I Will Be (album)

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I Will Be
I will be - Dum Dum Girls.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
Genre Indie pop
Label HoZac Records, Sub Pop
Producer Richard Gottehrer
Dum Dum Girls chronology
Dum Dum Girls
(2009)
I Will Be
(2010)
Blissed Out
(2010)
Singles from I Will Be
  1. "Jail La La"
    Released: February 16, 2010
  2. "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout"
    Released: November 23, 2010
  3. "It Only Takes One Night"
    Released: 2010

I Will Be is the first album by Dum Dum Girls, released on March 30, 2010. The first pressing by HoZac Records was released as a 12" vinyl LP with a black-and-white version of the current album art. After the band later signed to Sub Pop, the album was rereleased in 2010 on both CD and 12" vinyl with the full colored cover.

Contents

Three singles were issued from I Will Be: "Jail La La", released by Sub Pop as a 7" single on February 16, 2010; [1] "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout", released as a 7" single on November 23, 2010, by Slumberland Records; [2] and "It Only Takes One Night", released by Sub Pop as a promo-only CD-R. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
BBC Music Positive [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork (8.2/10) [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

The album received generally positive reviews upon its release. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".<re name="metacritic"> "I Will Be". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 August 2011.</ref>

Legacy

Reflecting on it ten years later, Stereogum 's James Rettig dubbed I Will Be "a precursor to the summer of 2010's big trend" that included "sunny harmonies and fuzzy distortion" and bands like Best Coast and Wavves. He felt it "worth holding up as an exemplar" of its era's music due to how well it still stood up. [11]

"It Only Takes One Night" was used on the soundtrack of the 2010 EA Sports video game FIFA 11 , while "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout" was used on the soundtrack of the 2011 Atari video game Test Drive Unlimited 2 .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dee Dee, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."It Only Takes One Night"2:02
2."Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout"2:34
3."Oh Mein M"2:12
4."Jail La La"2:31
5."Rest of Our Lives"3:02
6."Yours Alone"2:16
7."Blank Girl"2:54
8."I Will Be"2:07
9."Lines Her Eyes"2:24
10."Everybody's Out"2:58
11."Baby Don't Go" (Sonny Bono)3:50
iTunes bonus track [12]
No.TitleLength
12."Fuzz Love"2:53
Japanese bonus tracks [13]
No.TitleLength
12."Pay for Me"2:34
13."Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge)3:04
Sub Pop pre-order bonus EP [14]
No.TitleLength
1."Ship of Love"1:45
2."Longhair"2:57
3."Dream Away Life"4:17
4."Catholicked" (Patti Smith)2:38
5."Hey Sis"3:25

Personnel

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
CanadaMarch 30, 2012 CD, digital download, LP record Sub Pop
United States

The first 200 copies of the LP version of the album were released on gold vinyl onby HoZac Records. [15] An undisclosed number of Sub Pop vinyls were released on blood red and black marbled vinyl. [16]

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