My Best Friend Is You

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My Best Friend Is You
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Studio album by
Released19 April 2010 (2010-04-19)
Studio RAK Studios · Studio 355 (London)
Genre Indie pop, indie rock
Length49:20
Label Geffen/Fiction
Producer Bernard Butler, Jay Malhotra, Kate Nash
Kate Nash chronology
Made of Bricks
(2007)
My Best Friend Is You
(2010)
Girl Talk
(2013)
Singles from My Best Friend Is You
  1. "Do-Wah-Doo"
    Released: 12 April 2010
  2. "Kiss That Grrrl"
    Released: 12 July 2010
  3. "Later On"
    Released: 18 October 2010 [1]
  4. "I've Got a Secret"
    Released: 20 March 2011 [2] [3]

My Best Friend Is You [4] is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, released in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2010 and elsewhere on 20 April. [5] On 13 April 2010, Nash appeared on John Kennedy's XFM show Xposure, where they did a track-by-track interview playing the whole of the album. The album spawned three official singles: the lead single "Do-Wah-Doo" achieved the most commercial success, charting respectively in European countries. "I've Got A Secret" was released as a promotional single and the fourth single overall.

Contents

Singles

Tracks

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [11]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Entertainment Weekly (B+) [13]
Drowned in Sound (7/10) [14]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The Irish Times (favorable) [16]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
NME (7/10) [17]
Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [18]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Uncut Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]

The album was generally met with positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, a review aggregator which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [11] Allmusic granted the album 3 stars out of 5, noting it sounded "professional" and compared the album's sound with Amy Winehouse's, yet also commented "the aim of much of [My Best Friend Is You] seems to be simply getting Kate Nash airplay without worrying overly much about a musical backing that suits her songwriting." [12] Andrzej Lukowski of Drowned in Sound denotes confusion on the album sounding "both indie and universal" and called the album "rather daring" for a "mainstream album". [14] The Guardian granted four out of five stars, praising Nash' growth as an artist. [15] The Irish Times named the album their "Album of the Week" and called it "a considerable step from its predecessor". [16]

Artwork

The official artwork for the sleeve leaked on 17 March 2010 appearing first on Kuwaiti music blog Loft965.com. [19]

On 9 April 2010, Nash took part in a timesonline.co.uk web chat. When asked a question about the album's artwork she replied:

"It's been pretty stressful getting all the artwork together on this album because I've cared so much about it and had so many ideas and wanted it to be perfect for my second record. I worked with a lady called Kate Gibb who does screen printing, we screen printed a bunch of photos and some of my own objects to create collages inspired by images that I collected and loved, they varied from the bauhaus art movement to punk and lo fi record covers because I love the simplicity in those. I've just got through all the final artwork and it was worth the hardwork because I love how it looks. I try to be as involved as possible in every single aspect of what I do so that it represents me properly and because it's fun and I care and I'm a control freak." [20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kate Nash.

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Paris"Bernard Butler3:04
2."Kiss That Grrrl"Butler3:41
3."Don't You Want To Share The Guilt?"Butler5:05
4."I Just Love You More"Butler3:05
5."Do-Wah-Doo"Butler2:32
6."Take Me to a Higher Plane"Butler3:20
7."I've Got a Secret"Butler2:39
8."Mansion Song"Jay Malholtra, Nash3:22
9."Early Christmas Present"Butler3:08
10."Later On"Butler3:34
11."Pickpocket"Butler3:21
12."You Were So Far Away"Butler3:26
13."I Hate Seagulls" (Silence From 4:13 until 7:11 – then hidden track begins: "My Best Friend Is You")Butler8:50
Total length:49:20
US iTunes bonus track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
14."R n B Side"Butler2:16
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
14."Grrrilla Munch"Butler3:12
15."R n B Side"Butler2:16
Total length:5:28
Scrapbook Edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."I Wanna Be a Frozen Pea" (Interview)14:43
2."Track-By-Track"9:02
3."Tour Highlights" ("I Just Love You More" is the background song)3:09

Personnel

Primary musicians
Additional musicians
Production personnel
Additional personnel

Chart performance

The album charted respectively at number 8 and 26 on the UK Album Chart and the Irish Albums Chart in its first week, however quickly dropped in its second week to number 39 and 40. It charted at number 62 on the Billboard 200 and number 6 in the German Album Charts.

Chart (2010) [21] [22] Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 50
Belgian Albums Chart 35
Dutch Albums Chart 47
European Top 100 Albums Chart28
French Albums Chart 71
German Albums Chart 6
Irish Albums Chart 26
Swiss Albums Chart 23
UK Albums Chart 8
US Billboard 200 62

Tour

On her website, Nash announced she would be touring from 26 May 2010, till end of 2010.

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
26 May 2010 Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Germany Astra
27 May 2010 Dresden Alter Schlachthof
28 May 2010 Hamburg Gr. Freiheit
30 May 2010 Landgraaf Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Pinkpop
31 May 2010 Cologne Flag of Germany.svg Germany Essigfabrik
1 June 2010 Paris Flag of France.svg France La Cigalle
2 June 2010 Strasbourg Le Laiterie
4 June 2010 Nürburgring Flag of Germany.svg Germany Rock am Ring
2 June 2010 Nuremberg Rock im Park
7 June 2010 Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Paradiso
8 June 2010 Brussels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Botanique/Orangerie
10 June 2010 Salzburg Flag of Austria.svg Austria Rockhouse
11 June 2010 Nickelsdorf Novarock Festival
25 June 2010 Gloucester Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Guildhall
26 June 2010 Glastonbury Glastonbury Festival
6 July 2010 London iTunes Festival
10 July 2010 Balado T in the Park, Kinross
11 July 2010 Naas Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Oxegen Racefestival
North America
17 July 2010 Chicago Flag of the United States.svg United States Lilith Fair
18 July 2010 Minneapolis
20 July 2010 Indianapolis
21 July 2010 Detroit
Australia
1 August 2010 Woodford Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Splendour in the Grass
4 August 2010 Melbourne Corner Hotel
5 August 2010 Sydney Metro Theatre
Europe
20 August 2010 Hasselt-Kiewit Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Belgium Pukkelpop
5 September 2010 Trinity Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey Royal Jersey Showground
14 September 2010 Copenhagen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark VEGA
North America
22 November 2010 Mexico City Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico José Cuervo Salón
South America
24 February 2011 Rio de Janeiro Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Circo Voador
25 February 2011 São Paulo HSBC Hall
27 February 2011 Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Teatro Gran Rex
Europe
13 April 2011 Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Babylon
20 April 2011 Glasgow Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland O2 ABC Glasgow

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