| These Things Take Time | ||||
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| Released | 13 September 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 50:04 | |||
| Label | Dark Skies Association | |||
| Producer | Molly Nilsson | |||
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These Things Take Time is the debut studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson, released on 13 September 2008.
Looking back at the album and its title in 2022, Nilsson explained:
I was saying, ‘Okay, patience. I want to make this love affair I have with music last a long time. I don’t want to burn out or you know, throw it up in the air and just see where it lands.’ So I think it was a very good starting point for me. [1]
The album was produced by Nilsson with the keyboard of her then-roommate, with vocals being recorded on her laptop. [2] According to Nilsson, the album's songs were written "over maybe a year’s time", but it was "[made up of] ideas that [she] had collected [her] whole life”. [1]
The album has been said to deal with "love, partying, and the passage of time". [3]
The album was self-released by Nilsson. She burned it on CD by herself, with a run of 100 copies. [2] In 2018, the album was reissued for Record Store Day. [4] The album was again reissued on CD and vinyl on 30 October 2021. [2]
In 2013, Roberto Rizzo of Italian magazine Onda Rock cited These Things Take Time as one of the best albums of the preceding five years. [5] Retrospectively, Ed Blair of Bandcamp Daily called it a "remarkably assured arrival", while citing songs "Whiskey Sour" and "Hey Moon!" as ongoing fan favorites. [1]
All tracks are written by Molly Nilsson.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Lonely" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "The Diamond Song" | 4:09 |
| 3. | "8000 Days" | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Wounds Itch When They Heal" | 2:16 |
| 5. | "Whiskey Sour" | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Poisoned Candy" | 3:54 |
| 7. | "(Won't Somebody) Take Me Out Tonight" | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Hey Moon!" | 5:24 |
| 9. | "The Home Song" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "Joyride" | 4:46 |
| 11. | "We're Never Coming Home" | 3:49 |
| 12. | "Dinosaur Tears" | 4:02 |
| 13. | "My Dream From Last Night" | 1:34 |
| Total length: | 50:04 | |
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