Give Me a Minute (album)

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Give Me a Minute
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 13, 2020 (2020-08-13)
Genre
Length43:43
Label Harbour Artists & Music
Producer
Lizzy McAlpine chronology
Indigo
(2018)
Give Me a Minute
(2020)
Five Seconds Flat
(2022)
Singles from Give Me a Minute
  1. "Apple Pie"
    Released: December 19, 2019
  2. "To the Mountains"
    Released: March 4, 2020
  3. "Means Something"
    Released: May 1, 2020
  4. "Pancakes for Dinner"
    Released: June 1, 2020
  5. "Over-the-Ocean Call"
    Released: July 13, 2020

Give Me a Minute is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, released independently on August 13, 2020. It was produced by Philip Etherington, McAlpine, Dillan Witherow, and Ehren Ebbage, and preceded by the release of the single "Over-the-Ocean Call" on July 13, 2020. [1]

Contents

Composition

Give Me a Minute is an indie folk [2] and folk-pop album, [3] described as "introspective" and "cottagecore-esque", [4] that "explores love lost and found". [4] The songs "To the Mountains", "Means Something", and "Pancakes for Dinner" were highlighted as standouts. [4]

In an interview in 2021, McAlpine stated:

"All the projects that I have put out have been chapters of my life, the Give Me A Minute chapter was a very specific time period. I was going through a breakup and ended up alone, then meeting someone new and was trying to figure out how to do all that. It’s weird because that album doesn’t feel like who I am as an artist anymore which is cool because I can always have it to look back on and reflect. I would describe it as young and naïve because I know so many more things about life now; it feels like I am so much more mature as an artist now." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Elizabeth McAlpine, except where noted.

Give Me a Minute track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Give Me a Minute" Dillan Witherow2:37
2."Nothing / Sad N Stuff" 
  • Philip Etherington
  • Ehren Ebbage
4:27
3."Over-the-Ocean Call (Andrew)" Etherington6:10
4."I Knew" 
  • Ebbage
  • Etherington
3:14
5."Where Do I Go?" 
  • McAlpine
  • Etherington
  • Ebbage
3:26
6."To the Mountains" 
  • McAlpine
  • Etherington
3:13
7."You, Love (Interlude)" Witherow0:49
8."Means Something" 
  • McAlpine
  • Etherington
2:24
9."Same Boat" 
  • Ebbage
  • Etherington
3:22
10."Pancakes for Dinner" 
  • McAlpine
  • Etherington
3:55
11."How Do I Tell You?"
  • McAlpine
  • Chris Peters
  • Etherington
  • Ebbage
3:06
12."Apple Pie" Etherington4:19
13."Headstones and Land Mines" Etherington2:35
Total length:43:43

Charts

Chart performance for Give Me a Minute
Chart (2025)Peak
position
UK Albums Sales (OCC) [6] 93
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [7] 29

References

  1. "Over-the-Ocean Call - Single". Apple Music (US). July 13, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  2. Keating, Hannah (August 21, 2020). "Lizzy McAlpine's 'Give Me a Minute' Conveys Heartache in Wistful Harmony". The Daily Utah Chronicle. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  3. "Singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine premieres live video for "I Knew" today". Guitar Girl. September 14, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 Thomas, Rylee (February 27, 2023). "Like Phoebe Bridgers but Happier: A Review of Lizzy McAlpine's Give Me a Minute". Long River Review. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  5. Evans, Elle (April 9, 2021). "In Conversation: Lizzy McAlpine". Clash. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  6. "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company . Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  7. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2025.