Burn Your Fire for No Witness
{{Infobox album
| name = Burn Your Fire for No Witness
| type = Studio
| artist = Angel Olsen
| cover = Burn Your Fire for No Witness.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2014|02|17}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|indie folk|alternative country}}
| length = 44:20
60:17 (deluxe edition)
| label = Jagjaguwar
| producer = John Congleton
| prev_title = Half Way Home
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = My Woman
| next_year = 2016
}}
Burn Your Fire for No Witness is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Angel Olsen. It was released in February 2014 under Jagjaguwar Records. "Forgiven/Forgotten", "Hi-Five" and "Windows" were released as singles. A deluxe edition was released on November 18, 2014, with five additional tracks.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 84/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/burn-your-fire-for-no-witness/angel-olsen|title=Reviews for Burn Your Fire for No Witness by Angel Olsen|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=February 25, 2014}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/burn-your-fire-for-no-witness-mw0002601627|title=Burn Your Fire for No Witness – Angel Olsen|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 25, 2014|last=Thomas|first=Fred}}
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2Score = B+{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/previously-subdued-songwriter-angel-olsen-cranks-u-201194|title=Previously subdued songwriter Angel Olsen cranks up the volume|work=The A.V. Club|date=February 18, 2014|accessdate=December 12, 2014|last=Rytlewski|first=Evan}}
| rev3 = The Daily Telegraph
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|title=Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=February 15, 2014|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/13/angel-olsen-burn-your-fire-review|title=Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness – review|work=The Guardian|date=February 13, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2016|last=Hann|first=Michael}}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness|journal=Mojo|issue=244|date=March 2014|page=90}}
| rev6 = NME
| rev6Score = 9/10{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/15096|title=Angel Olsen – 'Burn Your Fire For No Witness'|journal=NME|date=February 17, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2016|last=Snapes|first=Laura|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001210101/http://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/15096|archivedate=October 1, 2016}}
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7Score = 8.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18956-angel-olsen-burn-your-fire-for-no-witness/|title=Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness|work=Pitchfork|date=February 17, 2014|accessdate=December 12, 2014|last=Zoladz|first=Lindsay}}
| rev8 = Q
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness|journal=Q|issue=332|date=March 2014|page=117}}
| rev9 = Rolling Stone
| rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/burn-your-fire-for-no-witness-20140218|title=Burn Your Fire for No Witness|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 18, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2016|last=Powell|first=Mike}}
| rev10 = Spin
| rev10Score = 7/10{{cite journal|url=http://www.spin.com/2014/02/angel-olsen-burn-your-fire-for-no-witness/|title=Angel Olsen's Stark, Fraught 'Burn Your Fire for No Witness' Is Equal Parts Heat and Smoke|journal=Spin|date=February 21, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2016|last=Soto|first=Alfred}}
}}
Burn Your Fire for No Witness garnered broadly positive reviews from critics. Turntable Kitchen called it "spellbinding and beautifully composed," while further describing it as "an album spilling over with heart-swelling and painfully visceral romance."{{cite web|url=http://www.turntablekitchen.com/2014/02/musical-pairings-angel-olsen-burn-your-fire-for-no-witness/|title=Musical Pairings: Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness - Turntable Kitchen|date=11 February 2014 |publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}} The A.V. Club named it the best album of 2014. The Village Voice{{'}}s Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll named Burn Your Fire for No Witness the eighth-best album of 2014.
In December 2019, Pitchfork listed Burn Your Fire for No Witness as the 26th best album of the decade.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-2010s/ |title=The Best 200 Albums of the 2010s|date=8 October 2019 |publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=3 December 2019}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|all_writing=Angel Olsen, except where noted
|title1=Unfucktheworld
|length1=2:05
|title2=Forgiven/Forgotten
|length2=2:03
|title3=Hi-Five
|length3=2:57
|title4=White Fire
|length4=6:55
|title5=High & Wild
|length5=3:53
|title6=Lights Out
|length6=4:27
|title7=Stars
|length7=4:38
|title8=Iota
|length8=3:27
|title9=Dance Slow Decades
|length9=4:05
|title10=Enemy
|length10=5:43
|title11=Windows
|length11=4:07
}}
{{Track listing
|headline= Deluxe edition bonus tracks
|title12=White Water
|length12=5:40
|title13=All Right Now
|length13=2:59
|title14=Only with You
|length14=2:35
|title15=May as Well
|length15=2:39
|title16=Endless Road
|note16=Hoyt Axton
|length16=2:04
}}
Charts
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{{album chart|Flanders|81|artist=Angel Olsen|album=Burn Your Fire for No Witness|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|55|artist=Angel Olsen|album=Burn Your Fire for No Witness|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |
{{album chart|France|146|artist=Angel Olsen|album=Burn Your Fire for No Witness|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |
{{album chart|UK2|64|date=20140223|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |
{{album chart|UKIndependent|13|date=20140223|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 2, 2019}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|71|artist=Angel Olsen|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|16|artist=Angel Olsen|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|12|artist=Angel Olsen|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRock|19|artist=Angel Olsen|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 24, 2017}} |