Sixty Summers

The album was recorded sporadically between 2015 and 2019 and was shaped by Stone's key collaborators on the album, Doveman, and St. Vincent. Together, Bartlett and Stone wrote and recorded over 50 demos in his studio in New York, Stone said "Making this record with Thomas, I felt so free. I can hear it in the music, he brings a sense of confidence to recording sessions."{{cite web |url=https://amnplify.com.au/julia-stone-announces-album-sixty-summers-out-19-feb-new-single-dance-video-starring-susan-sarandon-danny-glover/ |title= Julia Stone announces album Sixty Summersout 19 Feb |work=amnplify|date=31 October 2020 |access-date=16 January 2021}} Clark, once presented with the work Bartlett and Stone had made together, fashioned Sixty Summers into the album it is, contributing vocals and guitar in addition to production.

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| MC = 82/100

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| rev2 = Gigwise

| rev2score = {{Rating|6|10}}

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| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}

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Upon release, Sixty Summers received "universal acclaim" from critics, achieving a score of 82 on Metacritic based on 4 reviews.{{cite web |title=Sixty Summers by Julia Stone |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/sixty-summers/julia-stone |website=Metacritic |date=30 April 2021 |access-date=30 April 2021}} A four star review from The Independent praised Stone for reinventing herself, with the album being called "a celebration of newly claimed liberty".{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Roisin |date=29 April 2021 |title=Royal Blood review – Typhoons, plus Julia Stone – Sixty Summers |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/royal-blood-review-typhoons-b1839057.html |website=The Independent |access-date=30 April 2021}} The Evening Standard described the album's sound as "on a whole new planet" and made comparisons to the Taylor Swift album Folklore, with the two albums sharing collaborators in Thomas Bartlett and Matt Berninger.{{cite web |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=30 April 2021 |title=Julia Stone - Sixty Summers review: Long-awaited release exists on a whole new planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/julia-stone-sixty-summers-review-st-vincent-b932234.html |website=Evening Standard |access-date=30 April 2021}} In a more mixed review, Gigwise praised Stone for "eagerness to embrace a more elated sound is wholly admirable" but that "certain lyrical ideas sit a touch on the nose".{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Harrison |date=20 April 2021 |title=Album Review: Julia Stone - Sixty Summers |url=https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3398271/album-review-julia-stone-sixty-summers |website=Gigwise |access-date=30 April 2021}} David James Young from NME said the music is "some of the most interesting music she's ever made".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/julia-stone-sixty-summers-review-2933714|title= Julia Stone – 'Sixty Summers' review: an imperfect, joyful art-pop reinvention|website=NME Australia|date=5 May 2021|access-date=6 May 2021}}

All tracks written by Julia Stone and Thomas Bartlett, except where noted.

{{Track listing

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| title1 = Break

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| extra1 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length1 = 3:23

| title2 = Sixty Summers

| writer2 = {{hlist|Stone|Kaelyn Behr}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = We All Have

| note3 = featuring Matt Berninger

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| extra3 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length3 = 2:39

| title4 = Substance

| writer4 = {{hlist|Stone|Celia Pavey|Daniel Cobbe}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent|Dann Hume{{ref|a|[a]}}|Matt Neighbour{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 3:01

| title5 = Dance

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| extra5 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length5 = 2:59

| title6 = Free

| writer6 = {{hlist|Stone|Megan McInerney|Cobbe}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent|Hume{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Who

| writer7 =

| extra7 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length7 = 3:00

| title8 = Fire in Me

| writer8 = {{hlist|Stone|Cobbe}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length8 = 2:34

| title9 = Easy

| writer9 =

| extra9 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length9 = 3:51

| title10 = Queen

| writer10 = Stone

| extra10 = {{hlist|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length10 = 2:51

| title11 = Heron

| writer11 =

| extra11 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length11 = 2:58

| title12 = Unreal

| writer12 =

| extra12 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length12 = 3:29

| title13 = I Am No One

| writer13 =

| extra13 = {{hlist|Stone|Doveman|St. Vincent}}

| length13 = 3:44

| title14 = Dance

| writer14 =

| note14 = French version) (bonus track

| length14 = 3:01

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