Produced by Anderson herself, it features contributions from Anohni, Filharmonie Brno, Trimbach Trio, Martha Mooke, Marc Ribot, Kenny Wollesen, Tony Sherr and Ryan Kelly.

[1] Mat Smith of Clash praised the album, stating: "Amelia is this a towering work of artistic endeavour and creative genius which comfortably ranks as one of Anderson's most definitive statements yet".

[6] Valerie Polichar of Spectrum Culture wrote: "by turns delicate, grand and distraught, in this telling of another woman's story, Amelia may in some ways be Anderson's most personal album yet".

[5] AllMusic's Mark Deming wrote: "Amelia might have worked better if Anderson had kept the focus on Earhart's internal dialogue as she struggled to live up to the goal she set for herself and why she chose such a brave and challenging feat, but as it is, it's a collection of interesting ideas and striking moments where the whole doesn't quite equal the sum of the parts".

[3] In his mixed review for The Observer, Damien Morris wrote: "the project's biggest failing is its artless shifting of perspectives between anodyne reportage and first-person journalling, leaving it neither compendious nor immediate enough.