Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans | ||||
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Released | June 14, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2005–2010 | |||
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Length | 48:03 | |||
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Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans is the debut studio album by French-American singer Uffie. It was released on June 14, 2010, by Ed Banger Records and Because Music. Produced by Feadz, J-Mat, Mr. Oizo, Mirwais and Sebastian, the album features guest appearances by Pharrell Williams and Mattie Safer of The Rapture, includes an "adaptation" of The Velvet Underground's "Rock & Roll" and a cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden", [2] which Uffie cited as one of her favorite songs. [3]
The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart and number 18 on the UK Dance Albums Chart. Although reviews for the album were mixed, it was included on year-end critics' lists by several publications [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and was nominated at the 2011 French Victoires de la Musique for Best Electronic Album. [9]
In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe. [10]
Since the release of the album, Uffie's music is said to have "had a lasting and widespread influence in the 2010s". [11]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 48/100 [12] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [13] |
BBC Music | Favorable [14] |
Drowned in Sound | 3/10 [15] |
Gigwise | [16] |
The Guardian | [17] |
The Independent | favorable [18] |
musicOMH | [19] |
Real Detroit Weekly | [20] |
Rolling Stone | [21] |
Spin | 5/10 [22] |
Uffie's record label Ed Banger Records first stated in late 2006 that her debut album would be released "mid-to-late 2007", then "sometime in 2008". Hectic traveling and touring schedules, her marriage and divorce, news of her pregnancy and growing as an artist delayed the release of the album. She stated that her new sound is very different with a much more mature sound and there would be more singing on the album than her previous EPs. She describes the album as "schizophrenic" and "worth the wait". On October 3, 2009, Busy P, founder and owner of Ed Banger Records, stated that Uffie's album had just been completed and was due out in spring 2010. [23] Feadz, J-Mat, Mr. Oizo, Mirwais and Sebastian served as producers on the album, while both Pharrell Williams and Mattie Safer from The Rapture made guest appearances. [2]
Before the release of the album there was a contract dispute between Uffie and Lou Reed as to who would be credited as the writer of the title track, "Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans", which once again delayed the album from "early 2010" to June 15, 2010. The track uses an instrumental sample of The Velvet Underground's song "Rock & Roll" and the only way Reed would allow her to use the sample was by calling "Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans" an "adaptation" of "Rock & Roll" and receiving the sole credit as the writer of the song as well. This dispute delayed the album by about six months; Uffie branded Reed "fucking difficult", and when asked if he had heard the song, she stated, "Yes he has, he had to clear it. And it was a very not nice experience dealing with him, I have to say. [...] I don't know what this guy's problem is but on the credits I think it even says something like he wrote it. He gets everything." [24]
In a later interview with BBC Radio 1, Uffie stated that the album was heavily acid-influenced and that Mirwais produced five tracks, while Feadz, Mr. Oizo and Sebastian produced a couple of tracks each. She also went on to refer to the album as "the end of my crazy youth and the intro to my adult life." [25] "Pop the Glock", "First Love" and "Brand New Car" were all previously released as singles at least three years prior to the album's release.
"MCs Can Kiss" was the first single released from Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans and was released on January 12, 2010 to positive reviews from critics, describing it as "an old school soundclash of heavy beats and sharp rhymes" and stating it "shows off the French-American's ballsy schtick to full effect." [26] [27] Gigwise called the song a "razor-sharp lyrical assault with enough bombast to fuel the war in Afghanistan", [16] while BBC Music dubbed it a "sarky bling-killing single". [14] "MCs Can Kiss" peaked at number 48 on the Japan Hot 100 and at number 97 in France. [28] [29]
The lead single from Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans, "ADD SUV" (featuring Pharrell Williams), premiered on BBC Radio 1 on April 15, 2010. "ADD SUV" was described as being about "[p]oking fun at the rap fraternity's obsession with possessions, particularly their cars", [30] while Uffie stated that the song was inspired by the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls . [31] A music video for "ADD SUV", filmed in Los Angeles and starring both Uffie and Williams, was directed by Nathalie Canguilhem and released on June 14, 2010. The single was praised by critics from Prefix, [32] Spin , [33] and BBC, [14] and peaked at number 28 on the UK Independent Singles Chart. [34] Singles "MCs Can Kiss", "ADD SUV", "First Love" and "Pop the Glock" also managed to chart in various countries such as France, Japan, and the UK.
Ed Banger Records confirmed through their Facebook page on August 11, 2010, that Uffie's next single to be released would be "Difficult", produced by label-mate and friend Sebastian. [35] It was later announced that "Difficult" would be released as an EP on October 18, 2010, containing remixes by Sebastian and Azari & III. A music video for the single was also announced to be released on October 6, 2010. [36]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Pop the Glock" |
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| 3:30 | |
2. | "Art of Uff" |
| Quentin Dupieux | Mr. Oizo | 3:05 |
3. | "ADD SUV" (featuring Pharrell Williams) |
| Mirwais Ahmadzaï | Mirwais | 3:29 |
4. | "Give It Away" | Pianta |
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| 3:20 |
5. | "MCs Can Kiss" | Pianta [a] | Dupieux [a] | Mr. Oizo | 3:09 |
6. | "Difficult" | Pianta | Sébastien Akchoté | Sebastian | 2:56 |
7. | "First Love" |
| Dupieux | Mr. Oizo | 4:57 |
8. | "Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans" | Lou Reed | Reed | Mirwais | 2:37 |
9. | "Our Song" | Pianta |
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| 3:19 |
10. | "Illusion of Love" (featuring Mattie Safer) |
| Ahmadzaï | Mirwais | 5:19 |
11. | "Neuneu" | Pianta | Dupieux | Mr. Oizo | 2:30 |
12. | "Brand New Car" | Pianta | Pianta | Feadz | 3:19 |
13. | "Hong Kong Garden" |
| Mirwais | 2:20 | |
14. | "Ricky" | Pianta |
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| 4:12 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Pop the Glock" (Mirwais Pop Remix) |
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| 2:30 |
16. | "ADD SUV" (Carte Blanche Remix) (featuring Pharrell Williams) |
| Ahmadzaï |
| 4:44 |
17. | "Pop the Glock" (music video) | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Pop the Glock" (Felix da Housecat "Pink Enemy" Remix) |
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| 5:39 |
16. | "MCs Can Kiss" (Mike D Remix) | Pianta [a] | Dupieux [a] |
| 2:51 |
17. | "ADD SUV" (Armand Van Helden Remix Vocal) |
| Ahmadzaï |
| 5:17 |
18. | "ADD SUV" (Hudson Mohawke's Spam Fajita Remix) |
| Ahmadzaï |
| 3:25 |
19. | "Message from Uffie" (video) | ||||
20. | "Pop the Glock" (music video) |
Notes
Sample credits
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. [41]
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [45] | 7 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [46] | 76 |
French Albums (SNEP) [47] | 59 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [48] | 77 |
Greek International Albums (IFPI) [49] | 43 |
Japanese Album Chart (Oricon) [50] | 48 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [51] | 62 |
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [52] | 18 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [53] | 31 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [54] | 32 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [55] | 17 |
Region | Date | Label | Ref. |
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France | June 14, 2010 | [56] | |
United Kingdom | [57] | ||
Germany | June 18, 2010 | Warner | [58] |
United States | June 21, 2010 | Elektra | [59] |
Japan | June 23, 2010 | Warner | [40] |
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