My best friend is you

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My best friend is you
Studio album by Kate Nash

Publication
(s)

19./20. April 2010

Label (s) Geffen / fiction

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Indie pop , indie rock

Title (number)

13

running time

49 min 20 sec

production

Jay Malholtra

Studio (s)

Rak Studios

chronology
Made of Bricks
(2007) 		My best friend is you -
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
  DE 6th 07/05/2010 (9 weeks)
  AT 14th 07/05/2010 (4 weeks)
  CH 23 05/02/2010 (5 weeks)
  UK 8th 05/01/2010 (3 weeks)
  US 62 05/08/2010 (2 weeks)
Singles
Do-wah-doo
  DE 36 04/30/2010 (6 weeks)
  AT 55 07/05/2010 (2 weeks)
  UK 15th 04/24/2010 (3 weeks)

My Best Friend Is You is the second album by British singer Kate Nash . It was released on April 19, 2010 in the UK and a day later in the other countries. Originally, the title should be Crayon Full of Color , but was discarded due to similar titles at the time of publication. On April 13, 2010 was Nash guest in the broadcast Xposure radio station XFM DJ John Kennedy , in which she gave an interview played in each song of the album and was discussed.

backgrounds

Nash's claim was not to record a second Made of Bricks . She wanted to go new musical ways, the album should sound rougher and Nash wanted to try out new things such as spoken word passages, and co-producer and sound engineer Bernard Butler played a major role in the implementation of her ideas . When songwriting she let the girl groups of the 1960s and the 1990s punk bands inspired the album title My Best Friend Is You ( German : 're My Best Friend you ) refers to their grandparents, who have been married for 57 years.

The artwork for the album was created by the artist herself. She allowed herself to be influenced by Bauhaus art, but the deciding factor for the design of the front cover were graphics by an artist that only depicted body parts, but not faces. This is to express that as a woman one receives too little attention in society. This basic feminist theme can also be found in the lyrics of the album. The most extraordinary piece is Mansion Song , with which Nash deliberately wants to shock. The lyrics of the song are interspersed with swear words and are about groupies who let their stars treat them like dirt. The single Do-Wah-Doo is about being abandoned because of someone else.

Track list

  1. Paris - 3:06
  2. Kiss That Grrrl - 3:43
  3. Don't You Want to Share the Guilt? - 5:06
  4. I Just Love You More - 3:05
  5. Do-Wah-Doo - 2:33
  6. Take Me to a Higher Plane - 3:21
  7. I've Got a Secret - 2:39
  8. Mansion Song - 3:23
  9. Early Christmas Present - 3:10
  10. Later On - 3:36
  11. Pickpocket - 3:21
  12. You Were So Far Away - 3:28
  13. I Hate Seagulls - 4:13
  14. My Best Friend Is You - 1:39 ( Hidden Track after I Hate Seagulls from 7:11)

reception

Allmusic's John Bush notes that Kate Nash presents herself very differently on the album than on its 2007 predecessor. The first half of the album offers very professionally produced pop soul, as it is popular in the 21st century, while the second half surprisingly fits better with the artist's songwriting. Jakob Rondthaler from laut.de sees it similarly , who describes pieces like Kiss That Grrrl or Do-Wah-Doo as "predictable", while he describes titles like I Just Love You More as "experimental". He sums up that the record is by no means homogeneous and can be quite exhausting to listen to in one piece, but that it is a "great album". BBC Music's Johnny Sharp, on the other hand, is less enthusiastic. The pleasantly melodic I've Got a Secret , the sweet Don't You Want to Share the Guilt or the punk I Just Love You More are quite original, but the album as a whole is a disappointment.

Singles

  • Do-wah-doo
  • Kiss That Grrrl
  • Later on

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sources chart positions: DE (album) ( memento of October 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) / DE (singles) ( memento of October 17, 2017 in the Internet archive ) / AT / CH / UK / US , accessed on 30. August 2010.
  2. ^ "Kate Nash reveals album tracklisting" . Digital spy. February 12, 2010
  3. ↑ Kate Nash Announces New Album Details. February 12, 2010, archived from the original on September 23, 2010 ; Retrieved April 29, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead
  5. ^ A b Donald Gibson: An Interview with ... Kate Nash. blogcritics.org, April 20, 2010, accessed September 3, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Fiona Pryor: Kate Nash: 'If people don't like you, it's a good sign'. BBC News, April 19, 2010, accessed September 3, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Johnny Sharp: Kate Nash: My Best Friend Is You. BBC Music, April 19, 2010, accessed September 3, 2010 .
  8. ↑ Nash's official Facebook page: Report on the new music video for Later On
  9. ↑ www.radio1.gr: Later On single released on October 18, 2010 in Great Britain

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