A Mouthful

A Mouthful
Studio album by The Dø
Released 14 January 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Indie rock, folk rock, indie pop
Length 42:34
Label Cinq7
Wagram
Get Døwn!
Producer The Dø
The Dø chronology

A Mouthful
(2008)		 Both Ways Open Jaws
(2011)

A Mouthful is the debut album by French/Finnish indie rock band The Dø, released on 14 January 2008. It spawned two singles: "On My Shoulders" (2007) and "At Last!" (2008).[1] The album was given a US release in April 2010, featuring additional versions of three of the album's songs as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti and Dan Levy.[2]

  1. "Playground Hustle" – 2:55
  2. "At Last!" – 4:09
  3. "On My Shoulders" – 5:21
  4. "Song for Lovers" – 2:24
  5. "The Bridge Is Broken" – 4:42
  6. "Stay (Just a Little Bit More)" – 3:06
  7. "Unissasi Laulelet" – 2:19
  8. "Tammie" – 3:15
  9. "Queen Dot Kong" – 3:14
  10. "Coda" – 1:57
  11. "Searching Gold" – 5:10
  12. "When Was I Last Home?" – 3:34
  13. "Travel Light" – 4:02
  14. "Aha" – 4:19
  15. "In My Box" – 1:48

Bonus tracks on the US release

  1. "On My Shoulders" (chamber version) – 5:35
  2. "Unissasi Laulelet" (chamber version) – 3:55
  3. "Playground Hustle'N'Bustle" – 11:19

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Drowned in Sound (9/10)[3]
Les Inrockuptibles (Favorable)[4]
Pitchfork Media (7.5/10)[5]

Pitchfork Media gave the album a rating of 7.5 out of 10, noting "[A Mouthful] tries to balance the mature and the immature" and that "[Olivia B. Merilahti and Dan Levy] aren't shy about toying with musical categories (...) which compensates for the less-than-advisable inclusions, and the record is as ambitious and fun as any coming-out party in recent memory", but criticizing the lack of a better quality control.[5]

Drowned in Sound gave it a rating of 9 out of 10, saying the band is like "a female Eminem backed with a brass band" or "PJ Harvey on the Moon".[3]

French magazine Les Inrockuptibles gave a positive review, calling them a "cool and promising band".[4]

The album was nominated for the Prix Constantin in 2008 but did not win.

Charts

A Mouthful topped the French charts in its first week. It is the first English-sung pop French record to top the albums chart in France.[6][7]

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 49
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 39
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 52

References

  1. ↑ The Do
  2. ↑ A Mouthful back cover.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Drowned in Sound review
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Les Inrockuptibles, February 2008.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Mouthful | Pitchfork
  6. ↑ THE DO - Biographie, albums, clips, cd sur MCM.net (archived link)
  7. ↑ The Dø – Aha – swisscharts.com
  8. ↑ "ultratop.be - The Dø - A Mouthful". Ultratop and Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "finnishcharts.com - The Dø - A Mouthful". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "lescharts.com - The Dø - A Mouthful". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Dø - A Mouthful - swisscharts.com". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 May 2015.