Made of Bricks

Made of Bricks
Studio album by Kate Nash
Released 6 August 2007
Genre Indie pop
Length 55:40
Label Fiction (UK)
Cherrytree (US)
Universal Music (International)
Producer
Kate Nash chronology
Made of Bricks
(2007)
My Best Friend Is You
(2010)
Singles from Made of Bricks
  1. "Foundations"
    Released: 18 June 2007
  2. "Mouthwash"
    Released: 1 October 2007
  3. "Pumpkin Soup"
    Released: 17 December 2007
  4. "Merry Happy"
    Released: 24 March 2008

Made of Bricks is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2007 by Fiction Records, Cherrytree Records, and the Universal Music Group. The album was a commercial success, topping the UK Albums Chart and spawning a number-two single in the form of the lead single "Foundations".[1] The album was later released in Europe on 10 September 2007 and in the United States on 18 September.

The album was released five weeks earlier than originally planned due to the popularity of "Foundations".[2][3] The album does not contain the track "Caroline's a Victim", which was released as a limited 7" single, double A-Side with "Birds" on Moshi Moshi Records before "Foundations". "Birds" was included as the fifth track of the album.

A version that included a "making of" DVD was available at Best Buy on the album's release in the United States. In that country, Made of Bricks debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 16,000.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]

Initial critical response to Made of Bricks were positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 71, based on 23 reviews.[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kate Nash, except where stated. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Play"    1:11
2. "Foundations"  Nash, Paul Epworth 4:05
3. "Mouthwash"    5:01
4. "Dickhead"    3:43
5. "Birds"    4:25
6. "We Get On"    4:34
7. "Mariella"    4:15
8. "Shit Song"    3:05
9. "Pumpkin Soup"  Nash, Epworth 2:59
10. "Skeleton Song"  Nash, Alejandro Tovar 5:07
11. "Nicest Thing"  Nash, Jay Malhotra 4:05
12. "Merry Happy" (some versions include hidden track Little Red from 6:08; U.S. and U.K. versions don’t)Nash, Anuj Khanna 5:27/13:10
Total length:
55:40

Personnel

Musicians

Production personnel

Additional personnel

Singles

Chart positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[9] 67
Austrian Albums Chart 51
Belgian Albums Chart 20
Canadian Album Chart 14
Dutch Albums Chart 41
French Albums Chart 39
German Albums Chart 38
Irish Albums Chart 8
Swiss Albums Chart 39
UK Albums Chart 1
US Billboard 200 36

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[10] Gold 100,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Preceded by
One Chance by Paul Potts
UK Albums Chart number-one album
12 August 2007
Succeeded by
Elvis The King

References

  1. "Chart Stats - Kate Nash". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. Play Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. NME Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Katie Hasty, "Keys Holds Off Radiohead, 'Juno' At No. 1", Billboard.com, 16 January 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Kate Nash:Made of Bricks (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  6. Bush, John. "Review: Made of Bricks". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  7. "japanese CD bonus tracks on Amazon Japan" (in Japanese and English). amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 1-2-14. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. "japanese CD bonus tracks on CD japan". cdjapan.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 1-2-14. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. "ARIA Top 100 Albums - Week Commencing 25th February 2008". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  10. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Kate Nash; 'Made of Bricks')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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