Happy to You

Happy to You
Studio album by Miike Snow
Released 13 March 2012 (2012-03-13)
Recorded Robotberget Studio
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Downtown Records Studio
(New York City, United States)
Genre Indie pop, electropop, noise pop, psychedelic pop, house
Length 40:08
Label Downtown, Universal Republic
Producer Miike Snow
Miike Snow chronology
Miike Snow
(2009)		 Happy to You
(2012)		 iii
(2016)
Alternative cover
The Jackalope Edition cover
Singles from Happy to You
  1. "Paddling Out"
    Released: 23 January 2012
  2. "The Wave"
    Released: 14 May 2012
  3. "Pretender"
    Released: 30 October 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB−[3]
Clash8/10[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME8/10[7]
Now4/5[8]
Pitchfork Media5.8/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Slant Magazine[11]

Happy to You is the second studio album by Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. It was released in the United States on 13 March 2012 by Downtown Records and Universal Republic Records, and in the United Kingdom on 19 March 2012 by Columbia Records.

Production

The band announced via Facebook on 30 May 2011 that they were working on a new album to be released in the fall. On 20 July 2011, the band announced via Twitter that their new record label INGRID founded by Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li, and Dungen was now open for business.[12]

On 6 October 2011, the band announced via Twitter that they had begun mixing their new album, and that new music would be released by the end of the year.[13]

On 29 November 2011, the band announced via Facebook that the album is complete, the videos are being shot, the artwork is being finished, and the tour dates are being planned.[14]

On 20 December 2011, the band announced via Facebook that their second full-length album, Happy to You, is set to be released the week of 26 March 2012. They also said that there will be no upcoming information on the track titles, singles, or anything involving "Devil's Work".[15]

On 19 January 2012, Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe premiered "Paddling Out", the first single from the album.[16] Subsequently, the band released the song online and also announced concert dates for their North American tour.[17] At the same time, the track listing and album cover art of Happy to You were revealed via Amazon UK.[18]

On 24 January 2012, another song from the album called "Black Tin Box" (a collaboration with Swedish singer Lykke Li) was presented at Pitchfork.[19]

On 13 March the band released the album, thirteen days ahead of the original 26 March release date, on iTunes.

Singles

The first single to be taken from the album was "Paddling Out", released on 19 January 2012, which debuted on Radio 1 in the United Kingdom.[16]

On 15 March, the video for "The Wave", the second single from Happy to You, was released. It was once again directed by Swedish director Andreas Nilsson, who also worked on the video for "Paddling Out". Both videos form together a unified story about a group of unfortunate humans who were abducted to space in an experiment to create a perfect human named Jean Noel. After some pretty brutal chainsaw surgery that is performed on the latest abductee, the spaceship seemingly manned by classical-era twins crashes to Earth and that is where the story of the second video starts.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miike Snow. 

No. Title Length
1. "Enter the Joker's Lair"   3:28
2. "The Wave"   3:43
3. "Devil's Work"   3:55
4. "Vase"   3:40
5. "God Help This Divorce"   4:32
6. "Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)"   4:02
7. "Pretender"   3:33
8. "Archipelago"   4:05
9. "Black Tin Box" (featuring Lykke Li) 5:33
10. "Paddling Out"   3:37

Personnel

  • Miike Snow – producers, engineers
  • Johan Ahlin – French horn (3, 5)
  • Gustav Ejstes – autoharp (2)
  • Staffan Findin – trombone (3)
  • Niklas Flyckt – mixing
  • Svante Halldin – French horn, trumpet (3)
  • Thomas Hedlund – drums (10)
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Lykke Li – vocals (9)
  • Pär Lindqvist – string (3, 5, 6, 9)
  • Samuel Lundin – assistant mastering
  • Natalie Migdal – string (3, 5, 6, 9)
  • Sabina Sandri Olsson – string (3, 5, 6, 9)
  • Nille Perned – additional engineer
  • Axel Sjöstedt – trumpet (6)
  • Fredrik Syberg – string (3, 5, 6, 9)
  • Nils Törnqvist – drums (1–4, 6–9)

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[21] 16
Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart (Flanders)[22] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[23] 62
Danish Albums Chart[24] 40
Dutch Albums Chart[25] 69
German Albums Chart[26] 91
Scottish Albums Chart[27] 32
Swedish Albums Chart[28] 42
Swiss Albums Chart[29] 50
UK Albums Chart[30] 31
US Billboard 200[31] 43
US Rock Albums[31] 13
US Alternative Albums[31] 9

References

  1. ↑ "Happy to You – Miike Snow". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Lymangrover, Jason. "Happy to You – Miike Snow". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Martins, Chris (27 March 2012). "Miike Snow: Happy To You". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Salmon, Will (12 March 2012). "Miike Snow – Happy To You". Clash. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Markovitz, Adam (14 March 2012). "Happy to You – Miike Snow". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (15 March 2012). "Miike Snow: Happy to You". The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  7. ↑ Malone, Ailbhe (23 March 2012). "Miike Snow – 'Happy To You'". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  8. ↑ Boles, Benjamin (29 March 2012). "Miike Snow – Happy To You". Now. Now Communications. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  9. ↑ Colly, Joe (30 March 2012). "Miike Snow: Happy To You". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Rosen, Jody (27 March 2012). "Happy to You". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  11. ↑ Liedel, Kevin (26 March 2012). "Miike Snow: Happy to You". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "Twitpic Miike Snow". TwitPic. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  13. ↑ https://www.twitter.com/MiikeSnow/status/121970776273461248
  14. ↑ https://www.twitter.com/MiikeSnow/status/141577003269750784
  15. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/miikesnow/posts/10151072452585437
  16. 1 2 http://www.crackintheroad.com/music/14295-new-miike-snow-paddling-out/
  17. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/miikesnow/posts/258180814251287
  18. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-You-Miike-Snow/dp/B006OW0P12/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1327087870&sr=8-12
  19. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/45205-listen-miike-snow-and-lykke-li-black-tin-box/
  20. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/happy-to-you-jackalope-edition/id500700313
  21. ↑ "Miike Snow – Happy To You". Australian Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  22. ↑ "Miike Snow – Happy To You" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  23. ↑ "Top 100 Albums in Canada". Nielsen SoundScan. CANOE. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  24. ↑ "Miike Snow – Happy To You". IFPI Denmark. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  25. ↑ "Miike Snow – Happy To You" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  26. ↑ "Miike Snow, Happy To You" (in German). Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  27. ↑ "2012 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  28. ↑ "Miike Snow – Happy To You". Swedish Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  29. ↑ "Miike Snow – Happy To You". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  30. ↑ "2012 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  31. 1 2 3 "Miike Snow Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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