Light Me Up

For the Herbie Hancock album, see Lite Me Up. For other uses, see Light Me Up (disambiguation).
Light Me Up
Studio album by The Pretty Reckless
Released August 27, 2010 (2010-08-27)
Recorded August 2009 – April 2010
Studio
Genre Alternative rock[1]
Length 34:06
Label Interscope
Producer Kato Khandwala
The Pretty Reckless chronology
The Pretty Reckless
(2010)		 Light Me Up
(2010)		 Hit Me Like a Man EP
(2012)
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Singles from Light Me Up
  1. "Make Me Wanna Die"
    Released: May 13, 2010
  2. "Miss Nothing"
    Released: July 27, 2010
  3. "Just Tonight"
    Released: December 23, 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Artistdirect[4]
Digital Spy[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
IGN7.5/10[7]
Kerrang!3/5[8]
The New York TimesPositive[9]
Virgin Media[10]

Light Me Up is the debut studio album by American rock band The Pretty Reckless, released on August 27, 2010 by Interscope Records. The album received commercial success with the singles "Make Me Wanna Die", "Miss Nothing", and "Just Tonight".

Background

The record process started in 2008, after Taylor Momsen met producer Kato Khandwala and his partner, songwriter Ben Phillips. By mid-2009, they felt they had found an authentic sound. Two months before the album's release, the band released an eponymous EP containing four songs expected to appear in the future record. However, the song "Zombie" was not present in the initial track listing, later appearing on the North and South American release.

The album received much more success in the UK, where it was released months before the American release. The warmer British reception spanned the singles "Miss Nothing" and "Just Tonight", which were not released anywhere else.

Critical reception

Upon its release, Light Me Up received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on five reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Commercial performance

Light Me Up debuted at number 65 on the Billboard 200, selling 9,000 copies in its first week.[11] The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart with 11,916 copies sold in its first week.[12] On July 22, 2013, the album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments in excess of 60,000 copies.[13]

Singles

"Make Me Wanna Die" was released on May 13, 2010 as the album's lead single. A promotional video was released which features live performances and backstage footage of the band. This video is widely recognized as a viral version and was released on May 13, 2010. The official music video was postponed due to legal issues involving censorship, but premiered on September 15, 2010 on iTunes and Vevo.

"Miss Nothing" was released on August 23, 2010 only in the UK. The music video for "Miss Nothing" premiered on July 20, 2010.

"Just Tonight" was released on December 27, 2010 only in the UK after being pushed back from November 9. The music video premiered on November 2.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Taylor Momsen, Ben Phillips, and Kato Khandwala. 

Light Me Up — European and Australian edition[14][15]
No. Title Length
1. "My Medicine"   3:14
2. "Since You're Gone"   2:41
3. "Make Me Wanna Die"   3:55
4. "Light Me Up"   3:27
5. "Just Tonight"   2:48
6. "Miss Nothing"   3:13
7. "Goin' Down"   3:35
8. "Nothing Left to Lose"   4:11
9. "Factory Girl"   3:31
10. "You"   3:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Light Me Up.[20]

The Pretty Reckless
Additional personnel

  • John Bender – backing vocals (all except "My Medicine")
  • Jon Cohan – drum technician (all except "You")
  • William Derella – executive producer
  • Jonathan Dinklage – violin ("Make Me Wanna Die", "You")
  • Lauren Dukoff – photography
  • Dave Eggar – cello ("Make Me Wanna Die", "You")
  • Robert Fisher – art direction, design
  • James Frazee – assistant engineering (all except "Make Me Wanna Die", "Miss Nothing", "Goin' Down", and "You"); additional engineering ("Factory Girl")
  • Kato Khandwala – engineering, guitar, mixing, production (all tracks); programming (all except "Goin' Down"); percussion (all except "Since You're Gone" and "Zombie"); bass (all except "My Medicine" and "You"); string arrangement ("Make Me Wanna Die", "Just Tonight", "You")
  • Dan Korneff – mix engineering ("Make Me Wanna Die")
  • Michael "Mitch" Milan – assistant engineering (all except "You")
  • David Sonenberg – executive producer

Charts

Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[21] 71
Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart (Flanders)[22] 2
Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart (Wallonia)[23] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[24] 57
French Albums Chart[25] 167
Irish Albums Chart[26] 18
Japanese Albums Chart[27] 48
Scottish Albums Chart[28] 7
UK Albums Chart[29] 6
UK Rock Albums Chart[30] 1
US Billboard 200[31] 65
US Alternative Albums[32] 10
US Top Rock Albums[33] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 60,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Australia August 27, 2010
Universal [14][34]
France August 30, 2010 Digital download [35]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • digital download
 Polydor [15][36]
Germany August 31, 2010 Universal [37][38]
France December 6, 2010 CD [39]
Canada February 8, 2011 Digital download [40]
United States Interscope [41]
Canada March 1, 2011 CD Universal [19]
Japan March 2, 2011
  • CD
  • digital download
 [17][42]
United States April 12, 2011 CD Interscope [43]
France April 18, 2011 Digital download (reissue) Universal [44]

References

  1. ↑ Hyman, Dan (September 23, 2013). "The Pretty Reckless Confront Tragedy on 'Going to Hell'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Light Me Up – The Pretty Reckless". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ Eremenko, Alexey. "Light Me Up – The Pretty Reckless". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Florino, Rick (January 31, 2011). "The Pretty Reckless "Light Me Up" Review — 4.5 out of 5 Stars". Artistdirect. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  5. ↑ Nissim, Mayer (September 10, 2010). "The Pretty Reckless: 'Light Me Up'". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ Greenblatt, Leah (April 7, 2011). "Light Me Up". Entertainment Weekly. Time. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ Grischow, Chad (February 9, 2011). "The Pretty Reckless: Light Me Up Review". IGN. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  8. ↑ Longbottom, John (August 28, 2010). "The Pretty Reckless: Light Me Up". Kerrang! (1327): 54.
  9. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (April 22, 2011). "Rowdy Muscularity and Sweet Harmonies". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  10. ↑ Gittins, Ian. "The Pretty Reckless: Light Me Up". Virgin Media. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  11. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (March 26, 2014). "'Frozen' Earns Its Biggest Sales Week Yet, Tops Billboard 200 a Seventh Time". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ Jones, Alan (September 6, 2010). "Teenage Dream too hard for Eminem to beat – but Murs triumphs on singles". Music Week. Intent Media. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  13. 1 2 "British album certifications – The Pretty Reckless – Light Me Up". British Phonographic Industry. July 22, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2015. Enter Light Me Up in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
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  15. 1 2 "Light Me Up". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
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  17. 1 2 ライト・ミー・アップ [Light Me Up] (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
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  19. 1 2 "Light Me Up by The Pretty Reckless". HMV Canada. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  20. ↑ Light Me Up (CD liner notes). The Pretty Reckless. Interscope Records. 2011. B0015304-02.
  21. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 6th September 2010" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 6. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
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  26. ↑ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 2 September 2010". Chart-Track. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
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  28. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. September 5–11, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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  33. ↑ "The Pretty Reckless – Chart history: Top Rock Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
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