| Sugarpills | ||||
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| Released | 16 August 2010 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, electropop | |||
| Label | Dryden Street / Sony Music Australia | |||
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Sugarpills is the debut album from New Zealand electropop band Kids of 88 released 16 August 2010. [1] Singles released off the album include "My House", [2] "Just a Little Bit" [3] and most recently "Downtown". [4] It was nominated for Best Pop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards. [5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| The New Zealand Herald |   [6] |
| Stuff.co.nz | mixed [7] |
Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald gave Sugarpills 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "good-time party music" and saying that "You'd have to be a prude, or a killjoy not to want Sugarpills banging away at your house." [6]
All tracks are written by Sam McCarthy & Joel Little except "Cotton Mouth" written by Sam McCarthy & Jaden Parkes and "San Fran" written by Sam McCarthy, Joel Little & Jordan Arts.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ribbons of Light" | 3:46 | |
| 2. | "Just a Little Bit" | 3:00 | |
| 3. | "Cotton Mouth" | Sam McCarthy, Jaden Parkes | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Everybody Knows" | 4:13 | |
| 5. | "My House" | 3:59 | |
| 6. | "Apart of You" | 3:12 | |
| 7. | "San Fran" | Sam McCarthy, Joel Little, Jordan Arts | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Downtown" | 3:05 | |
| 9. | "Feed the Birds" | 4:57 | |
| 10. | "SQRL" | 4:44 | |
| Total length: | 40:24 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Mr Doorman" | 2:46 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ribbons of Light" | 3:46 | |
| 2. | "Just a Little Bit" | 3:00 | |
| 3. | "Cotton Mouth" | Sam McCarthy, Jaden Parkes | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Everybody Knows" | 4:13 | |
| 5. | "My House" | 3:59 | |
| 6. | "Sugarpills" (Australian Album Edition) | 3:25 | |
| 7. | "Apart of You" | 3:12 | |
| 8. | "San Fran" | Sam McCarthy, Joel Little, Jordan Arts | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Downtown" | 3:05 | |
| 10. | "Feed the Birds" | 4:57 | |
| 11. | "SQRL" | 4:44 | |
| 12. | "Nerves" | 3:20 | |
| 13. | "Home" | 4:36 |
| Country | Release date |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 16 August 2010 |
| Australia | 11 July 2011 |
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