Alright, Still

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Alright, Still
Alright, Still cover
Studio album by Lily Allen
Released See Release Dates
Genre Pop,Ska
Length 37:12
Label Regal Records
Producer Pablo Cook, Greg Kurstin, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Blair Mackichan, Mark Ronson
Professional reviews
Singles from Alright, Still
  1. "Smile"
    Released: July 2006
  2. "LDN"
    Released: September 2006
  3. "Littlest Things"
    Released: December 2006
  4. "Shame for You"
    Released: March 2007
  5. "Alfie"
    Released: March 2007

Alright, Still is the debut album by the British Pop, Ska singer Lily Allen, released in the UK on July 17, 2006 by Regal Zonophone Records (see 2006 in British music). The album title is taken from subcultural London slang and is referred to in a lyric in the song "Knock 'Em Out". It was a MySpace featured album, which meant that fans could listen to it before it was released.

The album ended 2006 as the twenty-seventh best selling album in the UK, with sales over 523,000 copies. It has currently sold approximately 900,000 in the UK. This album was #13 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[1]

On the week ending on January 28, 2007, British artists made chart history taking all Top 10 places in the Official UK Albums chart for the first time since the chart was established in 1956, according to British record labels trade association the BPI; the album "Alright, Still" was number-nine that week.[2]

The album was released by Regal Records in the United Kingdom, Toshiba-EMI in Japan, Capitol Records in the United States, and by other imprints of EMI internationally.

The mastering of the album has been criticised, with many people considering it to be distorted[3]. Alright, Still is cited as a classic example of the music industry's loudness war. It is nominated in the 'Best Alternative Music Album' category at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards to be held February 2008.


Contents

  1. "Smile" (Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Jackie Mittoo) – 3:17
  2. "Knock 'Em Out" (Allen, Babalola, Earl King, Lewis) – 2:53
  3. "LDN" (Allen, Babalola, Lewis, Tommy McCook) – 3:10
  4. "Everything's Just Wonderful" (Allen, Greg Kurstin) – 3:28
  5. "Not Big" (Allen, Kurstin) – 3:16
  6. "Friday Night" (Allen, Johnny Bull, Pablo Cook) – 3:06
  7. "Shame for You" (Allen, Blair MacKichan) – 4:06
  8. "Littlest Things" (Allen, Pierre Bachelet, Mark Ronson, Hervé Roy) – 3:02
  9. "Take What You Take" (Allen, Babalola, Lewis) – 4:06
  10. "Friend of Mine" (Allen, Babalola, O'Kelly Isley, Ernest Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper, Lewis) – 3:57
  11. "Alfie" (Allen, Kurstin) – 2:46
  • U.S. Edition
  1. "Nan You're a Window Shopper" (Allen, Babalola, Lewis) - 2:58
  2. "Smile (Mark Ronson Version Revisited)" - 3:13
  • U.S. Itunes Edition
  1. "Blank Expression - 2:30
  • U.K. Edition
  1. "Cheryl Tweedy" - 3:29
  2. "Sunday Morning" - 3:29
  3. "Nan You're a Window Shopper" (Allen, Babalola, Lewis) - 2:58
  • Japan edition[4]
  1. "Cheryl Tweedy" - 3:29
  2. "Absolutely Nothing" - 4:02

Chart (2006) Peak
position
UK Albums chart 2
Chilean Albums chart[5] 5
Ireland Albums chart 6
Australian Albums Chart[6] 7
Norway Albums chart[7] 15
U.S. Billboard 200 20
Canada Albums chart 21
New Zealand Albums chart 22
Dutch Albums chart 27
Japan Albums chart 37
Sweden Albums chart 43
France Albums chart 47
Swiss Albums chart 53
Chart Certification Sales
Australia ARIA Gold[8] 75,000+
New Zealand RIANZ Gold 10,500+
Canada CRIA Platinum 100,000+
UK BPI 3x Platinum 900,000+
U.S, RIAA Gold 619,401[9]
Worldwide sales Platinum 2,102,700+

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Europe July 14, 2006 EMI CD
United Kingdom July 17, 2006 EMI, Regal Zonophone Records CD 0946 3 67028 2 7
Mexico[10] July 24, 2006 EMI CD
Australia July 29, 2006 Capitol Records CD
Canada September 19, 2006 EMI CD
Japan[11] October 4, 2006 Toshiba-EMI CD TOCP-66625
United States January 30, 2007 Capitol Records CD CDP 0946 3 75466 2 8

  1. ^ ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
  2. ^ BPI Official Website, UK talent celebrates first all-British Top 10 in UK chart history
  3. ^ http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1992325,00.html
  4. ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7289167/a/Alright+Still.htm
  5. ^ Chilean Albums Chart
  6. ^ "Alright, Still - Australian chart history". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
  9. ^ http://pulsemusic.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=1190170732&page=3
  10. ^ MixUp Music Stores in Mexico
  11. ^ Lily Allen RELEASE


v • d • e
Lily Allen
Albums Alright, Still
Singles Smile · LDN · Littlest Things · Shame for You · Alfie
Collaborations/covers Oh My God · Naïve · Rawhide · Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'Aime Plus · Drivin' Me Wild · Keep On
Related articles Keith Allen · Alison Owen · Alfie Owen-Allen
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