Made of Bricks | ||||
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Released | 6 August 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
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Genre | Pop[1] | |||
Length | 55:40 | |||
Label | Fiction (UK) Cherrytree (US) Universal Music (International) | |||
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Made of Bricks is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2007 by Fiction Records, Cherrytree Records, and the Universal Music Group. The album was a commercial success, topping the UK Albums Chart and spawning a number-two single in the form of the lead single "Foundations".[2] The album was later released in Europe on 10 September and in the United States on 8 January 2008.
Nash stated in an October 2007 interview for The Village Voice that she wrote all the songs on the album a year and a half before, except for "Skeleton Song", which she had written the same year that the album came out.[3]
The album was released five weeks earlier than originally planned due to the popularity of "Foundations".[4][5] The album does not contain the track "Caroline's a Victim", which was released as a limited 7" single, double A-Side with "Birds" on Moshi Moshi Records before "Foundations".[6] "Birds" was included on the album.
A version that included a "making of" DVD was available at Best Buy on the album's release in the United States.[7] In that country, Made of Bricks debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 16,000.[8] As of January 2010, the album has sold 544,000 copies in United Kingdom and it has sold 168,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.[9]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 71/100[10] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
Drowned in Sound | 4/10[1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[12] |
The Guardian | [13] |
MusicOMH | [14] |
The New York Times | [10][15] |
Pitchfork | 5.5/10[16] |
PopMatters | [17] |
Robert Christgau | A−[18] |
Slant | [19] |
Initial critical response to Made of Bricks was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 71, based on 23 reviews.[10]
All tracks are written by Kate Nash, except where stated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Play" | 1:11 | |
2. | "Foundations" | Nash, Paul Epworth | 4:05 |
3. | "Mouthwash" | 5:01 | |
4. | "Dickhead" | 3:43 | |
5. | "Birds" | 4:25 | |
6. | "We Get On" | 4:34 | |
7. | "Mariella" | 4:15 | |
8. | "Shit Song" | 3:05 | |
9. | "Pumpkin Soup" | Nash, Epworth | 2:59 |
10. | "Skeleton Song" | Nash, Alejandro Tovar | 5:07 |
11. | "Nicest Thing" | Nash, Jay Malhotra | 4:05 |
12. | "Merry Happy" (some versions include hidden track "Little Red" from 6:08; U.S. versions do not) | Nash, Anuj Khanna | 5:27/13:10 |
Total length: | 55:40 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "A Is for Asthma" | 2:37 |
Total length: | 58:17 |
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Ireland (IRMA)[40] | Gold | 7,500^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[41] | 2× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |