Elsie (album)

Elsie
Studio album by The Horrible Crowes
Released September 6, 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Blues, soul, rock
Length 45:49
Label SideOneDummy
Singles from Elsie
  1. "Behold the Hurricane"
    Released: July 19, 2011

Elsie is the debut studio album by The Horrible Crowes, a Gaslight Anthem side-project made up of Ian Perkins and Gaslight Anthem founder Brian Fallon.[1] It was released on September 6, 2011, through SideOneDummy Records.[2]

Singles

Elsie's lead single, "Behold the Hurricane", was released July 19, 2011.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk9.9/10[5]
AllMusic[6]
Alternative Press[7]
MOJO[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Spin6/10[10]

Elsie received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 76 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 15 reviews.[4]

Andrew Leahey of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars and states: "Elsie functions best as a display of Fallon’s underused bottom register and acoustic songwriting skills, proving that slowing things down once in a while can still be a punk rock move."[6] Writing for Alternative Press, Scott Heisel writes Elsie is "better than just about everything the Gaslight Anthem have done to date. Perfect for night drives on long, winding roads."[7]

Track listing

Adapted from AllMusic[6]

All tracks written by Brian Fallon.

No.TitleLength
1."Last Rites"1:27
2."Sugar"4:53
3."Behold the Hurricane"4:03
4."I Witnessed a Crime"3:05
5."Go Tell Everybody"4:17
6."Cherry Blossoms"4:07
7."Ladykiller"4:24
8."Crush"3:19
9."Mary Ann"3:35
10."Black Betty and the Moon"3:00
11."Blood Loss"4:03
12."I Believe Jesus Brought Us Together"5:36
Total length:45:49

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic[11]

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 63
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 35
US Billboard 200[14] 48
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[16] 7
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[17] 4

Release history

Source: Amazon.com[2]

Region Date Format(s) Label
Worldwide September 6, 2011
SideOneDummy

References

  1. ↑ "Official site". The Horrible Crowes. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "The Horrible Crowes: Elsie: Music". Amazon.com. ASIN B005BO2LKC. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Behold the Hurricane – Single by The Horrible Crowes". iTunes. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Reviews for Elsie by The Horrible Crowes". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Nassiff, Thomas (August 24, 2011). "The Horrible Crowes – Elsie". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 Leahey, Andrew. "Elsie – The Horrible Crowes — Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "The Horrible Crowes – Elsie". Alternative Press: 107. October 2011.
  8. ↑ "The Horrible Crowes – Elsie". MOJO. London: 97. October 2011.
  9. ↑ Keyes, J. Edward (September 6, 2011). "The Horrible Crowes – Elsie". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ Walters, Barry (September 15, 2011). "The Horrible Crowes, ‘Elsie’ (Side One Dummy)". Spin. Buzzmedia. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Elsie – The Horrible Crowes – Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  13. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Horrible Crowes – Elsie". Hung Medien.
  14. ↑ "The Horrible Crowes – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Horrible Crowes.
  15. ↑ "The Horrible Crowes – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for The Horrible Crowes.
  16. ↑ "The Horrible Crowes – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for The Horrible Crowes.
  17. ↑ "The Horrible Crowes – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for The Horrible Crowes.
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