These Streets | ||||
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Released | 17 July 2006 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 44:25 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Ken Nelson, Jim Duguid, Tom Elmhirst, Andy Green | |||
Paolo Nutini chronology | ||||
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Singles from These Streets | ||||
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These Streets is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, released by Atlantic Records on 17 July 2006. Preceded by the single "Last Request", the album debuted and peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified six times Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for domestic shipments in excess of 1,800,000 copies. It also entered the charts in many other European countries, and in 2011 it was certified double Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales of over 2,000,000 copies in Europe.
Most of the songs featured on the album were inspired by the end of Nutini's relationships with his long-term girlfriend Teri Brogan, and another girl which began when they were still in their teens. [1] [2] Among the others, "Last Request" describes the couple's last night together, while "Rewind" expresses the willing of turning back time before the end of another relationship were his lover left him alone in a hotel. [3] [4] Another auto-biographical intimate relationship served as the inspiration for the album's second single, "Jenny Don't Be Hasty", which tells about Nutini's involvement with an older woman who refused him because of his age. [5]
Other tracks from the album explore different themes, like the title-track, which describes the feelings of a boy who leaves his hometown to move to a big city, [3] or "New Shoes", a song telling about a man who finds life easier as he wears a new pair of shoes. According to Nutini, the song was written trying to imagine if solving problems could be as easy as buying shoes is. [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
IndieLondon | [8] |
The Observer | [9] |
Rolling Stone | [10] |
The New York Times | (positive) [3] |
These Streets garnered mostly positive reviews from music critics. Marisa Brown of AllMusic praised Nutini's ability to convey mature honesty by crafting songs that carry effective lyrics and catchy melodies, concluding that the record "won't blow anyone away with its creativeness or ingenuity, but it's done well and it's direct and open and enjoyable to listen to, which is more than enough." [7] Nick Levine of The Observer saw potential in Nutini's "talent for elegant, melodic songwriting and an admirable willingness to vary the tempo." He concluded with, "[T]here is a glut of singer-songwriters right now but, on this evidence, the half-Italian 18-year-old boasts more talent than most." [9] Rolling Stone 's Christian Hoard felt the album didn't have any replay value because it had songs that lacked strong choruses and recognizable lyricism, saying that "For Nutini's lady fans, These Streets might be something to get hot and bothered about, but most of us could take or leave this useless beauty." [10]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" | Paolo Nutini, Jimmy Hogarth | 3:29 |
2. | "Last Request" | Nutini, Jim Duguid, Matty Benbrook | 3:41 |
3. | "Rewind" | Nutini, Duguid | 4:19 |
4. | "Million Faces" | Nutini, Benbrook, Pauline Taylor | 3:41 |
5. | "These Streets" | Nutini, Pete Wilkinson, Sarah Erasmus | 3:53 |
6. | "New Shoes" | Nutini, Benbrook, Duguid | 3:21 |
7. | "White Lies" | Nutini, John Fortis | 4:00 |
8. | "Loving You" | Nutini, Duguid, Chris Leonard | 4:00 |
9. | "Autumn" | Nutini, Duguid | 2:50 |
10. | "Alloway Grove" (includes the acoustic version of "Last Request" as a hidden track) | Nutini, Rollo Armstrong | 14:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "No No No" | Nutini, Benbrook, Taylor | 3:45 |
12. | "Sugar Man" | Sixto Diaz Rodriguez | 2:06 |
13. | "Caledonia" (Live at Garage, Glasgow) | Dougie MacLean | 4:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Last Request" (Live from Kentish Town Forum) | 3:45 |
12. | "Rewind" (Live from Kentish Town Forum) | 5:01 |
13. | "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" (Live from Kentish Town Forum) | 5:08 |
14. | "New Shoes" (Live from Kentish Town Forum) | 4:09 |
15. | "Rainbows" (Live from Kentish Town Forum) | 4:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Alloway Grove" | Nutini, Rollo Armstrong | 4:25 |
2. | "New Shoes" | Nutini, Benbrook, Duguid | 4:04 |
3. | "Rewind" | Nutini, Duguid | 4:34 |
4. | "These Streets" | Nutini, Wilkinson, Erasmus | 3:38 |
5. | "Troubled So Hard (Natural Blues)" | Moby, Vera Hall | 3:34 |
6. | "Last Request" | Nutini, Duguid, Benbrook | 4:09 |
7. | "I Want To Be Like You" | Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman | |
8. | "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" | Nutini, Hogarth | 5:21 |
Technical [16]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [42] | Gold | 35,000^ |
France (SNEP) [43] | Gold | 75,000* |
Ireland (IRMA) [44] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [45] | Gold | 25,000* |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [46] | Platinum | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] | 6× Platinum | 1,800,000‡ |
United States | — | 114,000 [48] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI) [49] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Release date | Format | Label |
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United Kingdom [50] | 17 July 2006 | CD, download | Atlantic |
Italy [51] | 29 September 2006 | ||
United States [52] | 30 January 2007 |
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