St. Elsewhere (album)

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St. Elsewhere
Studio album by Gnarls Barkley
Released	April 24, 2006 (UK) May 9, 2006 (U.S.)
Genre	Soul, hip hop, Electropop
Length	37:21
Label	Warner Music (UK) Atlantic/Downtown (U.S.)
Producer(s)	Danger Mouse
Professional reviews
About.com link All Music Guide link The Dartmouth (favorable) link E! Online (A) link Entertainment Weekly (A) link Guardian Unlimited link LA Times (favorable) May 6, 2006 MusicOMH.com link NME link Now link Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) link PlayLouder link Prefix link Q (#239, June 2006, p. 109) Rolling Stone May 4, 2006, p.56 Slant Magazine link Stylus Magazine (B+) link Yahoo!'s dotmusic link HipHopDX.com link

St. Elsewhere is the debut album of Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo. It was released on April 24, 2006 in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number one on the UK Album Chart,^[1] and on May 9, 2006 in the United States, although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a digital 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 of August 05, 2006, it peaked at #4 on this chart.

The album has received mostly positive reviews from music critics, most who praised the album's innovation and high production values, and has a total score of 81 on Metacritic [1].

The album's first single, "Crazy", was the first song to become a UK number-one single based solely on downloads.^[2]

As of August 22, 2006, the album has been shipped to stores in excess of 1,000,000 units, receiving a platinum certification from the RIAA. [2] By Nielsen SoundScan measurements sales stand at 984,658 copies, as of October 21, 2006.

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.

The album is also nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" (Brian Burton, Thomas Callaway, Nicolas Flagello) – 2:19
2. "Crazy" (Burton, Callaway, Gianfranco Reverberi, Gianpiero Reverberi) – 2:58
3. "St. Elsewhere" (Burton, Callaway, Barry Clarke, David Costa, Celia Humphris, Stephen Brown) – 2:30
   • Samples Trees' "Geordie", from their 1971 album On the Shore.
4. "Gone Daddy Gone" (Gordon Gano, Willie Dixon) – 2:28
5. "Smiley Faces" (Burton, Callaway) – 3:05
6. "The Boogie Monster" (Burton, Callaway, Armando Trovaioli, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino) – 2:50
7. "Feng Shui" (Burton, Callaway, Nino Nardini) – 1:26
8. "Just A Thought" (Burton, Callaway, Kevin Peek) – 3:42
9. "Transformer" (Burton, Callaway, Marlene Moore) – 2:18
10. "Who Cares?" (Burton, Callaway, Keith Mansfield) – 2:28
11. "Online" (Burton, Callaway) – 1:49
12. "Necromancer" (Burton, Callaway) – 2:58
13. "Storm Coming" (Burton, Callaway) – 3:08
14. "The Last Time" (Burton, Callaway, Ian Langley) – 3:25

U.S. iTunes bonus tracks

• The album begins with the sound of magnetic tape rolling, and ends with the tape reaching the end and beginning to rewind. This is an audio self reference also used on David Bowie's Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps).

[edit] 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 vocals

[edit] References

1. ^ UK Top 40 Albums. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
2. ^ "Crazy song makes musical history". BBC News. Retrieved on April 2, 2006.