Like I'm a Warrior
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| artist = Emilie Nicolas
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| released = {{start date|2014|08|19|df=yes}}
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| genre = Electropop
| length = {{duration|m=42|s=03}}
| label = Columbia Records / Sony Music Norway
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Like I'm a Warrior is the 2014 debut album of the Norwegian singer-songwriter Emilie Nicolas{{cite news |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/2014/09/22/kultur/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/anmeldelser/norsk/35386136 |title=Et usedvanlig velmodnet og helstøpt debutalbum - Emilie Nicolas balanserer kunst og kommers på utsøkt vis |work=Musical reviews |language=Norwegian |first=Torgrim |last=Øyre |publisher=Dagbladet |date=2014-11-22 |accessdate=2015-04-03}}{{cite web |url=http://gaffa.com/anmeldelse/87527 |title=Emilie Nicolas - Like I'm A Warrior |work=Musical reviews |language=Norwegian |first=Brand |last=Barstein |publisher=Gaffa.com |date=2014-09-29 |accessdate=2015-04-03}} released on Sony Music.{{cite news |url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/plateanmeldelse-emilie-nicolas-like-i-m-a-warrior/a/23301306 |title=Plateanmeldelse: Emilie Nicolas - "Like I’m A Warrior" |work=Musical reviews |language=Norwegian |publisher=Verdens Gang |date=2014-09-22 |accessdate=2015-04-03}}{{cite news |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Emilie-Nicolas---Na-ma-jeg-snart-lare-meg-a-si-Yess_-jeg-far-det-til-7803282.html |title=Emilie Nicolas: - Nå må jeg snart lære meg å si "Yess, jeg får det til" |work=Musical reviews |language=Norwegian |first=Robert Hoftun |last=Gjestad |publisher=Aftenposten |date=2014-11-28 |accessdate=2015-04-03}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/emilie-nicolas-best-fit-newcomers |title=Emilie Nicolas: "It has to be personal" |work=Interview |first=Maya |last=Hambro |publisher=TheBestFit.com |date=2014-11-26 |accessdate=2015-04-04}}{{cite news |url=https://morgenbladet.no/kultur/2014/voksesmerter#.VSAvTPmsVy4 |title=Voksesmerter |work=Musical reviews |language=Norwegian |first=Jon Mikkel Broch |last=Ålvik |publisher=Morgenbladet |date=2014-10-03 |accessdate=2015-04-04}}
Background
Like I'm a Warrior won Best Pop Singer and Best Newcomer at the 2014 Spellemannprisen. Nicolas headlined the Øya Festival in Oslo 2015,{{cite web|url=http://oyafestivalen.no/artist/emilie-nicolas |title=Emilie Nicolas opplevde et stort gjennombrudd i 2014 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Øya Festival |accessdate=2015-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627022331/http://oyafestivalen.no/artist/emilie-nicolas/ |archivedate=2015-06-27 }} and also appeared at the 2015 Moldejazz international festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moldejazz.no/2015/en-gb/artists/emilie-nicolas |title=Youth and critics favorite! |publisher=Moldejazz |accessdate=2015-04-04}}
Reception
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| rev1 = Aftenposten
| rev2 = Dagbladet
| rev3 = Verdens Gang
| rev4 = Romerikes Blad
| rev5 = Gaffa.com
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Like I'm a Warrior reached number 1 on VG-lista, the official Norwegian Albums Chart.
The reviewer Robert Hoftun Gjestad of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten awarded the album grade 6,{{cite news |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Nicolas-overgar-hypen-7715604.html |title=Nicolas overgår hypen |work=Musical reviews |language=Norwegian |first=Robert Hoftun |last=Gjestad |publisher=Aftenposten |date=2014-09-22 |accessdate=2015-04-04}} the reviewer Torgrim Øyre of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 6, the Verdens Gang review awarded the album dice 5, the reviewer Torstein Davidsen of the Norwegian newspaper Romerikes Blad awarded the album dice 6,{{cite news |url=https://www.rb.no/lokal_kultur/article7638736.ece |title=Emilie Nicolas: "Like I'm A Warrior" |work=Musical reviews |language=Norwegian |first=Torstein |last=Davidsen |publisher=Romerikes Blad |date=2014-10-14 |accessdate=2015-04-04}} and the reviewer Brand Barstein of the Scandinavian website Gaffa.com awarded the album 6 stars.
Track list
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| title1 = Nobody Knows
| length1 = 4:34
| title2 = Let You Out
| length2 = 3:38
| title3 = Grown Up
| length3 = {{cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/89009115 |title=Emilie Nicolas - Grown Up |publisher= YouTube |accessdate=2015-04-04}} 3:33
| title4 = Melancholia
| length4 = 5:01
| title5 = Fail
| length5 = {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwdO3Sp3XM |title=Emilie Nicolas - Fail |publisher= YouTube |accessdate=2015-04-04}} 3:26
| title6 = Charge
| length6 = 5:19
| title7 = Us
| length7 = 3:07
| title8 = Pstereo
| length8 = 3:58
| title9 = Games
| length9 = 5:03
| title10 = Put Me Down
| length10 = 4:18
}}
Charts
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| scope="col"|Chart (2014)
!scope="col"|Peak |
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References
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