Release Me | ||||
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Released | June 15, 2010 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, rock and roll | |||
Length | 37:00 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Producer | Mark Ronson, Thomas Brenneck, Alex Greenwald, Homer Steinweiss | |||
The Like chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The New York Times | (8/10) [2] |
Q Magazine |
Release Me is the second album by The Like, released in 2010 by Geffen Records under license to Downtown Records in the United States and international markets including the United Kingdom. It features the singles "Release Me" and "He's Not a Boy". The songs "Don't Make a Sound" is featured in the closing credits of the 2010 film The Next Three Days and "Walk of Shame" in the 2011 television film Mean Girls 2 . Release Me has a 60s girl group inspired sound, described by one critic as "the Shangri-las as if they were backed (by) The Kinks". [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wishing He Was Dead" | Z Berg, Alex Greenwald, Thomas Brenneck, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 2:53 |
2. | "He's Not a Boy" | Z Berg | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 2:35 |
3. | "Release Me" | Z Berg | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 3:03 |
4. | "Walk of Shame" | Z Berg | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 2:15 |
5. | "Narcissus in a Red Dress" | Z Berg, Alex Greenwald | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 3:43 |
6. | "I Can See it in Your Eyes" | Z Berg | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 2:44 |
7. | "Fair Game" | Z Berg | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 2:28 |
8. | "Square One" | Z Berg, Alex Greenwald, James Valentine, Jason Boesel, Michael Runion | Thomas Brenneck, Homer Steinweiss | 2:08 |
9. | "In the End" | Z Berg | Thomas Brenneck, Homer Steinweiss | 2:58 |
10. | "Trouble in Paradise" | Z Berg, Alex Greenwald, Mark Ronson, Thomas Brenneck | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 3:04 |
11. | "Catch Me If You Can" | Z Berg | Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald | 3:11 |
12. | "Don't Make a Sound" | Z Berg, Alex Greenwald | Thomas Brenneck, Homer Steinweiss | 3:18 |
"Don't Make a Sound" is followed by a hidden track, "Why When Love is Gone", a song originally written by Ivory Joe Hunter.
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