I'm Not Your Man

I'm Not Your Man
Studio album by Marika Hackman
Released	2 June 2017
Studio	Iguana Studio (London, England)
Length	48:43
Labels	AMF Virgin EMI Sub Pop Hostess
Producer	Charlie Andrew
Marika Hackman chronology
We Slept at Last (2015) I'm Not Your Man (2017) Any Human Friend (2019)

I'm Not Your Man is the second full-length studio album by English musician Marika Hackman. It was released on 2 June 2017 by AMF Records, Virgin EMI Records, Sub Pop and Hostess Entertainment Unlimited.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.9/10
Metacritic	80/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 405	9/10
AllMusic
DIY
The Guardian
Mojo
musicOMH
The Observer
Pitchfork	7.5/10
Q
Uncut	8/10

I'm Not Your Man received positive reviews from critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 15 reviews.

Comparing it to Hackman's debut album, Rob Hughes of Uncut said, "I'm Not Your Man is a much rowdier navigation of female relationships and sexuality that moves between dark dreampop and post-Belly/Breeders rock, armed with flashing hooks." Andre Pain of the Evening Standard said, "Hackman has come of age on this arresting and emotionally charged album." Chris Taylor of The Line of Best Fit praised the album, writing, "Her new found confidence comes through in spades here and the end product is a record that shines with a captivating vibrancy. Often mislabeled and perhaps underestimated, Marika uses I'm Not Your Man to break out of that pigeonhole she was put into with gusto."

Chris Catchpole of Q wrote, "It's too long, but otherwise is an unexpected and thoroughly enjoyable artistic left-turn." In his review for Mojo, Andrew Perry wrote that "the record increasingly drifts into hazy, slo-mo dream-pop, which inescapably pales beside the bolder tracks upfront."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Musicians

• Marika Hackman – vocals (all tracks), guitar (all tracks), bass guitar (5, 12), drums (9, 12), sarangi (6), congas (9), string arrangement (5, 12)
• Charlie Andrew – congas (1), drums (5)
• Juliette Jackson – guitar (1–4, 6, 8, 10, 11), background vocals (1–4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
• Sophie Nathan – guitar (1–4, 6, 8, 10, 11), background vocals (1–4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
• Celia Archer – bass guitar (1–4, 6, 8, 10, 11), background vocals (1–4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
• Fern Ford – drums (1–4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
• Kirsty Mangan – viola (7, 12), violin (12), strings (13), string arrangement (7, 13)
• Rachael Lander – cello (5)
• Austin Cooper – trumpet (9)
• Mark Rainbow – background vocals (9)

Technical

• Charlie Andrew – production, mixing
• Brett Cox – recording engineering
• Jay Pocknell – assistant recording engineering
• Katie Earl – assistant recording engineering
• Dick Beetham – mastering

Artwork

• Tristan Pigott – artwork
• Jeff Kleinsmith – design, art direction
• Marika Hackman – art direction

Charts

References