Bad Self Portraits

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Bad Self Portraits
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Studio album by
Lake Street Dive
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2014 (2014-02-18)
RecordedGreat North Sound Society, Parsonsfield (ME) (2012)
Genre Pop, blue-eyed soul [1]
Length39:22
Label Signature Sounds
Producer Sam Kassirer
Lake Street Dive chronology
Fun Machine
(2012)		Bad Self Portraits
(2014)		 Side Pony
(2016)

Bad Self Portraits is the fourth studio album by Lake Street Dive. It was released through Signature Sounds Recordings on February 18, 2014. [2] Although recorded in 2012, the album suffered a delay due to contractual issues which were resolved in October 2013. [3] The band travelled to the Great North Sound Society, a studio situated in an 18th-century farmhouse in rural Maine to record with Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter). [4] Price described the recording process as 'we went into the studio with no expectations of what people wanted or what kind of album people thought we should make'. [3]

Contents

The single of the same name received airplay on adult alternative-formatted radio stations.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
PopMatters 8/10 [5]
Paste Magazine 7.5/10 [6]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Critical

The album received generally favourable reviews. [8]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Matt Collar wrote "the album showcases lead singer Rachael Price's resonant, old-school singing, which is still the main reason to listen to Lake Street Dive. Of course, with her band backing her at various times with harmony vocals, jazzy trumpet, crunchy tube guitar riffs, and woody jazz basslines, there's always something rootsy and unexpected happening around her on Bad Self Portraits." [1] Zachary Houle of PopMatters wrote Bad Self Portraits "is a startling record, one that shows the group tightening up its songwriting chops and presenting a much more unified statement, front to back." [5]

Hilary Saunders of Paste Magazine wrote "Lake Street Dive is a group effort and that its core is powerfully impressive, even if this collection of songs is wrapped up in an unnecessarily over-produced package." [6] Annie Galvin of Slant Magazine wrote "Bigger, louder, and more eclectic works well on Bad Self Portraits, but smaller, quieter, and more precise was what made the band's earlier efforts so distinctive. Here's hoping that they find a way to keep varying their sound without detaching too dramatically from their modest but inimitable street-corner roots." [7]

Commercial

The album debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, [9] with around 14,000 copies sold on its first week of release in the US. It also debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard's Rock Albums chart, [10] and No. 2 on the Independent Albums charts. [11] The album has sold 90,000 copies in the US as of January 2016. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lake Street Dive [13]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bad Self Portraits"Bridget Kearney3:24
2."Stop Your Crying"Mike Calabrese3:34
3."Better Than"Bridget Kearney3:35
4."Rabid Animal"Bridget Kearney2:13
5."You Go Down Smooth"Mike Olson3:29
6."Use Me Up"Mike Olson3:57
7."Bobby Tanqueray"Mike Calabrese3:32
8."Just Ask"Mike Olson5:05
9."Seventeen"Bridget Kearney3:39
10."What About Me"Mike Calabrese4:17
11."Rental Love"Bridget Kearney2:37

Personnel

Technical personnel
Design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 196
US Billboard 200 [15] 18
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [17] 5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [18] 22

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References

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  2. ↑ F., Kirsten (February 6, 2014). "This Is Our Jam". thisisourjamdc.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  3. 1 2 "Huffington Post" Michael Bialas, 'Lake Street Dive, Rachael Price Bring Bad Self Portraits into Focus, The Huffington Post, February 18, 2014
  4. ↑ "Press release" Jim Merlis, 'Lake Street Dive' Big Hassle, accessed March 1, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Houle, Zachary (2014-02-18). "Lake Street Dive: Bad Self Portraits". PopMatters.com. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  6. 1 2 Saunders, Hilary (2014-02-18). "Lake Street Dive: Bad Self Portraits". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  7. 1 2 Galvin, Annie (2014-02-12). "Bad Self Portraits > Review". Slant Magazine . Retrieved July 23, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Metacritic" Metacritic entry, accessed, March 1, 2014.
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  10. ↑ "Top Rock Albums". Billboard. March 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Independent Albums". Billboard. March 8, 2014.
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  13. ↑ Writing credits as per the liner notes
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Lake Street Dive Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  16. ↑ "Lake Street Dive Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  17. ↑ "Lake Street Dive Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  18. ↑ "Lake Street Dive Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
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