm, and she’s done it on her own terms.
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The FLUF
I’m so glad Maggie fell into our lives, and like everyone else, I can’t wait to see what she does next.
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Newsday
Fully realized debut.
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Yahoo!
If anything, this record is a formal announcement: Maggie Rogers is here to stay.
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Thank Folk For That
Because her music is so deeply seeded in the love and passion she has for it, this record can’t help but naturally draw the world closer to her.
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Dork
The former Dork cover star has dropped a good 'un.
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TN2
Rogers opens her heart and captures the essence of what it feels like to go on a journey after feeling so lost for so long.
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KTSW Blog
Rogers adds individuality to the synthpop genre, due to her deeply rooted love for music that comes so naturally to her.
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The University News
Maggie Rogers Reaches Listeners with “Heard It In a Past Life”.
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Student Edge
This here is 'easy-listening', and that should indicate how easy it is to listen to, in the background, rather than plant you, Pharrell-like, in your seat for its entire runtime.
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Diandra Reviews It All
Maggie Rogers sounds magical.
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WERS.org
A stunning debut.
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The New York Times
An artistic statement.
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Music Mayhem Magazine
Rogers is here to stay.
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Exepose
Overall, I am impressed by Heard It In A Past Life. It exudes confidence, but also sensitivity; listening to it you can’t help but feel that Maggie Rogers knows who she is as an artist.
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The Musical Hype
Rising alternative musician Maggie Rogers delivers a captivating effort on her highly-anticipated debut album, ‘Heard It in a Past Life.’
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LONDON IN STEREO
It’s a shame that Rogers’ intricate organic-synthetic marriage is contradicted elsewhere with less imaginative melodies (‘Light On’, ‘Retrograde’, ‘Burning’). But songs like ‘Say It’ and the feverish ‘On + Off’ display such startling promise that much can be forgiven.
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The Echo
“Heard It In a Past Life” is a great album for exploring various feelings while still pertaining to the indie-alternative passion of Maggie Rogers.
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NZ Herald
Maggie Rogers' voice is both literally and figuratively crystal clear throughout her debut album.
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Entertainment Voice
Maggie Rogers Delivers Pop With Substance on Debut Album ‘Heard It In a Past Life’.
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Hey Nineteen
Maggie Rogers has a voice and vision that is singular and unique, even if she sometimes chooses to express that in the broadest strokes.
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The Modern Record
PRISTINE DEBUT.
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Spectrum Culture
Maggie Rogers makes music you listen to in the wilderness.
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NYLON
Maggie Rogers Is Back In Her Body.
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Grimy Goods
MAGGIE ROGERS FINDS HER FOOTING, FINDS HER VOICE—SHOUTS IT FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP ON HEARD IT IN A PAST LIFE.
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Classic Pop Mag
Alaska remains the highlight of this frustratingly generic set.
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The Michigan Daily
Life can be one whole juxtaposition. Maggie moves through space by feeling these oppositions intensely, and then reports back on it.
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WVUA FM
Rogers’ Florence Welch-inspired vocals float over sparse, electronic percussion.
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KCR College Radio
I am now a full-on Maggie Rogers fan.
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Thomas Bleach
From start to finish I couldn’t help but be fully captivated by her magical vocals, sooth harmonies and groovy production.
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Substream Magazine
Maggie Rogers masterfully tackles the memories of her past on “Heard It In A Past Life".
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The Oracle
“Heard it in a Past Life” is not just an album — it is an experience.
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Jakkawi
Three years after an encounter with Pharrell Williams turned her into a viral phenomenon, the folktronica rising pop star finally delivers her debut album that is bold, unique and best of all audacious.
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Scribe
Maggie Rogers’ album “Heard It in a Past Life” is far from flawless.
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MCR Live
Heard It In A Past Life is a beautiful and honest album – Maggie Rogers is definitely one to watch this year.
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Giggin NI
A beautifully honest album about loss, heartache, love and recovery.
