Alright, still
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| Lily Allen studio album | |||||||||
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Publication |
July 14, 2006 |
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2005 |
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| Label (s) | Regal , Allido | ||||||||
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CD, download, LP |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
37:12 |
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Pablo Cook, Greg Kurstin, Darren Lewis, Mark Ronson , Future Cut |
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Alright, Still is the debut album by British pop singer Lily Allen . It was released worldwide on July 14, 2006.
Background information
In 2005 Allen created a user account on the Myspace website and posted demos of her songs there. This convinced thousands of listeners. OMM magazine published an article on Allen describing how the singer became successful through MySpace .
The album title Alright, Still comes from a song line in the second track "Knock 'Em Out" of the album.
"Yeah, you're alright baby,
you look alright still"
Criticism
| Professional reviews | |
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| Metacritic | 79% |
| Reviews | |
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| Allmusic |
 
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| The Guardian |
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| The Observer |
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| Rolling Stone |
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The album was received positively by critics. The Observer magazine rated it the 10th best album of 2006 and The Guardian the 7th best album of the year. Rob Sheffield, a writer for the British music magazine Rolling Stone , said that Alright, Still "is just one more piece of evidence that Lily Allen is original" and also rated the album positively.
Single releases
| year | title | Chart placements | |||||
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| DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
| 2006 | Smile | 67 | 39 | 21st | 1 | 49 | |
| LDN | - | - | 88 | 6th | - | ||
| 2006 | Littlest things | - | - | - | 21st | - | |
| 2007 | Alfie | - | - | - | 15th | - | |
Alfie was released in Great Britain as a double single with the single Shame for You .
Track list
- Smile (3:17)
- Knock 'Em Out (2:54)
- LDN (3:11)
- Everything's Just Wonderful (3:29)
- Not Big (3:17)
- Friday Night (3:07)
- Shame for You (4:06)
- Littlest Things (3:02)
- Take What You Take (4:06)
- Friend of Mine (3:58)
- Alfie (2:46)
Remarks:
- Alfie is about Lily Allen's brother. On It's Not Me, It's You she singsabout her sisteron Back to the Start ,about her motheron Chinese andabout her fatheron He Wasn't There .
Placements
| Charts | Highest position |
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| Germany | - |
| Austria | - |
| Switzerland | 53 |
| Great Britain | 2 |
| United States | 20th |
Awards
Individual evidence
- ^ Metacritic: Alright, Still
- ↑ Rating: Allmusic
- ↑ Rating: The Guardian
- ↑ Rating: The Observer
- ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
- ↑ Chart positions: Lily Allen discography in the English language Wikipedia
- ↑ Chart positions albums: DE , en: Alright, Still , | CH , UK , US