Volume 3 (She & Him album)

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Volume 3
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)
Length42:34
Label
Producer M. Ward
She & Him chronology
A Very She & Him Christmas
(2011)
Volume 3
(2013)
Classics
(2014)

Volume 3 is the fourth studio album by She & Him, a collaboration between M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. It was released by Merge Records on May 7, 2013, in the United States and on May 13, 2013, by Double Six Records in the United Kingdom. [1] On the album, there are eleven songs written by Deschanel and three cover songs. [2]

Contents

On March 7, 2013, the song "Never Wanted Your Love" was released as a single. [3] On April 10, 2013, the song "I Could've Been Your Girl" was released for streaming via SoundCloud. [4]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [8]
Sputnikmusic2.4/5 [9]
Under the Gun Review6/10 [10]

Critical reception

Upon release, Volume 3 received positive acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigned a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream publications, the album has a score of 67 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews (based on 29 reviews). [5] Gregory Heaney of Allmusic praised She and Him's "sunny, lovestruck sounds." [6] Magnet stated that the album is "instantly likeable," [11] and Dale Eisinger of Consequence of Sound commented that the album contains many "effortless and fully realized songs." [7] However, while Rudy K. of Sputnikmusic praised, "the simplicity of the songs and the everyday romance they conjure," he also noted that at times the album "feels rote, a meticulous tastefulness that is pretty and nostalgic, yet largely uninteresting." [9]

Commercial performance

Volume 3 debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 26,000 copies in the United States. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zooey Deschanel, except where noted.

Volume 3 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I've Got Your Number, Son"3:07
2."Never Wanted Your Love"3:13
3."Baby" (George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich)3:15
4."I Could've Been Your Girl"3:11
5."Turn to White"4:22
6."Somebody Sweet to Talk To"3:02
7."Something's Haunting You"2:52
8."Together"4:06
9."Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" (Harry Noble)2:44
10."Snow Queen"2:32
11."Sunday Girl" (Chris Stein)3:04
12."London"2:28
13."Shadow of Love"2:42
14."Reprise (I Could've Been Your Girl)"1:49

Personnel

She & Him

Additional musicians

Horn section on "Together" and "Snow Queen"

Charts

Chart performance for Volume 3
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 101
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [15] 18
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [16] 94
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 37
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 63
US Billboard 200 [19] 15
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [20] 3
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [21] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [22] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [23] 3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [24] 1

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