Good Things (Aloe Blacc album)

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Good Things
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010
Recorded2009–2010
Genre Soul
Length47:33
Label Stones Throw, Vertigo
Producer Truth & Soul
Aloe Blacc chronology
Shine Through
(2006)
Good Things
(2010)
Energy Live Session: Aloe Blacc & the Grand Scheme
(2013)
Singles from Aloe Blacc
  1. "I Need a Dollar"
    Released: 16 March 2010
  2. "Loving You Is Killing Me"
    Released: 7 March 2011
  3. "Green Lights"
    Released: 9 September 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 82/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club A− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [11]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Good Things is the second studio album by American musician Aloe Blacc. The album was released on September 28, 2010, in the US and 26 November 2010 in the UK [13] by Stones Throw Records.

Contents

Singles

The first single from the album, "I Need a Dollar" (produced by Truth & Soul), was released on March 16, 2010. It peaked No. 2 in the UK and Ireland. In Switzerland and Austria it peaked at No. 5, No. 1 in Belgium (Flanders). An edited version of the song serves as the theme song for the HBO series How to Make It in America .

The second single, "Loving You Is Killing Me", was released on March 7, 2011. It peaked No. 8 in Austria, No. 12 in Austria and Belgium (Flanders) and No. 26 in Switzerland.

"Green Lights" was released as the second single in UK (third overall) on September 9, 2011. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I Need a Dollar"4:06
2."Green Lights"2:58
3."Hey Brother"2:40
4."Miss Fortune"4:22
5."Life So Hard"4:13
6."Take Me Back"3:47
7."Femme Fatale" (The Velvet Underground cover)3:56
8."Loving You Is Killing Me"3:27
9."Good Things"4:04
10."You Make Me Smile"3:27
11."If I"4:08
12."Mama Hold My Hand"5:10
13."Politician (Reprise)"1:39

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010–11)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 22
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 5
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 30
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] 39
Dutch Alternative Albums (MegaCharts) [19] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [20] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 29
Irish Albums (IRMA) [22] 21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [23] 21
Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 31
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 8
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [27] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [28] 10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [29] 41

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)Rank
French Albums (SNEP) [30] 112
Chart (2011)Rank
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA) [31] 26
UK Albums (OCC) [32] 84
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [33] 14

References

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  7. "Aloe Blacc: Good Things". Mojo (202): 106. September 2010.
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