Good Things | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 28, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2009–2010 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 47:33 | |||
Label | Stones Throw, Vertigo | |||
Producer | Truth & Soul | |||
Aloe Blacc chronology | ||||
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Singles from Aloe Blacc | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10[1] |
Metacritic | 82/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The A.V. Club | A−[4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
The Independent | [6] |
Mojo | [7] |
NME | 8/10[8] |
Pitchfork | 6.7/10[9] |
Q | [10] |
Spin | 8/10[11] |
URB | [12] |
Good Things is the second studio album by American musician Aloe Blacc. The album was released on September 28, 2010 in the US and 26 November 2010 in the UK[13] by Stones Throw Records.
The first single from the album, "I Need a Dollar" (produced by Truth & Soul), was released on March 16, 2010. It peaked No. 2 in the UK and Ireland. In Switzerland and Austria it peaked at No. 5, No. 1 in Belgium (Flanders). An edited version of the song serves as the theme song for the HBO series How to Make It in America.
The second single, "Loving You Is Killing Me", was released on March 7, 2011. It peaked No. 8 in Austria, No. 12 in Austria and Belgium (Flanders) and No. 26 in Switzerland.
"Green Lights" was released as the second single in UK (third overall) on September 9, 2011.[14]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I Need a Dollar" | 4:06 |
2. | "Green Lights" | 2:58 |
3. | "Hey Brother" | 2:40 |
4. | "Miss Fortune" | 4:22 |
5. | "Life So Hard" | 4:13 |
6. | "Take Me Back" | 3:47 |
7. | "Femme Fatale" (The Velvet Underground cover) | 3:56 |
8. | "Loving You Is Killing Me" | 3:27 |
9. | "Good Things" | 4:04 |
10. | "You Make Me Smile" | 3:27 |
11. | "If I" | 4:08 |
12. | "Mama Hold My Hand" | 5:10 |
13. | "Politician (Reprise)" | 1:39 |
Chart (2010–11) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] | 22 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] | 36 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] | 5 |
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] | 2 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] | 30 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] | 39 |
Dutch Alternative Albums (MegaCharts)[19] | 2 |
French Albums (SNEP)[20] | 19 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] | 29 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22] | 21 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] | 21 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] | 9 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] | 31 |
UK Albums (OCC)[26] | 8 |
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[27] | 10 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[28] | 10 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[29] | 41 |
Chart (2010) | Rank |
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French Albums (SNEP)[30] | 112 |
Chart (2011) | Rank |
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[31] | 26 |
UK Albums (OCC)[32] | 84 |
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[33] | 14 |