| Wild Young Hearts | ||||
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| Studio album by Noisettes | ||||
| Released | 17 April 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Soul, R&B, Indie rock | |||
| Label | Vertigo, Mercury, Island | |||
| Producer | Jim Abbiss | |||
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| Singles from Wild Young Hearts | ||||
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Wild Young Hearts is the second album by Noisettes, released in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2009,[1] and the United States on September 22, 2009. Both were released by Vertigo Records, Mercury Records and Island Records.[2] So far, four singles have been released from the album, two being featured in adverts.
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All tracks written by the members of Noisettes
The first single, "Wild Young Hearts" was released on December 29, 2008. The video premiered on the Noisettes YouTube channel. The song was used in a Danone advert. The song did not chart very well the first time it was released, so it replaced "Every Now And Then" as the 4th single off the album [3] as a re-release in 2010.
The second single, "Don't Upset the Rhythm", was released on March 23, 2009 and was featured on the advert for Mazda 2 in January 2009. There were two videos for this song, the second of which was released under two months after the first. Because it gained so much popularity during the run of the Mazda advert, the song peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their best performing and selling single so far.
The third single, "Never Forget You" was released on the 15 June. It made the A list on XFM, Radio 2, Capital and Q radio. It was also added to the C list on Radio 1. The single charted a week before its release at number 68 due to downloads and moved up 20 places to number 48 upon official release. On its second week of release it moved up another 17 places to 31 and another 10 places the third week. The song eventually peaked at #18.[4]
| Song title | Release Date | UK chart position |
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| "Wild Young Hearts" | December 29, 2008 | 91 |
| "Don't Upset the Rhythm" | March 23, 2009 | 2 |
| "Never Forget You" | June 21, 2009 | 18 |
| "Every Now and Then" | ||
| "Saturday Night" |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [5] |
| Digital Spy | [6] |
| Drowned In Sound | [7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[8] |
| The Guardian | [9] |
| MusicOMH | [10] |
| The Times | [11] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [12] |
Essence magazine remarked that the album "has a 1960's-tinged soulful rock sound that stays firmly etched in your mind."[13]
The album debut at 36 on the Irish albums chart which is showing improvement from the last album. The albums showed great improvement on the UK Albums Chart peaking at 7, the last album peaked at 75 on the same chart.
| Country | Release date | UK peak position |
Certification (Sales) |
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| UK | April 20, 2009 | 7 | 222,000+ |
| IRE | April 17, 2009 | 36[14] | |
| USA | September 30, 2009 | 98[15] | 8,000 |
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