La Roux (album)

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La Roux
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Studio album by
La Roux
Released26 June 2009 (2009-06-26)
Recorded2008–2009
Studio
Genre Synth-pop
Length44:31
Label Polydor
Producer
  • Ben Langmaid
  • Elly Jackson
  • Ben Hirst
La Roux chronology
La Roux
(2009)		 Trouble in Paradise
(2014)
Singles from La Roux
  1. "Quicksand"
    Released: 15 December 2008
  2. "In for the Kill"
    Released: 16 March 2009
  3. "Bulletproof"
    Released: 22 June 2009
  4. "I'm Not Your Toy"
    Released: 28 September 2009

La Roux is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo La Roux, released on 26 June 2009 by Polydor Records. The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It includes the singles "In for the Kill" and "Bulletproof", which reached numbers two and one on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.

Contents

The album was nominated for the 2009 Mercury Prize, and won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 2011 ceremony. A 10-track Gold Edition of the album was released digitally in the United States on 8 February 2011, including the Kanye West-assisted version of "In for the Kill". [1]

Singles

"Quicksand" was released as the album's lead single on 15 December 2008, originally reaching number 153 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] The song was re-released on 23 November 2009 and rose to a new peak position of number 129 on the UK chart. [3]

"In for the Kill" was released as the album's second single on 16 March 2009. The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks, [4] while reaching the top 15 in Ireland and Norway, the top 40 in Australia and the top 50 in Belgium. [5] [6]

"Bulletproof" was released as the album's third single on 22 June 2009. The single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming La Roux's first chart-topper. [7] The track reached number three in Austria, number five in Australia, Belgium and Ireland, number seven in New Zealand and number 13 in Germany. [5] [8] "Bulletproof" also became the duo's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, peaking at number eight. [9]

"I'm Not Your Toy" was released as the album's fourth and final single on 28 September 2009. Speaking to The Guardian on 22 July 2009, La Roux's lead singer Elly Jackson explained that the duo chose to release the single in the summer because she "think[s] sunny weather drives you towards certain tempos and melodies that work well booming out of open windows", adding that the song "has a brightness that wouldn't work in winter." [10] It peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. [11]

On 15 July 2010, Jackson uploaded a behind-the-scenes preview of the music video for "Tigerlily" on YouTube discussing its theme. [12] However, neither the single nor the video ever materialised.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.8/10 [13]
Metacritic 76/100 [14]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [19]
NME 9/10 [20]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [21]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [22]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [23]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [24]

La Roux received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 16 reviews. [14] Luke Turner of NME raved that "with this astounding debut, an unassuming 21-year-old from SW2 has revitalised a forgotten form to make one of the finest forward-thinking British pop albums of recent memory." [20] Steve Harris of Clash viewed the album as "[t]he ultimate expression of '80s love" and stated that "apart from a couple of later tracks, the album is far from filler and still delivers blow after blow of superb songcraft." [25] Heather Phares of AllMusic opined that "La Roux's dedication to their aesthetic makes this an album where the songs are variations on a theme, and on the rare occasion where the songwriting isn't razor-sharp, the style threatens to overtake the substance. However, that devotion also makes La Roux a standout, not just among the many other '80s revivalists, but the entire late-2000s pop landscape." [15] Rolling Stone 's Rob Sheffield commented, "Along with co-writer and fellow synth dude Ben Langmaid, [Elly Jackson is] ruling U.K. radio with splashy dance hits about sex and betrayal", highlighting "Bulletproof" as the album's "definitive gem". [23]

Talia Kraines of BBC Music wrote, "That shrill vocal might mean the [...] album is not something you're likely to listen to all in one go in a high pressure situation, but it's one jam-packed with killer pop song after killer pop song." [26] Slant Magazine reviewer Paul Schrodt described La Roux's sound as "frosty, uniquely British, deliberately affected, and anything but casual", but felt that "it's the band's attempts at vulnerability ('Cover My Eyes') that make for the most insipid listens." [27] Pitchfork 's Joshua Love noted that "La Roux delivers icy but irresistible throwback pop that hearkens back explicitly to fellow femme-led Brits Yazoo and the Eurythmics." [21] The Guardian 's Alexis Petridis wrote, "The sound is authentically tinny, bass being something that most synthpop pioneers seemed to think the gleaming 'Music of the Future' could do without. The rhythms tend to a clipped, funkless boom-crash that listeners of a certain vintage may find difficult to hear without picturing a school disco dancefloor packed with fourth-formers trying to 'do' robotics." [17] Peter Paphides of The Times expressed, "For the almost militant purity of its execution though, La Roux inspires a peculiar sort of awe. Exclusively using keyboards is one thing, but the Brixton-based duo have gone a step further, purging their sound of any keyboard noise that bears even a passing resemblance to what your Jeremy Clarkson sort of music fan would refer to as a 'real' instrument." [24] Simon Price was critical of the album in his review for The Independent , stating that "[m]uch of the time, La Roux sound strangely distorted, like the backing music from an early 1990s Sega Mega Drive game turned up to 11." [28]

