These Things Take Time (Molly Nilsson album)

These Things Take Time
These Things Take Time
Studio album by Molly Nilsson
Released	13 September 2008
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	50:04
Label	Dark Skies Association
Producer	Molly Nilsson
Molly Nilsson chronology
Singles from These Things Take Time
	"(Won't Somebody) Take Me Out Tonight"; Released: 15 April 2008; "Hey Moon!"; Released: 18 April 2008; "The Home Song"; Released: 12 May 2008; "The Diamond Song"; Released: 18 August 2008; "Dinosaur Tears"; Released: 8 February 2009; "The Lonely"; Released: 8 February 2009; "8000 Days"; Released: 13 February 2009;

These Things Take Time is the debut studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson, released on 13 September 2008.

Background

Looking back at the album and its title in 2022, Nilsson explained:

I was saying, ‘Okay, patience. I want to make this love affair I have with music last a long time. I don’t want to burn out or you know, throw it up in the air and just see where it lands.’ So I think it was a very good starting point for me.^[1]

Production

The album was produced by Nilsson with the keyboard of her then-roommate, with vocals being recorded on her laptop.^[2] According to Nilsson, the album's songs were written "over maybe a year’s time", but it was "[made up of] ideas that [she] had collected [her] whole life”.^[1]

Themes

The album has been said to deal with "love, partying, and the passage of time".^[3]

Release

The album was self-released by Nilsson. She burned it on CD by herself, with a run of 100 copies.^[2] In 2018, the album was reissued for Record Store Day.^[4] The album was again reissued on CD and vinyl on 30 October 2021.^[2]

Reception

In 2013, Roberto Rizzo of Italian magazine Onda Rock cited These Things Take Time as one of the best albums of the preceding five years.^[5] Retrospectively, Ed Blair of Bandcamp Daily called it a "remarkably assured arrival", while citing songs "Whiskey Sour" and "Hey Moon!" as ongoing fan favorites.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Molly Nilsson.

*These Things Take Time* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Lonely"	3:38
2.	"The Diamond Song"	4:09
3.	"8000 Days"	3:26
4.	"Wounds Itch When They Heal"	2:16
5.	"Whiskey Sour"	4:30
6.	"Poisoned Candy"	3:54
7.	"(Won't Somebody) Take Me Out Tonight"	4:44
8.	"Hey Moon!"	5:24
9.	"The Home Song"	4:02
10.	"Joyride"	4:46
11.	"We're Never Coming Home"	3:49
12.	"Dinosaur Tears"	4:02
13.	"My Dream From Last Night"	1:34
Total length:		50:04

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Blair, Ed (24 January 2022). "Where to Start Exploring the Dazzling World of Molly Nilsson". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kaempf, Mirco (4 June 2021). "Das hochsensible Plastikorchester der Molly Nilsson". Radio X (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ Kaempf, Mirco (17 January 2022). "Album der Woche: Extreme von Molly Nilsson". Radio X (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ Pearis, Bill (15 May 2018). "Molly Nilsson on tour with MGMT, playing U.S. headline shows this fall". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ Rizzo, Roberto (3 July 2013). "Molly Nilsson - The Travels: Le Recensioni di OndaRock". Onda Rock (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[bandcamp-1] Blair, Ed (24 January 2022). "Where to Start Exploring the Dazzling World of Molly Nilsson". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

[radiox-2] Kaempf, Mirco (4 June 2021). "Das hochsensible Plastikorchester der Molly Nilsson". Radio X (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[3] Kaempf, Mirco (17 January 2022). "Album der Woche: Extreme von Molly Nilsson". Radio X (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[4] Pearis, Bill (15 May 2018). "Molly Nilsson on tour with MGMT, playing U.S. headline shows this fall". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[5] Rizzo, Roberto (3 July 2013). "Molly Nilsson - The Travels: Le Recensioni di OndaRock". Onda Rock (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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