Heartbreak on Vinyl

Heartbreak on Vinyl is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Blake Lewis released on October 6, 2009.^[1] A double LP pressed on red vinyl with only 500 copies will be released on August 13. The vinyl contains an instant access to the Heartbreak on Vinyl digital album, 13 remixes of the hit single "Heartbreak On Vinyl" and an unreleased remix of "'Till We See The Sun." ^[2]

Reception

Critical response

The song has received generally positive reviews from many critics.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from allmusic: "he's brought all his disparate interests together on Heartbreak on Vinyl, which cut for cut is more rhythmic and melodic than A.D.D. and as a whole lot more memorable. Lewis doesn't separate his club rhythms and Morrissey obsessions, winding up with a record that sounds curiously and unwittingly like a soundtrack to a Eurotrash club, but in an appealing fashion because it feels uncontrived and often very catchy." ^[4]

Max Specht from Pressplus1:"This album is a melting pot of styles that really sums up the kind of artist Blake Lewis is, he’s all over the place yet centered all at once. He’s an homage as much as he is a trailblazer in pop music, and this album will help find him fans with commuters blasting the radio, to night owls dancing the night away in crowded clubs down main street."^[5]

Track listing

Heartbreak on Vinyl ^[6]

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 135 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 4,000 albums in its first week.^[7]

Singles

• "Sad Song" was released as the lead single from the album on July 21, 2009. The music video was filmed in late August 2009 and released on September 21, 2009.

• "Heartbreak on Vinyl" was released as the second single from the album on January 19, 2010. It has since become his first Number One hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for the week of April 24, 2010. The single also reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in its May 22, 2010 issue, another first for Lewis. It is to date his most successful single.

• "Till' We See the Sun" With the announcement of his special edition of his album, Lewis announced this bonus track would be the third single from the album. As of December 2011 no announcement has been made regarding a music video to be released.

Album credits

Performance credits^[9]

• Blake Lewis – Primary Artist, Vocals, Turntables
• Eve Nelson – Piano, Vocals
• Peter Zizzo – Background Vocals
• Joe Doria – Keyboards
• Carl Ryden – drums, Keyboards, Vocals
• KJ Sawka – drums
• Steve McMorran – Vocals
• Mark Maxwell – Synthesizer
• Dave Katz – Keyboards
• Ben Levels – Keyboards

Technical credits^[9]

• Peter Zizzo – Arranger, Programming, Engineer
• Jim Bottari – Engineer
• Carl Ryden – Programming
• Sean Gould – Engineer
• KJ Sawka – Programming, Engineer
• Blake Lewis – Engineer
• Mark Maxwell– Programming, Producer, Engineer

Release history

References

1. ^ "More on Blake Lewis' 'Heartbreak on Vinyl". USA Today. July 1, 2009. http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2009/07/more-on-blake-lewis-heartbreak-on-vinyl.html. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 
2. ^ http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2010/07/blake-lewis-releases-heartbreak-on-vinyl-on-red-vinyl-with-13-remixes-and-a-new-track.html
3. ^ Allmusic review
4. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1643227
5. ^ http://www.pressplus1.com/music-reviews/blake-lewis-heartbreak-on-vinyl.html
6. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heartbreak-on-vinyl/id330173984
7. ^ Idol Chatter 10-14-2009
8. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/blake-lewis/chart-history/837557
9. ^ ^{a b} http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Heartbreak-on-Vinyl/Blake-Lewis/e/661868174120/?itm=1&USRI=blake+lewis