I Thought I Was an Alien

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I Thought I Was an Alien
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Studio album by
Soko
Released13 February 2012
Label
Producer
Soko chronology
Not Sokute
(2007)		I Thought I Was an Alien
(2012)		 My Dreams Dictate My Reality
(2015)
Singles from I Thought I Was an Alien

I Thought I Was an Alien is the debut studio album by French singer Soko, released in February 2012.

Contents

Release and promotion

Stereogum premiered I Thought I Was an Alien for online streaming on 13 February 2012. [1] The album was issued to Belgian, British, Dutch, German, Italian, Irish, Luxembourgish, Polish and Swiss music stores on 17 February. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Fly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Loud and Quiet (7/10) [16]
NME (7/10) [17]
The Stool Pigeon Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Uncut (6/10) [19]

Track listing

  1. "I Just Want to Make It New with You" - 2:19
  2. "I Thought I Was an Alien" - 2:18
  3. "People Always Look Better in the Sun" - 2:18
  4. "We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow" - 2:41
  5. "No More Home, No More Love..." - 2:36
  6. "For Marlon" - 3:23
  7. "First Love Never Die" - 4:22
  8. "Treat Your Woman Right" - 4:19
  9. "How Are You??" - 3:46
  10. "Don't You Touch Me" - 3:23
  11. "Destruction of the Disgusting Ugly Hate" - 3:55
  12. "Happy Hippie Birthday" - 4:01
  13. "I've Been Alone Too Long" - 4:44
  14. "Why Don't You Eat Me Now, You Can" - 1:28
  15. "You Have a Power on Me" - 2:49

Chart positions

YearChartPeak
position
2012Belgian Heatseekers (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 35
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 53
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 74
2014Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 76
UK Independent Albums Breakers (OCC) [24] 12
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [25] 15

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