Heart of My Own is the second full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat

Basia Bulat

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, released on January 26, 2010, on Secret City Records

Secret City Records

Secret City Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The music label was founded in 2006 by Andrew Rose and Justin West, originally as sublabel of Justin Time Records. It became fully independent in late 2008....

. The tracks "Gold Rush" and "Run" were released as singles to promote the album.

Track listing

1. "Go On"
2. "Run"
3. "Sugar and Spice"
4. "Gold Rush"
5. "Heart of My Own"
6. "Sparrow"
7. "If Only You"
8. "I'm Forgetting Everyone"
9. "The Shore"
10. "Once More, for the Dollhouse"
11. "Walk You Down"
12. "If It Rains"
13. "Hush" (Bonus Track)

Critical reception

The album received a fair amount of favourable reviews, as indicated by the aggregate score of 72 at Metacritic

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The album is a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize

2010 Polaris Music Prize

The 2010 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 20, 2010. The gala presentation was held at Toronto's Masonic Temple, and was hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 and Sarah Taylor of MuchMusic....

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"Heart of My Own" was awarded the second spot in Exclaim! Magazine's 2010 Folk & Country Year in Review music rankings. The album was praised for the rumbling, rollicking edge in many of its songs, "The arresting vocal and autoharp simplicity of "The Shore" demonstrates the fundamental talent at work, one so transcendent that it hints at a timeless soulfulness that Bulat is still at the outset of channelling."