Alright, Still

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Alright, Still
Alright, Still cover
Studio album by Lily Allen
Released July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)
(see release details below)
Genre Pop, Ska
Length 37:12
Label Regal Records
Producer Pablo Cook, Greg Kurstin, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Blair MacKichan, Mark Ronson
Professional reviews
Lily Allen chronology
Alright, Still
(2006)		 TBA
(2008)
Singles from Alright, Still
  1. "Smile"
    Released: July 2006
  2. "LDN"
    Released: September 2006
  3. "Littlest Things"
    Released: December 2006
  4. "Shame for You"
    Released: March 2007
  5. "Alfie"
    Released: March 2007

Alright, Still is the debut album by the British pop, ska singer Lily Allen, released in the UK on July 17, 2006 by Regal Zonophone Records (see 2006 in British music). The album title is taken from subcultural London slang and is referred to in a lyric in the song "Knock 'Em Out". It was a MySpace featured album, which meant that fans could listen to it before it was released.

The album ended 2006 as the twenty-seventh best selling album in the UK, with sales over 523,000 copies. It has currently sold approximately 950,000 in the UK, including 64,000 in first week. This album was #13 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[1]

On the week ending on January 28, 2007, British artists made chart history taking all Top 10 places in the Official UK Albums chart for the first time since the chart was established in 1956, according to British record labels trade association the BPI; the album "Alright, Still" was number-nine that week.[2]

The album was released by Regal Records in the United Kingdom, Toshiba-EMI in Japan, Capitol Records in the United States, and by other imprints of EMI internationally.

The mastering of the album has been criticised, with many people[who?] considering it to be distorted.[3] Alright, Still is cited as a classic example of the music industry's loudness war.[citation needed] It was nominated in the 'Best Alternative Music Album' category at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Smile" (Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Jackie Mittoo (Estate of), Clement Dodd (Estate of)) – 3:17
    • Sample "Free Soul" by The Soul Brothers
  2. "Knock 'Em Out" (Allen, Babalola, Darren Lewis, Earl King) – 2:53
  3. "LDN" (Allen, Arthur 'Duke' Reid, Babalola, Lewis) – 3:10
    • Sample "Reggae Merengue" by Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
  4. "Everything's Just Wonderful" (Allen, Greg Kurstin) – 3:28
  5. "Not Big" (Allen, Kurstin) – 3:16
  6. "Friday Night" (Clean Edit) (Allen, Pablo Cook, Johnny Bull) – 3:06
  7. "Shame for You" (Allen, Blair MacKichan) – 4:06
  8. "Littlest Things" (Allen, Mark Ronson, Pierre Bachelet, Hervé Roy) – 3:02
  9. "Take What You Take" (Allen, Lewis, Babalola) – 4:06
  10. "Friend of Mine" (Allen, Babalola, Lewis, O'Kelly Isley, Ernest Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper) – 3:57
  11. "Alfie" (Allen, Kurstin) – 2:46
  • U.S. Edition
  1. "Nan You're a Window Shopper" (Clean Edit)(Allen, Babalola, Lewis) - 2:58
  2. "Smile (Mark Ronson Version Revisited)" (Clean Edit) - 3:13
  • U.S. Itunes Edition
  1. "Blank Expression - 2:30 (The Specials cover)
  • Japan edition[4]
  1. "Cheryl Tweedy" - 3:15
  2. "Absolutely Nothing" - 4:02

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position		 Certifications Sales
UK Albums chart 2 3x Platinum 950,000+
Chilean Albums chart[5] 5
Ireland Albums chart 6 Platinum[6]
Australian Albums Chart[7] 7 Gold[8] 35,000+
Norway Albums chart[9] 15
U.S. Billboard 200 20 Gold[10] 619,401[11]
Canada Albums chart 21 Platinum 100,000+
New Zealand Albums chart 22 Gold 7,500+
Dutch Albums chart 27
Japan Albums chart 37
Italian Albums chart 39
Sweden Albums chart 43
France Albums chart 47 Silver 45,000
Swiss Albums chart 53
Worldwide sales Platinum 2,203,750

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Europe July 14, 2006 EMI CD
United Kingdom July 17, 2006 EMI, Regal Zonophone Records 0946 3 67028 2 7
Mexico[12] July 24, 2006 EMI
Australia July 29, 2006 Capitol Records
Thailand[13] August 4, 2006 EMI
Canada September 19, 2006 EMI
Japan[14] October 4, 2006 Toshiba-EMI TOCP-66625
United States January 30, 2007 Capitol Records CDP 0946 3 75466 2 8

[edit] References

  1. ^ ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
  2. ^ BPI Official Website, UK talent celebrates first all-British Top 10 in UK chart history
  3. ^ How CDs are remastering the art of noise | Technology | The Guardian
  4. ^ Lily Allen Alright.Still CD
  5. ^ Chilean Albums Chart
  6. ^ The Irish Charts - All there is to know
  7. ^ "Alright, Still - Australian chart history". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
  9. ^ Vg Nett - Vg-Lista - Lily Allen: Alright, Still
  10. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum - May 31, 2008
  11. ^ Pulse Music Board - Billboard Top 200 - 9/29/07 Kanye 957K
  12. ^ MixUp Music Stores in Mexico
  13. ^ http://www.emithailand.com/album.jsf?albumId=392
  14. ^ Lily Allen RELEASE

[edit] External links

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Lily Allen
Albums
Alright, Still · Lily Allen's second album
Mixtapes
Lily's Mixtapes · List of Lily's Mixtape Songs
Singles
"Smile" · "LDN" · "Littlest Things" · "Shame for You" · "Alfie"
Other Songs
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