Be My Thrill

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Be My Thrill
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 31, 2010
Genre Folk pop
Length45:55
Label Nettwerk
Producer Deb Talan, Steve Tannen
The Weepies chronology
Hideaway
(2008)
Be My Thrill
(2010)
Sirens
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Be My Thrill is the fourth full-length album released by The Weepies. It was released on Nettwerk Records on August 31, 2010. Three promotional singles, "I Was Made For Sunny Days", "Be My Thrill", and "Please Speak Well of Me", were released through the iTunes Store in the weeks leading up to the album's release.

Contents

The album debuted at number 34 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 11,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 50,000 copies in the US as of April 2015. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Deb Talan and Steve Tannen

Original Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Please Speak Well of Me"2:36
2."When You Go Away"2:21
3."Red Red Rose"2:51
4."I Was Made for Sunny Days" (featuring Colbie Caillat on backing vocals)3:14
5."They're in Love, Where Am I?"2:23
6."Add My Effort"3:12
7."Be My Thrill"2:30
8."Be My Honeypie"2:10
9."Hummingbird"2:45
10."Hard to Please"4:12
11."Not a Lullaby"2:37
12."How Do You Get High?"2:36
13."Hope Tomorrow"1:59
14."Empty Your Hands"3:09
iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.TitleLength
15."Red Red Rose (Demo)"3:14
16."Hard to Please (Demo)"4:14

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 [5] 34
Rock Albums11
Digital Albums8
Independent Albums5
Folk Albums3

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  2. Paste review
  3. Reax Music review
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  5. "The Weepies Biography & Awards". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-15.