Lovesick Electric

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Lovesick Electric
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ReleasedOctober 23, 2009
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Length39:17
Label Jive
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Hot Chelle Rae chronology
Lovesick Electric
(2009)
Whatever
(2011)
Singles from Lovesick Electric
  1. "I Like to Dance"
    Released: July 30, 2009
  2. "Bleed"
    Released: August 3, 2010

Lovesick Electric is the debut studio album by American rock band Hot Chelle Rae. It was released by Jive Records on the October 23, 2009. [3] Two singles were released from the album: "I Like to Dance" and "Bleed". The physical copy included a small sticker that said "IL2D".[ citation needed ]

Contents

Background and release

Lovesick Electric was released on October 23, 2009 via Jive Records. The album was produced by Eric Valentine, Butch Walker and Matt Radosevich. [1] According to guitarist Nash Overstreet, the group wrote a total of 60 to 70 songs for the album. [4] Speaking about the main theme of the album, lead vocalist Ryan Follese stated;

"As far as the themes go, I don't even know if it's called a theme but the title of the record, we knew it's gonna be the name of our first album long before we had a record deal. We kind of shaped our sound and our songs around the idea of 'Lovesick Electric', so it kind of came this, um, you know, consistent reminder of what we wanted to be." [5]

Overstreet described the album as a "feel good record" with a lot of dance beat songs. [5] The group went on tour with The Rocket Summer in the spring of 2010 to promote the album. [6] The band also went on a fall tour with Parachute in 2010. [7]

"I Like to Dance" was released as the lead single from the album on July 30, 2009. [8] A music video for the song was released in 2009 featuring an appearance from Stephanie Pratt. [9] The song peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Hitseekers Chart. [10] "Bleed" was released on August 3, 2010 as the second single from the album. [11] The song peaked at number 31 on the US Pop Airplay chart. [12]

Critical reception

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Lovesick Electric was met with mixed to positive reviews. Matt Collar of AllMusic described the album as a "radio-friendly emo and post-punk-influenced dance-rock" record. He also stated, "These are engaging, melodic, danceable, and passionate songs that bring to mind the yearning emo-pop of Metro Station along with the '80s-influenced dance-rock sound of The Killers." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Say (Half Past Nine)"3:40
2."I Like to Dance"3:00
3."Never Have I Ever"3:15
4."Bleed"3:53
5."Bushes"3:21
6."Problematique"3:08
7."The Distance"3:48
8."Alright"2:55
9."Queen of the Scene"2:51
10."Nothing Left to Hide"3:39
11."Last One Standing"5:47
Total length:39:17

Personnel

Credits for Lovesick Electric adapted from AllMusic. [13]

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