Accolades

La Roux was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize. [29] On 13 February 2011, the album won Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. [30]

Accolades for La Roux
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
The Guardian Albums of 20099 [31]
musicOMH Top 50 Best Albums of 200933 [32]
NME 50 Best Albums of 200913 [33]
Q 50 Best Albums of 200930 [34]

Commercial performance

La Roux debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with 62,650 copies sold in its first week, [35] becoming the third fastest-selling debut album of 2009 in the United Kingdom after Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream and Florence and the Machine's Lungs , respectively. [36] [37] [38] The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 12 February 2010, [39] and by July 2014, it had sold 416,667 copies in the UK. [40] As of May 2014, La Roux had sold over two million copies worldwide. [41]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In for the Kill" 4:08
2."Tigerlily"
  • Jackson
  • Langmaid
  • Darren Berry
3:24
3."Quicksand" 3:05
4."Bulletproof" 3:25
5."Colourless Colour"
  • Jackson
  • Ben Hirst
3:30
6."I'm Not Your Toy" 3:18
7."Cover My Eyes" 4:32
8."As If by Magic" 3:51
9."Fascination" 3:41
10."Reflections Are Protection" 4:19
11."Armour Love"
  • Jackson
  • Langmaid
  • Berry
3:53
12."Growing Pains" (bonus track)
  • Jackson
  • Langmaid
  • Jeff Patterson
3:27
Total length:44:31
Australian, European and Japanese iTunes Store bonus track [42] [43] [44]
No.TitleLength
13."In for the Kill" (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)5:02
Total length:49:33
US iTunes Store bonus track [45]
No.TitleLength
13."Finally My Saviour"4:19
Total length:48:50
Amazon Music and Record Store Day 2010 bonus track [46]
No.TitleLength
13."Bulletproof" (demo version)3:26
Total length:47:57
Australian limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."In for the Kill" (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)5:02
14."In for the Kill" (video) 
15."Quicksand" (video) 
Total length:49:33
French limited edition bonus tracks [47]
No.TitleLength
13."Finally My Saviour"4:21
14."In for the Kill" (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)5:04
15."Bulletproof" (Tiborg Remix)3:29
16."Bulletproof" (Zinc Remix)5:51
Total length:63:16
Japanese edition bonus tracks [48]
No.TitleLength
13."Finally My Saviour"4:21
14."In for the Kill" (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)5:04
15."Bulletproof" (Tepr TsunAimee Remix)5:35
Total length:59:31

Gold Edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In for the Kill" (featuring Kanye West) 4:41
2."Finally My Saviour" 4:19
3."Under My Thumb"
3:46
4."I'm Not Your Toy" (Jack Beats Remix) 5:37
5."In for the Kill" (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix) 5:02
6."Quicksand" (Boy 8 Bit Remix) 5:56
7."Bulletproof" (Zinc Remix) 5:49
8."Tigerlily" (demo)
  • Jackson
  • Langmaid
  • Berry
3:49
9."Bulletproof" (intimate session at Abbey Road, acoustic) 3:01
10."In for the Kill" (Vevo Lounge version) 3:28
Total length:45:28
US iTunes Store bonus video [49]
No.TitleLength
11."In for the Kill" (the making of)3:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of La Roux. [50]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for La Roux
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [79] Gold35,000^
Ireland (IRMA) [80] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] Platinum416,667 [40]
United States—207,000 [81]
Summaries
Worldwide—2,000,000 [41]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for La Roux
RegionDateEditionLabelRef.
Germany26 June 2009Standard Universal [82]
Netherlands [83]
Poland [84]
Ireland Polydor [85]
United Kingdom29 June 2009 [86]
FranceUniversal [87]
Sweden [88]
Australia3 July 2009 [89]
Canada28 July 2009 [90]
Japan5 August 2009 [48]
United States29 September 2009 [91]
Italy16 October 2009Universal [92]
France23 October 2009Limited [47]

Notes

  1. ↑ All tracks
  2. ↑ Tracks 2, 9 and 10
  3. ↑ Tracks 5, 7, 8, 11 and 12

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