I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now is the first studio album by American musical duo Got a Girl. It was released on Bulk Recordings on July 22, 2014. It peaked at number 27 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.
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Released | July 22, 2014 |
Recorded | 2012–2013 |
Genre | French pop, trip hop, Indie pop |
Length | 46:22 |
Label | Bulk Recordings |
Producer | Dan the Automator |
Singles from I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now | |
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Production
editThe duo revealed that the album would feature heavy influences of French pop music, which were a shared interest between the two.[citation needed]
In an interview with Complex, Winstead also details the inspiration behind the album—"French '60s pop—Jane Birkin, and stuff like that. It's kind of married with Dan's sensibility, which is his beats and a little bit of that low-key hip-hop vibe. So it makes for something that's very unique; it's very lounge-y and light. It's got a little bit of a French quality."[1]
Release
editIn May 2013, the official promo track "You and Me" was released.[2] It was promoted as the first single from their upcoming album, but the track was ultimately not included in the album.
On May 31, Got a Girl also recorded the song "I'm Down" from Beck's music sheet album Song Reader. The recording was released on YouTube.[3] On July 8, 2014, the final track listing for the album was released, and Got a Girl's cover of the song was not selected to be included in the album.[4]
Initially, Got a Girl's debut album was reported to be set for release in January 2014 via EMI,[5] but was bumped to July 2014.[6]
In June 2014, Spin revealed that the album, titled I Love You but I Must Drive Off this Cliff Now, will be released on July 22 via Bulk Recordings. The album's full track list is also revealed on AllMusic.[7] The first single, "Did We Live Too Fast", premiered on June 3.[6] The music video, directed by Hope Larson, premiered online on June 16.[8]
The second single, "There's a Revolution", was released on July 8.[9]
Critical reception
editAggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 66/100[10] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
ABC News | [11] |
AllMusic | [7] |
The Digital Fix | 8/10[12] |
London Evening Standard | [13] |
NME | 7/10[14] |
PopMatters | 7/10[15] |
Renowned for Sound | [16] |
Spectrum Culture | [17] |
Under the Radar | 3/10[18] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66% based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[10]
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Mary Elizabeth Winstead; all music is composed by Dan the Automator
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Did We Live Too Fast" | 3:50 |
2. | "I'll Never Hold You Back" | 4:25 |
3. | "Close to You" | 4:35 |
4. | "Everywhere I Go" | 4:34 |
5. | "Last Stop" | 3:57 |
6. | "There's a Revolution" | 3:31 |
7. | "Things Will Never Be the Same" | 3:52 |
8. | "Put Your Head Down (feat. Mike Patton)" | 3:59 |
9. | "Friday Night" | 3:22 |
10. | "La La La" | 4:22 |
11. | "Da Da Da" | 2:09 |
12. | "Heavenly" | 3:58 |
Total length: | 46:22 |
Charts
editChart | Peak position |
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US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19] | 27 |
References
edit- ^ Matt Barone. "Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Geek Chic (2012 Cover Story)". Complex.
- ^ Charlie Schmidlin (21 May 2013). "Listen: First Track From Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Dan Th – The Playlist". The Playlist. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013.
- ^ Got a Girl – "I'm Down" from Beck's Song Reader. YouTube. 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Beck's Song Reader CD Tracklist Revealed: Jack White, Jarvis Cocker, Tweedy, Fun., & More". Stereogum. 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Dan the Automator + Mary Elizabeth Winstead Team Up for Album". ARTISTdirect.
- ^ a b "Hear Dan the Automator and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Cinematic 'Did We Live Too Fast'". Spin. 3 June 2014.
- ^ a b Timothy Monger. "I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now". AllMusic.
- ^ "Deltron 3030's Dan the Automator and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Video for "Did We Live Too Fast" Would Make Ernest Hemingway Proud". Noisey.
- ^ "Here's a new song from Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Dan "The Automator" Nakamura". The A.V. Club. 8 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Reviews for I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now by Got a Girl – Metacritic". Metacritic.
- ^ ABC News. "Music Reviews: The Latest From 5 Seconds of Summer, Common, La Roux and More". ABC News.
- ^ Got A Girl – I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now | Review | Music @ The Digital Fix
- ^ Evening Standard Critics (19 September 2014). "Album reviews of the week (Sept 19–25)". London Evening Standard.
- ^ NME.COM (20 July 2014). "NME Reviews - Got A Girl - 'I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now' - NME.COM". NME.
- ^ "Got a Girl". PopMatters. 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Renowned for Sound – Album Review: Got a Girl – I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now". Renowned for Sound. 23 July 2014.
- ^ Jester Jay Goldman (22 July 2014). "Got a Girl: I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now". Spectrum Culture.
- ^ "Got A Girl: I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now (Bulk) Review – Under the Radar – Music Magazine". Under the Radar.
- ^ "Got a Girl - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
External links
edit- I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now at Discogs (list of releases)