Recorded 2011 Boys & Girls
(2012) Sound & Color
(2015) Release date 9 April 2012 | Length 36:12 Artist Alabama Shakes Label ATO Records | |
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Released April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09) Studio The Bomb Shelter
(Nashville, Tennessee) Producer Alabama Shakes
Andrija Tokic Genres Southern rock, Garage rock Nominations Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, World Music Award for World’s Best Album Similar Sound & Color, Blunderbuss, Celebration Rock, The Idler Wheel, Sweet Heart Sweet Lig | ||
Boys & Girls is the debut studio album from American rock band Alabama Shakes. It was released on April 9, 2012. The album peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
Contents
The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, TN.
Critical reception
The album has been well received by critics. Gavin Haynes of NME gave Boys & Girls a positive review, stating, "In many ways Boys & Girls it is as note-perfect an album as you'll hear all year, yet it's also often perfectly inert. Their new bestie Jack White flagrantly copied vast chunks of the past, but in so doing he also stripped it down and rebuilt it in his own image. Despite their obviously vast talent, still less than a year after they first read about themselves on the internet, the stellar rise and rise of Alabama Shakes possibly hasn't afforded them quite enough time to find out who they really are." Los Angeles Times also gave the album a positive review stating, "The Alabama Shakes’ first album, "Boys & Girls," is an electric jolt that anyone who loves blues-based rock music should track down immediately. Consisting of three men and one young explosion named Brittany Howard on vocals and guitar, the group, which formed in northern Alabama in 2009, offers stripped down truth, minus any affectation, histrionics or irony."
The album was listed at #34 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012.
Commercial performance
The album debuted in the United States at number sixteen on the Billboard 200. On April 12, 2012 the album entered the Irish Albums Chart at number thirteen. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number three, and also topped the inaugural Official Record Store Chart. As of April 2015, the album has sold 744,000 copies in the U.S.
Track listing
Personnel
Alabama Shakes:
Additional musicians:
Songs
1Hold On3:46
2I Found You3:00
3Hang Loose2:24