{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox album | name = Runaway's Diary | type = studio | artist = Amy LaVere | cover =Runaway's Diary.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = {{Start date|2014|05|27}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Americana | length = | label = Archer Records, Thirty Tigers | producer = Luther Dickinson | prev_title = Stranger Me | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Painting Blue | next_year = 2019 }} '''''Runaway's Diary''''' is the fourth studio album by Memphis, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Amy LaVere. It was released on May 27, 2014 by both Archer Records and Thirty Tigers, and was produced by Luther Dickinson.<ref name=nd>{{Cite magazine |last=Perrine |first=Amos |date=May 17, 2014 |title=Amy LaVere – Runaway's Diary |url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/amy-lavere-runaways-diary |magazine=No Depression}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings |MC=85/100<ref name=mc>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/runaways-diary/amy-lavere |title=Runaway's Diary |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=July 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710124417/http://www.metacritic.com/music/runaways-diary/amy-lavere |url-status=live }}</ref> |rev1=AllMusic|rev1score={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/runaways-diary-mw0002648734 |title=Runaway's Diary |last=Jurek |first=Thom |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118140716/http://www.allmusic.com/album/runaways-diary-mw0002648734 |url-status=live }}</ref> |rev2=''No Depression''|rev2score=(favorable)<ref name=nd/> |rev3=''American Songwriter''|rev3score={{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/2014/05/amy-lavere-runaways-diary/ |title=Amy LaVere: Runaway’s Diary |last=Horowitz |first=Hal |website=American Songwriter |publication-date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=June 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603110548/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/05/amy-lavere-runaways-diary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |rev4=Robert Christgau|rev4score=(A−)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-458fc5dff77a#.hncb0f26c |title=Old 97's / Amy LaVere / Bob Dylan in the 80s / Link of Chain / Robert Randolph and the Family Band / Jason Isbell / Mavis Staples / Grant Peeples / Valerie June / Hard Working Americans / Otis Taylor / Thomas Anderson / John Murry / Defibulators |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |website=Medium |publication-date=December 19, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118141110/https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-458fc5dff77a#.hncb0f26c |url-status=live }}</ref> |rev5=''The Guardian''|rev5score={{rating|4|5}}<ref name=guardian>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/22/amy-lavere-runaways-diary-review |title=Amy LaVere: Runaway's Diary review – spooky but upbeat storytelling album |last=Dennis |first=Jon |website=The Guardian |publication-date=May 22, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=May 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523002010/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/22/amy-lavere-runaways-diary-review |url-status=live }}</ref> }} ''Runaway's Diary'' has a score of 85 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 5 reviews, indicating that it has received "universal acclaim" from critics.<ref name=mc/> Jon Dennis of ''The Guardian'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that Lavere's "longstanding penchant for storytelling songs is given free rein" on the album. He concluded by saying, "considering the subject matter, this is an upbeat album, as if LaVere is looking back on her youthful adventures with a twinkle in her eye."<ref name=guardian/>
==Track listing== #"Rabbit" – 5:00 #"Last Rock N Roll Boy to Dance" – 3:08 #"Big Sister" – 4:09 #"Self Made Orphan" – 3:57 #"Where I Lead Me" – 3:26 #"Snowflake" – 2:31 #"How?" – 3:43 #"Don't Go Yet John" – 2:05 #"Lousy Pretender" – 3:30 #"Dark Moon" – 2:38 #"I'll Be Home Soon" – 3:30 #"Reprise" – 0:44
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