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St. Elsewhere (album)

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Recorded
  
2005–2006

Label
  
Downtown, Atlantic

Release date
  
24 April 2006

Length
  
37:20

Artist
  
Gnarls Barkley

Producer
  
Danger Mouse

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Released
  
April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24)

Genres
  
Soul music, Hip hop music, Funk, Alternative rock, Rhythm and blues, Indie rock, Neo soul, Hip hop soul, Alternative hip hop

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
The Odd Couple, The Grey Album, The Lady Killer, A Trip To St Elsewhere, Cee‑Lo Green Is the Soul

St. Elsewhere is the debut album by American soul duo Gnarls Barkley. It was released on April 24, 2006 in the UK, where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and on May 9, 2006 in the United States, although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a digital download in the U.S. iTunes Store. It debuted at No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and peaked at No. 4. It topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 39 non-consecutive weeks in 2006 and 2007. The album's first single, "Crazy", was the first song to become a UK number one single based solely on downloads. The album was certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA, for shipping 1,000,000 units. A limited edition deluxe package of St. Elsewhere was released on November 7. The CD + DVD package includes a 92-page booklet, four music videos, and bonus songs from live performances. It was also released on vinyl.

Contents

Critical reception and awards

The album has received general acclaim from critics: At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 81 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 37 reviews. It was rated as the best release of 2006 by PopMatters. In 2007, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, with nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Crazy". St. Elsewhere placed on Slant Magazine's list of best albums of the 2000s at number 92.

Track listing

iTunes bonus tracks
  1. "Crazy" (instrumental) (Burton, Reverberi, Reverberi) – 3:00
  2. "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" (instrumental) (Burton, Flagello) – 2:14
Amazon bonus tracks
  1. "Transformer" (instrumental) – 2:10
  2. "The Boogie Monster" (instrumental) – 2:49
Deluxe edition bonus DVD
  1. "Crazy" (video)
  2. "Gone Daddy Gone" (video)
  3. "Smiley Faces" (video)
  4. "Go Go Gadget Gospel" (video)
  5. "Gone Daddy Gone" (T4 Live)
  6. "Who Cares?" (T4 Live)
  7. "The Boogie Monster" (T4 Live)
  8. "Smiley Faces" (T4 Live)
  9. "Crazy" (T4 Live)
  10. "Crazy" (Top of the Pops version - audio)
  11. "Gone Daddy Gone" (Later... with Jools Holland version - audio)

Credits

  • Danger Mouse – producer
  • Cee-Lo Green – vocals
  • Ben H. Allen – bass, guitar
  • Eric Bobo – drums
  • Ced Keys International – piano
  • Dr. President – keyboards, bass, guitar, organ
  • Daniele Luppi – bass, Minimoog, organ, synthesizer
  • Menta Malone – background vocals
  • David Piltch – bass
  • Chris Tedesco – trumpet
  • Eddie Reyes – acoustic guitar

    • Samples

    Taken from the St. Elsewhere liner notes:

  • "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" contains samples from "Goin' Down to Freedom's Land" written and performed by Nicolas Flagello.
  • "Crazy" incorporates elements of "Last Man Standing" written and performed by Gian Franco Reverberi and co-written by Gian Piero Reverberi.
  • "St. Elsewhere" incorporates elements of "Geordie" performed by Trees and arranged by Barry Clarke, David Costa, Celia Humphris and Stephen Brown.
  • "The Boogie Monster" incorporates elements of "Ku Klux Klan Sequence" written and performed by Armando Trovaioli and Angelo Francesco Lavagnino.
  • "Feng Shui" incorporates elements of "Tropicola" written and performed by Nino Nardini.
  • "Just a Thought" incorporates elements of "A Touch of Class" written and performed by Kevin Peek.
  • "Transformer" incorporates elements of "Rubber Solution" written by Marlene Moore.
  • "Who Cares?" incorporates elements of "Mono Ski" written and performed by Keith Mansfield.
  • "Online" incorporates elements of "Welcome to the Rain" written by Flip Davis and performed by Mid Day Rain.
  • "The Last Time" incorporates elements of "Chicano Chaser" written and performed by Ian Langley.

    • Songs

    1Go‐Go Gadget Gospel2:19
    2Crazy2:59
    3St Elsewhere2:30

    References

    St. Elsewhere (album) Wikipedia
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