Heartbreak on Vinyl

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Heartbreak on Vinyl
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2009
Genre Electropop, dance-pop
Length51:42
Label Tommy Boy Records
Producer Alain Whyte, Rodney Jerkins, Jean Baptiste, Jesse Rogg, Sluggo, Ryan Buendia
Blake Lewis chronology
A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)
(2007)
Heartbreak on Vinyl
(2009)
Portrait of a Chameleon
(2014)
Singles from Heartbreak on Vinyl
  1. "Sad Song"
    Released: July 21, 2009
  2. "Heartbreak on Vinyl"
    Released: January 19, 2010

Heartbreak on Vinyl is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Blake Lewis released on October 6, 2009 by Tommy Boy Records. [1] A double LP pressed on red vinyl with only 500 copies was released on August 13, 2010. The vinyl contained instant access to the Heartbreak on Vinyl digital album, 13 remixes of the hit single "Heartbreak on Vinyl" and an unreleased remix of "'Till We See the Sun." [2] Although "Heartbreak on Vinyl" became his most successful single, the album only sold 10,000 copies; less than 1/30 of the copies of his debut A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream) . [3] [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic said "he's brought all his disparate interests together on Heartbreak on Vinyl, which cut for cut is more rhythmic and melodic than A.D.D. and as a whole lot more memorable. Lewis doesn't separate his club rhythms and Morrissey obsessions, winding up with a record that sounds curiously and unwittingly like a soundtrack to a Eurotrash club, but in an appealing fashion because it feels uncontrived and often very catchy." [5]

Max Specht from Pressplus1 said "This album is a melting pot of styles that really sums up the kind of artist Blake Lewis is, he’s all over the place yet centered all at once. He’s an homage as much as he is a trailblazer in pop music, and this album will help find him fans with commuters blasting the radio, to night owls dancing the night away in crowded clubs down main street." [6]

Track listing

Heartbreak on Vinyl [7]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Heartbreak on Vinyl"S*A*M and Sluggo3:59
2."Binary Love"
  • Lewis
  • Steven McMorran
  • Qura Rankin
  • Carl Ryden
Ryden3:28
3."Freak"
Rogg4:30
4."Sad Song"
  • Lewis
  • Hollander
  • Katz
S*A*M and Sluggo4:31
5."Rhythm of My Heart"
Laze & Royal 
6."Afraid"
  • Jordan Omley
  • Michael Mani
  • Ronald Jackson
3:34
7."Left My Baby for You"
Free School5:03
8."Rebel Without a Cause"
  • Lewis
  • Eve Nelson
  • Stephen Wrabel
  • Oliver Goodman
  • James “Bird” Baker
3:53
9."SuperScratchaVocalisticTurnatableLicious"  1:05
10."Our Rapture of Love"
  • Lewis
  • Jørgen Olson
Olsen4:46
11."The Point"Zizzo3:54
12."The Remedy"
  • Oligee
  • Dave Audé
4:41
13."Love or Torture (Please Don't Stop)"
  • Lewis
  • Tedder
  • Audé
  • Tedder
4:58
14."Till' We See the Sun" (3rd single off album *only on Limited Double LP Edition*)LewisDevil's Gun4:41

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 135 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 4,000 albums in its first week. [8]

Chart (2009–2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 [9] 135
U.S. Dance/Electronic Albums [9] 7
U.S. Independent Albums [9] 20

Singles

Album credits

Performance credits [10]
Technical credits [10]

Release history

CountryDateOther
United StatesOctober 6, 2009Standard version
August 13, 2010Special edition
CanadaOctober 13, 2009Standard version
August 13, 2010Special edition

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