I Love You Like a Brother

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I Love You Like a Brother
I Love You Like a Brother by Alex Lahey.png
Studio album by
Released6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
Length35:52
Label Alex Lahey, Nicky Boy Records
Producer Oscar Dawson
Alex Lahey chronology
B-Grade University
(2016)
I Love You Like a Brother
(2017)
The Best of Luck Club
(2019)
Singles from I Love You Like a Brother
  1. "Every Day's the Weekend"
    Released: 28 July 2017
  2. "Lotto in Reverse"
    Released: 30 August 2017 [1]
  3. "I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself"
    Released: 15 September 2017 [2]
  4. "There's No Money"
    Released: 17 November 2017 [3]
  5. "I Love You Like a Brother"
    Released: 18 March 2018 [4]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year80/100 [5]
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10 [6]
Metacritic 80/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
No RipcordStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [12]
PopMatters 8/10 [13]
SoundBlab7/10 [14]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Under the Radar 8/10 [17]

I Love You Like a Brother is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Alex Lahey. It was released on 6 October 2017 and peaked at number 15 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

At the J Awards of 2017, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. [18]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Release.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alex Lahey; "Awkward Exchange" co-written with Sam Telford and Sam Scott.

No.TitleLength
1."Every Day's the Weekend"3:10
2."I Love You Like a Brother"2:50
3."Perth Traumatic Stress Disorder"2:15
4."I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself"3:46
5."Backpack"3:59
6."Awkward Exchange"3:51
7."I Want U"3:48
8."Lotto in Reverse"4:00
9."Let's Call It a Day"4:19
10."There's No Money"3:54

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 15

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