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Newcastle Herald
Heard It In A Past Life sees a more polished Rogers, 24, who has tapped into electro-pop instrumentation to colour her folk song stories.
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The Saturday Paper
The album feels like one that will grow in esteem as her career continues.
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Chorus.fm
Talented doesn’t even begin to describe the work of art that Maggie Rogers has put forth on her fantastic debut.
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A Bit of Pop Music
Maggie Rogers finds balance on Heard It In A Past Life.
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The Hoya
The album explores Rogers’ whirlwind experience vaulting from college student to bona fide star, and in this way the album shines.
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Mxdwn
Maggie Rogers is here to stay.
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Half-Past
She is impressive not only as a singer and lyricist, but as a musician (or DJ) as well. She has a good sense of pairing, and is able to align the tones of both words and sounds.
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Kelly Alexander Show
Mature but not glitzy, strong without comprising itself.
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Bleached Magazine
She promises in an open letter to always be her, to be messy, flawed, honest and, most important, human and that is exactly what “Heard It In A Past Life” embodies.
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The Needle Drop
Maggie Rogers' debut studio album doesn't have much in the way of memorable songwriting or a distinctive voice.
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Sunlighter
She truly is a standout artist.
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The Press Release
Heard It In A Past Life marks a monumental step in Maggie Rogers’ career as a timeless voice and artist in the world of music.
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Not A Sound
The record is teaming with life and joy in terms of the richness of its lyricism and musicianship.
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Everything Is Noise
With Heart It In A Past Life, American singer Maggie Rogers delivers twelve songs full of energetic indie pop, nice electronica, and catchy choruses.
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STACK
The music student who made Pharrell Williams cry has come a long way, baby.
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Sounds Good
Maggie Rogers delivers with debut album Heard It In A Past Life.
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NOW Toronto
Maggie Rogers's debut album shows she's more than a viral flash in the pan.
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Honey Punch Magazine
She’s the hero pop music needed.
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Marist Circle
Maggie Rogers is a Big-Ticket Indie-Pop Pioneer.
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High Note Blog
MAGGIE ROGERS TURNS AUTOBIOGRAPHY INTO ART FOR DEBUT ALBUM.
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Cougar Radio
Overall, this is a solid album.
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Northern Review
She has risen above the oft-fleeting nature of viral fame and is here to stay.
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Bernard Zuel
It would be easy to suggest the relative blandness of Heard It In A Past Life is down to the corporate hand hovering over Rogers now, but it could well be her own uncertainty about what kind of artist she wants to be.
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Daze Magazine
Rogers has simply dedicated herself to quality songwriting, production, and experimentation—and it shows she’s having fun.
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WXJM Radio
MAGGIE ROGERS' OVERPRODUCED DEBUT RECORD HITS IT HOME FOR SOME.
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Drunk Muskrat
Pharrell praised Maggie Rogers for doing something that sounds completely unique. With time she did the exact opposite and made music that sounds like everyone else.
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The Feather
This album is one of my favorites of all time and definitely the best female pop record I have ever heard. I recommend it to someone looking for a fresh taste of pop music.
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The Undeniable Life
Rogers establishes herself as one of the best indie artists of the moment, from haunting vocals to unique beats to perfectly-crafted lyrics.
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House in the Sand
With lyrics that tell stories so honestly and openly, "Heard It In A Past Life" is filled with songs you can relate to.
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Ticket Arena
Far from a one trick pony.
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Burning Fay
It’s solid, if sometimes unchallenging, songwriting that signals that Maggie Rogers is set up to take that next step if she wants to and write more challenging, boundary-pushing music.
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Katie Kasperson
Maggie Rogers’ music is nothing short of, well, breathtaking.
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The Washington Times
Maggie Rogers, excitingly, delivers on early promise.
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Broad Recognition
A CONFIDENT CLAIMING OF SELF AND SOUND: HEARD IT IN A PAST LIFE BY MAGGIE ROGERS.
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Sound Opinions
All icing.
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