Don't Look Back (Celeste Buckingham album)

Don't Look Back
Studio album by Celeste Buckingham
Released April 3, 2012 (SK, CD)[1]
April 20, 2012 (CZ, CD)
May 14, 2012 (Download)
Recorded 2011-2012
at LittleBeat, Bratislava, SK[2]
Genre Pop, electronic, R&B, soul
Length 36:24
Label CB/EMI (#669 135 2)
Producer Celeste Buckingham, Andrej Hruška, Martin Šrámek
Celeste Buckingham chronology

Nový človek
(2011)		 Don't Look Back
(2012)		 Where I Belong
(2013)
Singles from Don't Look Back
  1. "Blue Guitar"
    Released: July 20, 2011[3]
  2. "Nobody Knows"
    Released: November 7, 2011[4]
  3. "Run Run Run"
    Released: April 4, 2012[5]

Don't Look Back is the debut album by Slovak-based recording artist Celeste Buckingham, released on April 3, 2012 through a distribution by EMI Records.[6]

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
REPORT 6/7[7]
MusicServer.cz 8/10[8]
Hudba.sk (favorable)[9]
FutureHits.cz 8/10[10]
Koule.cz 75/100[11]

Don't Look Back received very favorable reviews from music critics. The REPORT magazine praised the album as "one of the best debut records that has ever been released by the finalists of any local talent contest".[7] Complimenting young artist for "having surpassed all fellow singers of her own",[7] Daniel Maršalík attributed much of "Buckingham's allure"[7] to her ability to see beyond the horizons of her homebase in the first place. Beside the album's anthem "Run Run Run and its titular ballad, he would find the most aspiring up-tempo tracks, namely "Hello Stranger", "Bleeding" and "Blue Guitar". Giving the set six (out of seven) points, he only reproached the Slovak cut "Mám ťa málo", respectively the spoken intro of "Stupid Love Games", both of which he saw "disturbing to no purpose".[7]

In a review published in the online newspaper MusicServer.cz, Honza Balušek introduced the product as "a fresh and brilliant record",[8] continuing further: "However unbelievable, (at the time of recording) sixteen-year-old Celeste Buckingham is on the absolute top of the best SuperStar's finalists... Wow!" Despite noting the broad genre influences, such as e.g. Adele, Dido, Rihanna and Katy Perry, the columnist stressed Buckingham's skills as a sovereign composer. Except for the opening tune "Nobody Knows", reportedly disliked due to "[its] wrecked rhythm",[8] he felt all of the album's tracks as "radio-friendly hits."[8] Among other, he lauded "Run Run Run" as his favorite and, especially, the singer's duet "Heart" featuring Noah Ellenwood.[8] Unlike Maršalík of the REPORT, he saw also a potential in her collaboration with Martin Harich, describing their result ("Mám ťa málo") to sound "like the best in the Slovak classic pop"[8] music. Eventually, he graded the album with eight points (out of ten in total).[8]

Chart performance

On July 26, 2012, the album entered the Top 50 Prodejní, a chart effective for both countries Czech Republic and Slovakia, debuting at number forty.[12] The following week, on August 3, 2012, the set topped its chart run at number thirty-seven.[13] In total, the record would spend four weeks on the list.[14]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Featured artist(s) Length
1. "Nobody Knows"  Celeste Buckingham, Martin Šrámek, Andrej Hruška  3:47
2. "Bleeding"  Celeste Buckingham  3:40
3. "Don't Look Back"  Carmel Buckingham  3:58
4. "Run Run Run"  Celeste Buckingham, Martin Šrámek, Andrej Hruška  3:42
5. "Blue Guitar"  Celeste Buckingham, Martin Šrámek, Andrej Hruška  3:44
6. "Mám ťa málo" (in Slovak)Martin HarichMartin Harich 3:38
7. "Hello, Stranger"  Celeste Buckingham  3:05
8. "Stupid Love Games"  Celeste Buckingham  3:18
9. "Heart"  Celeste BuckinghamNoah Ellenwood 3:55
10. "Gole Goldun" (in Iranian)   3:37
Total length:
 36:24

Credits and personnel

Charts
"Run Run Run"
Upon its release, the third single "Run Run Run" has received an instant airplay in both countries of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic.
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Peak positions

Chart (2012) Peak position
Czech Albums Chart[13] 37

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
SK CZ
50
[15]		 100
[16]		 50
[17]		 100
[18]
2011 "Blue Guitar" 7 38 — —
"Nobody Knows" 4 48 7 28
2012 "Run Run Run" 1 2 1 2

Release history

Region(s) Date(s) Format(s) Edition
Slovakia April 3, 2012[1] CD
  • Standard
Czech Republic April 20, 2012
Europe May 14, 2012[19] Download

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Celeste Buckingham vydává v Česku své debutové album!" (in Czech). MOTIONS.CZ. 2012-04-26. showbiz.cz. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Portfolio > Music > Celeste Buckingham". Littlebeat (in English and Slovak). LB. littlebeat.sk/en. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  3. ↑ Buckingham, Celeste. "Blue Guitar". iTunes. Apple Inc. itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
  4. ↑ Buckingham, Celeste. "Nobody Knows". iTunes. Apple Inc. itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
  5. ↑ Buckingham, Celeste. "Run Run Run". Amazon.com. Amazon.com. amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  6. ↑ Buckingham, Celeste (2012). Don't Look Back (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in English and Slovak). Celeste Buckingham. Czech Republic/Slovakia: Celeste Buckingham/EMI Records.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Maršalík, Daniel (2012-05-06). "Recenze: Celeste Buckingham útočí kvalitním popem". iREPORT (in Czech). REPORT. ireport.cz. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Balušek, Honza (2012-08-27). "Bravo, Celeste!". MusicServer (in Czech). IMEG. musicserver.cz. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ Strejček, Štěpán (2012-10-19). "Recenze: Celeste Buckingham – Don't Look Back". FutureHits (in Czech). FH. futurehits.cz. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  11. ↑ Moravcová, Jana (2012-05-16). "Celeste Buckingham aneb Co dobrého přinesla SuperStar". Koule (in Czech). Lagardere Active ČR. koule.com. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  12. ↑ "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR - 29. týden 2012". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Czech Republic (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. 2012-07-26. mam.ihned.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-29. Celeste Buckingham → Don't Look Back → #40
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR - 30. týden 2012". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Czech Republic (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. 2012-08-03. mam.ihned.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-29. Celeste Buckingham → Don't Look Back → #37
  14. ↑ "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR - 34. týden 2012". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Czech Republic (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. 2012-09-04. mam.ihned.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-29. Celeste Buckingham → Don't Look Back → #42
  15. ↑ For peak positions of the Buckingham's singles on the Slovak component Rádio SK 50 Oficiálna chart, use a link depending on a song release.
  16. ↑ For peak positions of the Buckingham's singles on the Slovak Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna chart, use a link depending on a song release.
  17. ↑ For peak positions of the Buckingham's singles on the Czech component Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální chart, use a link depending on a song release.
  18. ↑ For peak positions of the Buckingham's singles on the Czech Rádio Top 100 Oficiální chart, use a link depending on a song release.
  19. ↑ Buckingham, Celeste. "Don't Look Back". iTunes (in English and Slovak). Apple Inc. itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2013-01-29.

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