Greetings from Imrie House

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Greetings from Imrie House
The Click Five Greeting From Imrie House.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre
Length39:10
Label
Producer Mike Denneen
the Click Five chronology
Greetings from Imrie House
(2005)
Modern Minds and Pastimes
(2007)
Singles from Greetings from Imrie House
  1. "Angel to You (Devil to Me)"
    Released: April 25, 2005 (EP) [1] [notes 1]
  2. "Just the Girl"
    Released: May 31, 2005 [2]
  3. "Catch Your Wave"
    Released: November 22, 2005 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Entertainment Weekly (B) [7]
IGN (0.2/10) [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Greetings from Imrie House is the debut studio album by American rock band the Click Five. It was released on August 16, 2005 and reached #15 on the U.S. Billboard 200. It contains the band's two biggest domestic chart hits, "Just the Girl" and "Catch Your Wave". Also included are "Angel to You (Devil to Me)", "Pop Princess", and "Say Goodnight", three songs that originally appeared on an EP named after the former song. It is the only album by the band to feature lead vocalist & rhythm guitarist Eric Dill, who left the band in 2007 prior to the production of their second album, Modern Minds and Pastimes .

Contents

Background

The album's title refers to the band's Boston house on Imrie Street where they lived while writing the album and attending Berklee School of Music. [10]

The album's musical style of "retro new wave and power pop" was inspired by Cheap Trick, the Beach Boys, and the Knack. [10]

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 15 on September 3, 2005, marking the highest-ranking debut for any pop or rock band that year, selling 51,541 copies. [10] It was also the best debut in Lava Records' history. [11] Billboard 's Melinda Newman opined that the grassroots following the band had developed online responsible for the high debut. [12] In its second week, the album dropped to number 28. [12]

In an era of declining album sales, the band moved 268,000 copies of the album by January 2006, considered disappointing in comparison to the sales of lead single "Just the Girl". "Part of me likes the idea of being a singles band," said Joe Guese to Rolling Stone at the time. [13]

Reception

Greetings from Imrie House received mixed reviews. Rolling Stone 's Barry Walters deemed the album and group "Simultaneously retro, current, mainstream-minded and knowing." [9] Gary Susman of Entertainment Weekly called it "insanely catchy blend," combining "guitar crunch, pop hooks, and Queen-worthy vocal harmonies." [7] John D. Luerssen of AllMusic predicted the band would be considered "disposable," while also attracting "instant acclaim" from other quarters. [5]

Spin 's Jessica Grose found the album "unbelievably derivative and banal," commenting, "The thought of the Click Five catering to legions of swooning tweens may be inevitable considering their tour partners, but you don't have to be part of the Click Five problem. You can be part of the solution." [14] A reviewer for IGN was explicitly negative, describing the record at times "an aborted fetus" and "nauseatingly acrimonious," while also suggesting readers should instead download music from Leonard Cohen (misattributed as Joel Cohen), A Tribe Called Quest, and Can. [8]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Day"
  • Ben Romans
  • Ethan Mentzer
3:09
2."Just the Girl" Adam Schlesinger 3:54
3."Catch Your Wave"
  • Romans
  • Mentzer
  • Joe Guese
2:52
4."I'll Take My Chances"
  • Schlesinger
  • D. Scott
3:49
5."Friday Night"
  • Romans
  • Mentzer
3:31
6."Angel to You (Devil to Me)"
3:29
7."Resign"
3:06
8."Pop Princess"Romans4:18
9."Time Machine"Romans3:14
10."Lies"
  • A. Bailey
  • J. Currie
  • M. Leeway
2:58
11."Say Goodnight"
  • Romans
  • N. Campany
4:50
Total length:39:10
iTunes edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Catch Your Wave" (live version)
  • Romans
  • Mentzer
  • Guese
4:25
Total length:43:35
Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."I Think We're Alone Now" Ritchie Cordell 2:55
13."Just the Girl" (acoustic live version)Schlesinger3:52
14."Just the Girl" (music video)  
15."Catch Your Wave" (music video)  
Total length:45:29

Personnel

Notes

  1. This release also included "Pop Princess" and "Say Goodnight", two songs that also appeared on the album.

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