Recorded 2005–2006 Release date 24 April 2006 | Length 37:20 | |
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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 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
- "Crazy" (instrumental) (Burton, Reverberi, Reverberi) – 3:00
- "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" (instrumental) (Burton, Flagello) – 2:14
- "Transformer" (instrumental) – 2:10
- "The Boogie Monster" (instrumental) – 2:49
- "Crazy" (video)
- "Gone Daddy Gone" (video)
- "Smiley Faces" (video)
- "Go Go Gadget Gospel" (video)
- "Gone Daddy Gone" (T4 Live)
- "Who Cares?" (T4 Live)
- "The Boogie Monster" (T4 Live)
- "Smiley Faces" (T4 Live)
- "Crazy" (T4 Live)
- "Crazy" (Top of the Pops version - audio)
- "Gone Daddy Gone" (Later... with Jools Holland version - audio)
Credits
Samples
Taken from the St. Elsewhere liner notes:
Songs
1Go‐Go Gadget Gospel2:19
2Crazy2:59
3St Elsewhere2:30