Working Girl (album)

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Working Girl
Little Boots - Working Girl.png
Studio album by
Released10 July 2015 (2015-07-10)
Recorded2013 – May 2015
Genre
Length46:17
Label
Producer
Little Boots chronology
Nocturnes
(2013)
Working Girl
(2015)
Burn
(2018)
Singles from Working Girl
  1. "Better in the Morning"
    Released: 5 May 2015
  2. "No Pressure"
    Released: 16 June 2015
  3. "Get Things Done"
    Released: 30 June 2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.2/10 [2]
Metacritic 64/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Clash Music 7/10 [5]
Consequence of Sound B− [6]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [8]
Music OMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Working Girl is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Little Boots, released on 10 July 2015 by on Repeat Records and Dim Mak Records.

Contents

Promotion and release

On 5 November 2014, Little Boots released the single "Taste It", taken from her EP Business Pleasure, which was released in December 2014. [13] On 5 May 2015, Little Boots released "Better in the Morning," and announced the following day that her new album would be titled "Working Girl" and would come out on 10 July 2015. [14] The upcoming album's track list also accompanied the announcement. [15]

Tour

In July 2015, Little Boots embarked on an eight-date tour to promote the album. [16]

Commercial performance

Working Girl debuted at number 67 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 1,425 copies in its first week. [17]

Track listing

Working Girl– digital download and vinyl [18]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" Chris Kemsley0:50
2."Working Girl"GRADES3:56
3."No Pressure"
Lockhardt4:33
4."Get Things Done"
  • Hesketh
  • Lukens
Lukens3:27
5."Taste It"
Shaw4:23
6."Real Girl"
  • Hesketh
  • Joe Cross
Cross4:08
7."Heroine"
  • Wade
  • Sharma
4:17
8."Interlude" Kemsley0:32
9."The Game"
Brassica3:24
10."Help Too"
Nigro4:53
11."Business Pleasure"
Com Truise 3:37
12."Paradise"
  • Hesketh
  • Bram Inscore
  • Shane Stevens
Inscore4:06
13."Better in the Morning"Rechtshaid3:22
Working Girl– CD bonus tracks [19]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Desire"
  • Hesketh
  • Inscore
Inscore3:29
15."Working Girl" (acoustic)
  • Hesketh
  • Traynor
  • Aspaul
Hesketh3:51

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 67
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21] 8
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [22] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [23] 20

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Australia10 July 2015
  • CD
  • digital download
Warner [24] [25]
Germany Rykodisc [26] [27]
Ireland
[28] [29]
United Kingdom [18] [19]
United States [30] [31]
United Kingdom28 August 2015
  • LP + CD
  • coloured LP + CD (limited edition)
[32] [33]

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