About Love (album)

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About Love
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Studio album by
Released4 August 2009 (2009-08-04)
Recorded2009
Genre Indie rock
Length39:24
Label Nylon
Producer Butch Walker
Jake Sinclair
Claudius Mittendorfer
Plastiscines chronology
LP1
(2007)
About Love
(2009)
Back to the Start
(2014)
Professional ratings
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About Love is the second studio album by French female band, the Plastiscines.

Contents

About Love was recorded in Los Angeles on February 2009. It contains twelve tracks including the singles "Barcelona", "Bitch" and "I Am Down" which were featured in the episode "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?" (Episode 9, of the Third Season) of Gossip Girl . Its highest chart position in France was 138th. It fell out in 179th place on 22 February 2010. The French edition of Rolling Stone classified it as the 100th best French rock Album. [2]

Track listing

  1. "I Could Rob You" – 3:26
  2. "Barcelona" – 3:21
  3. "Bitch" – 3:07
  4. "Camera" – 2:25
  5. "From Friends to Lovers" – 2:56
  6. "Time to Leave" – 3:51
  7. "I Am Down" – 4:11
  8. "Another Kiss" – 2:54
  9. "Pas Avec Toi"– 2:58
  10. "Runnaway" – 3:43
  11. "You're No Good" (Clint Ballard, Jr) – 3:06
  12. "Coney Island" – 3:26

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Sendra, Tim. "Review: About Love". Allmusic . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  2. Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN   1764-1071