Primal Heart

Primal Heart is the third studio album by New Zealand musician Kimbra. It was released on 20 April 2018 through Warner Bros. Records. It had originally been scheduled for release on 19 January 2018, but was pushed back. Kimbra released "Hi Def Distance Romance" as a free exclusive download to fans signed up to her mailing list. The album spawned 6 singles.

Critical reception
Primal Heart was positively received by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing
Notes
 * undefined signifies a co-producer
 * undefined signifies an additional producer

Personnel
Musicians


 * Kimbra – vocals (all tracks), drum programming (tracks 1–4, 7), keyboards (1, 8)
 * John Congleton – bass (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7), drum programming (2, 4–7), additional programming (2), synthesizer (6)
 * Timon Martin – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7), programming (1, 6), synthesizer (1), drum programming (3, 8), additional keyboards (6), additional programming (9)
 * Bobby Sparks – synthesizer (track 1), Wurlitzer (2), keyboards (9, 10)
 * Lars Horntveth – synthesizer (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8), synth bass (2, 3, 5, 7), saxophone (4), tenor saxophone (6), guitar (8, 9),arrangement (8), string arrangement (9, 10), strings (9), sound effects (11)
 * Pino Palladino – bass (track 2)
 * Skrillex – drum programming (track 2)
 * Taylor Graves – keyboards, programming (tracks 3, 5); synthesizer (5)
 * Spencer Zahn – bass (tracks 3, 6), synth bass (8)
 * Joey Waronker – drums (tracks 3, 9, 10), additional programming (5)
 * Andrew Maury – additional programming, guitar (track 4); programming, synthesizer (7)
 * Ian Kirkpatrick – synthesizer programming (track 4)
 * Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – synthesizer (tracks 6, 9, 10), piano (9), Wurlitzer (10)
 * Paul Salva – additional programming (track 6)
 * Robin Hannibal – keyboards (track 6)
 * Matthew Masurska – additional synthesizer, programming (track 7)
 * Matt Friedman – programming, synthesizer (track 7)
 * F.A.M.E.'s Project – strings (tracks 9–11)
 * Macedonian Orchestra – strings (tracks 9–11)
 * Zachary Dawes – bass (tracks 9, 10)
 * Ethan Gruska – piano (track 11)
 * Owen Pallett – string arrangement (track 11)

Technical
 * Greg Calbi – mastering
 * John Congleton – mixing

Visuals
 * Kimbra – creative direction
 * Margo Graxeda – creative direction
 * Norman Wonderly – creative direction
 * Vlad Sepetov – art direction, graphic design, packaging
 * Micaiah Carter – photography