- St. Elsewhere (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = St. Elsewhere
Type =Album
Artist =Gnarls Barkley
Background = orange
Released =April 24 2006 (UK)May 9 2006 (USA)
Recorded =
Genre =Neo Soul Alternative
Length = 37:21
Label =Warner Music (UK) Atlantic/Downtown (U.S.)
Producer =Danger Mouse
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (85%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=137439 link]
*About.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://rap.about.com/od/albumreviews/fr/StElsewhere.htm link]
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w8ue4j678wai link]
*"The Dartmouth " (favorable) [http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006050804010 link]
*E! Online (A) [http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,3706,00.html link]
*"Entertainment Weekly " (A) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,1191006_4_0_,00.html link]
*Guardian Unlimited Rating|4|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1753256,00.html link]
*"LA Times" (favorable)May 6 2006
*"NME " Rating|4|5 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/gnarls-barkley/7915 link]
*"Now" Rating|3|5 [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-05-04/music_discs3.php link]
*Okayplayer Rating|4|5 [http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/st_elsewhere/ link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18333/Gnarls_Barkley_St_Elsewhere link]
*"PlayLouder " Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.playlouder.co.uk/review/+st-elsewhere/ link]
*"Q" Rating|4|5 (#239, June 2006, p. 109)
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gnarlsbarkley/albums/album/10193507/review/10278550/st_elsewhere May 4, 2006, p.56]
*"Slant Magazine " Rating|5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=835 link]
*Stylus Magazine (B+) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/gnarls-barkley/st-elsewhere.htm link]
*Yahoo! 'sdotmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060428/33/206of.html link]
Last album =
This album = "St. Elsewhere" (2006)
Next album = "The Odd Couple" (2008)"St. Elsewhere" is the debut album by
Gnarls Barkley , a collaboration betweenDanger Mouse andCee-Lo . The album was originally titled "Who Cares?" in reference to the low sales Gnarls Barkley prematurely predicted their album would experience. It was released onApril 24 2006 in theUnited Kingdom , where it debuted at number one on theUK Album Chart , [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml|work=BBC Radio 1|accessdate=May 1|accessyear=2006|title=UK Top 40 Albums] and onMay 9 2006 in theUnited States , although it was available for purchase one week earlier as adigital download in the U.S.iTunes Music Store . It debuted at number twenty on the U.S.Billboard 200 , and as of the Billboard 200 issue date ofAugust 5 ,2006 , it peaked at #4 on this chart.The album's first single, "Crazy", was the first song to become a UK number-one single based solely on downloads. [cite web|title="Crazy song makes musical history"|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4870150.stm|accessdate=April 2|accessyear=2006]
As of
August 22 ,2006 , the album has been shipped to stores in excess of 1,000,000 units, receiving a platinum certification from theRIAA . [ [http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=156267 PRESS RELEASE Gnarls Barkley Receives RIAA Platinum Certification; Duo's Debut Honored for Sales Exceeding One Million; "Crazy" Makes History While Scoring Three MTV VMA Nods] from Market Wire] ByNielsen SoundScan sales are now at 1,260,535 copies, [ [http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41120 UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (23/12/2006)] ] as ofMarch 15 2007 .A limited edition deluxe package of "St. Elsewhere" was released on
November 7 . The CD+DVD package includes a 92 page booklet, four music videos and bonus songs from live performances. It was also released on vinyl.The album has sold over 3.6 million copies worldwide to date.
Track listing
# "
Go-Go Gadget Gospel " (Brian Burton ,Thomas Callaway ,Nicolas Flagello ) – 2:19
# "Crazy" (Burton, Callaway,Gianfranco Reverberi ,Gianpiero Reverberi ) – 2:58
# "St. Elsewhere" (Burton, Callaway, Barry Clarke, David Costa, Celia Humphris,Stephen Brown ) – 2:30
# "Gone Daddy Gone" (Gordon Gano ,Willie Dixon ) – 2:28
# "Smiley Faces " (Burton, Callaway) – 3:05
# "The Boogie Monster" (Burton, Callaway,Armando Trovaioli ,Angelo Francesco Lavagnino ) – 2:50
# "Feng Shui" (Burton, Callaway,Nino Nardini ) – 1:26
# "Just a Thought" (Burton, Callaway,Kevin Peek ) – 3:42
# "Transformer" (Burton, Callaway,Marlene Moore ) – 2:18
# "Who Cares?" (Burton, Callaway,Keith Mansfield ) – 2:28
# "Online" (Burton, Callaway) – 1:49
# "Necromancer" (Burton, Callaway) – 2:58
# "Storm Coming" (Burton, Callaway) – 3:08
# "The Last Time" (Burton, Callaway,Ian Langley ) – 3:25;U.S. iTunesbonus track s- "Crazy (Instrumental)" (Burton, Gianfranco Reverberi, Gianpiero Reverberi) – 3:00
- "Go-Go Gadget Gospel (Instrumental)" (Burton, Flagello) – 2:14
Amazon MP3 store as bonus tracks- "Transformer (Instrumental)" – 2:10
- "The Boogie Monster (Instrumental)" – 2:49
Critical reception and awards
The album has received mostly positive reviews from music critics, most of whom praised the album's innovation and high production values, and has a total score of 81 on Metacritic. [ [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/gnarlsbarkley/stelsewhere?q=St%20Elsewhere Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere (2006): Reviews] from
Metacritic ]The album was rated as the best release of 2006 by
popmatters . [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/43459/best-albums-of-2006-10-1]In 2007, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, with nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Crazy".
Credits
*
Danger Mouse – producer
*Cee-Lo –vocals
*Ben H. Allen – bass,guitar
*Eric Bobo – drums
*Ced Keys International –piano
*Dr. President – keyboards, bass, guitar, organ
*Daniele Luppi – bass,Minimoog , organ,synthesizer
*Menta Malone –background vocals
*David Piltch – bass
*Chris Tedesco –trumpet
*Eddie Reyes – acoustic guitar
*Tomika Walden – background vocalsingles
* "Crazy" (
March 13 ,2006 )
* "Smiley Faces " (July 17 ,2006 )
* "Who Cares? / Gone Daddy Gone " (November 6 ,2006 )
* "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" (May, 2007)References
succession box
before = "Shayne Ward" byShayne Ward
title = UK number one album
years =April 30 2006 –May 6 2006
after ="Eyes Open" bySnow Patrol
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