I'm Not Your Man

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.9/10[2]
Metacritic	80/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 405	9/10[4]
AllMusic	[5]
DIY	[6]
The Guardian	[7]
Mojo	[8]
musicOMH	[9]
The Observer	[10]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[11]
Q	[12]
Uncut	8/10[13]

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.[3]

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."[13] Andre Pain of the Evening Standard said, "Hackman has come of age on this arresting and emotionally charged album."[14] 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."[15]

Chris Catchpole of Q wrote, "It's too long, but otherwise is an unexpected and thoroughly enjoyable artistic left-turn."[12] 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."[8]

Credits adapted from liner notes.[16][20]

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