The Golden Echo

The Golden Echo is the second studio album by New Zealand recording artist Kimbra, released by Warner Bros. Records in the United States on 19 August 2014.

Background
Kimbra was inspired by Greek mythology for the album and spent time in a small sheep farm in the middle of Los Angeles. Kimbra went to the farm the day after the 2013 Grammys. "I'd been caught up with all the Grammy and Gotye stuff happening, and the touring, the constant affirmation— or praise, or criticism, or self-reflection— everywhere," she said. "You get wrapped up in it. Then here I was chilling with a bunch of sheep. And they don't give a crap who you are. You're not special to them. You spend time with them and there's this beautiful kind of harmony of how everything works in that environment. It was a really great space to create."

Cover
The cover and all the photographs of The Golden Echo's booklet were shot by Thom Kerr, who also directed the music video for "Miracle".

Critical reception
The Golden Echo received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album obtained a normalised score of 70 out of 100, based on reviews from 12 selected mainstream critics.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Golden Echo


 * Kimbra Johnson - vocals (all tracks); production (all tracks)
 * Matt Bellamy - guitar (track 2)
 * Bilal - featured artist
 * Mario Borgatta - assistant
 * Ron Bruner - writer (track 7)
 * Thundercat - writer (tracks 5, 7)
 * Keefus Ciancia - production (track 3)
 * Martin Cooke - engineer
 * Rich Costey - production (tracks 2, 4-5, 7-9, 11-12); executive producer; mixing
 * Zachary Dawes - writer (track 3)
 * Mark Foster - writer (track 2)
 * Nicolas Fournier - engineer
 * Fraser T. Smith - writer (track 4)
 * Taylor Graves - writer and production (track 8)
 * Nick Haussling - A&R
 * Bo Hill - engineer
 * John Hill - engineer


 * Daniel Johns - writer (tracks 1, 5, 9)
 * Thom Kerr - artwork and photography
 * John Legend - writer (track 11)
 * Bob Ludwig - mastering
 * M-Phazes - production (track 5)
 * Major Dudes - production (track 2)
 * Timon Martin - writer (track 2)
 * Sonny J. Mason - writer, drums (track 10)
 * Stephen McQuinn - writer (track 2)
 * Matt Morris - writer (tracks 2, 10)
 * Tyler Parkford - writer (track 3)
 * Kaveh Rastegar - writer (track 10)
 * John "JR" Robinson - drums
 * Omar Rodríguez-López - guitar (track 13)
 * Michael Shuman - writer (track 3)
 * Surahn "Sid" Sidhu - writing and production (track 6)
 * Alex Tenta - design and layout
 * Dave Tozer - writing and production (track 11)
 * Lenny Waronker - A&R
 * Ben Weinman - guitar (track 14)
 * Joel Whitley - writer (track 7)
 * PolySlyme - writing and production (track 12)