Love Stuff

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Love Stuff
Elle King - Love Stuff.png
Studio album by
Elle King
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2015 (2015-02-13)
Genre
Length42:26
Label RCA
Producer
Elle King chronology
The Elle King EP
(2012)		Love Stuff
(2015)		 Shake the Spirit
(2018)
Singles from Love Stuff
  1. "Ex's & Oh's"
    Released: September 23, 2014
  2. "Under the Influence"
    Released: December 14, 2015
  3. "America's Sweetheart"
    Released: February 8, 2016

Love Stuff is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Elle King. It was released physically and digitally in the United States on February 13, 2015, and on vinyl on March 3, 2015, through RCA Records. [1] [2] The album was mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering, which is located in Hollywood, California. [3]

Contents

The album was preceded by its lead single "Ex's & Oh's", which was released on September 23, 2014, and has since peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. [4] It has since been certified double Platinum. "Ex's & Oh's" reached the top of the Alternative Songs chart in September 2015, becoming only the second song by a solo female to reach the top since 1996 after Lorde achieved the feat in 2013 with "Royals". It was also preceded by the promotional single "Under the Influence". The album's second single "America's Sweetheart" was also a commercial success it peaked at no.10 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) becoming her second song to do so, it has since been certified platinum in Canada.

The album made history by being the first ever number 1 album on the UK Americana chart, which launched on 28 January 2016. [5] It also was placed No. 2 on UK Biggest Americana Albums of 2016 and has since been certified platinum in the United States.

Composition

Love Stuff intertwines blues, country and rock [6] with elements of folk, gospel, R&B, and punk-pop. [7]

Singles

"Ex's & Oh's" was released on September 23, 2014, as the album's lead single. It first found success in the rock genre, where it became the second song by a solo female artist in the past twenty years to reach the top position of the Billboard Alternative Songs airplay chart [8] and led the magazine's Hot Rock Songs chart for 10 consecutive weeks in mid-2015. The song later crossed over to a mainstream audience and became a number-one hit on the Adult Pop Songs chart in addition to spending one week in the top 10 of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. "Ex's & Oh's" received two nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards: for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song. [9]

The second rock single from the album is "Under the Influence", released to AAA radio on December 14, 2015 modern rock radio on December 15. [10] [11]

"America's Sweetheart" was released on February 8, 2016, as the second mainstream single and third overall released from Love Stuff; it impacted American hot adult contemporary radio on that date. [12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Renowned for Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [14]

Marcus Floyd from Renowned for Sound was impressed by King's "sonically versatile qualities" in her vocal performance over the track listing and the lyrical content she co-wrote with her collaborators, saying that "it’s great to hear less clichéd written tracks, replaced by personal pieces that tell a story and relive an experience." He concluded that King's career was just beginning, saying that "with her debut album now under her belt, she seems capable of anything; we can’t wait to hear more from this girl." [14] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine was critical of King's vocals feeling exhaustive throughout the album as she keeps up her chosen image but gave praise to her performances on "Ex's & Oh's", "Under the Influence", "Last Damn Night" and "Jackson" for finding a balance between "rock crunch and soul testifying," concluding that "Such highlights suggests that when [Elle] King doesn't have to try so hard to prove her bona fides, she might wind up with a record that's hard to deny. For now, she merely has a promising debut on her hands." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Where the Devil Don't Go"
 John Hill 3:01
2."Ex's & Oh's"
Dave Bassett3:22
3."Under the Influence"
  • King
  • Bassett
Bassett3:18
4."Last Damn Night"
Jeff Bhasker4:02
5."Kocaine Karolina"
  • King
  • Bhasker
Bhasker3:59
6."Song of Sorrow"KingHill3:35
7."America's Sweetheart"
Martin Johnson4:06
8."I Told You I Was Mean"King Jacknife Lee 4:31
9."Ain't Gonna Drown"
  • King
  • Bhasker
Bhasker3:21
10."Jackson"
Lee3:14
11."Make You Smile"
  • King
  • Garret "Jacknife" Lee
Lee2:31
12."See You Again"
Eg White3:26
Total length:42:26

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic: [15]

Vocals
Instruments
Production
Imagery

Charts and certifications

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