Let It Be You (album)

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Let It Be You
Studio album by
Joan As Police Woman & Benjamin Lazar Davis
ReleasedOctober 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
Genre Rock, Pop, R&B [1]
Length36:56
Label Reveal
Producer
Joan As Police Woman chronology
The Classic
(2014)		Let It Be You
(2016)		 Damned Devotion
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 6/10 [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 6,9/10 [1]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Let It Be You is a collaborative studio album by Joan As Police Woman and Benjamin Lazar Davis, released on October 21, 2016 by Reveal Records. [3] The release was preceded by the single "Broke Me in Two". [9] Music videos were released for "Broke Me In Two" and "Overloaded", both featuring comedian Fred Armisen. [10] The duo followed the release by a UK tour. [11] [12]

Contents

Critical reception

Let It Be You received mixed reviews, [7] with DIY noting it as a "curiously unbalanced album", [5] while AllMusic described it as "a collection of appealingly loose, lush songs full of creativity". [3] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 65 based on 12 reviews. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joan Wasser and Benjamin Lazar Davis, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Broke Me In Two" 2:55
2."Overloaded" 3:25
3."Magic Lamp"Joan Wasser, Benjamin Lazar Davis & Tim Davis3:24
4."Let It Be You" 2:57
5."Hurts So Bad" 3:45
6."Satellite" 3:44
7."Easy Money" 3:22
8."Violent Dove" 3:43
9."Motorway" 3:34
10."Station" 6:11
Total length:36:56

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Let It Be You liner notes. [13]

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 119

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  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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  12. ↑ "Joan as Policewoman: UK Tour through November". Flux Magazine. October 31, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
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  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Joan As Police Woman & Benjamin Lazar Davis – Let It Be You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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