Truth Serum (EP)

Truth Serum
EP by Tove Lo
Released 3 March 2014 (2014-03-03)
Recorded 2012–13
Label Universal
Producer
  • The Struts
  • Mike Riley
  • Jason Gill
Tove Lo chronology
Truth Serum
(2014)		 Queen of the Clouds
(2014)
Singles from Truth Serum
  1. "Love Ballad"
    Released: 15 October 2012
  2. "Out of Mind"
    Released: 16 October 2013
  3. "Habits"
    Released: 6 December 2013
  4. "Stay High"
    Released: 25 February 2014

Truth Serum is the debut extended play (EP) by Swedish recording artist Tove Lo. It was released in Sweden as a digital download on 3 March 2014. The EP includes the singles "Habits (Stay High)" and "Out of Mind". The EP has peaked at number 13 on the Swedish Albums Chart.

Singles

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Gaffa (NOR)[1]
(SWE)[2]
NME6/10[3]

The album scored 6/10 at NME where they described the album as a 'society questioner' from the phrase of the single "Habits (Stay High)": 'Her persona of 'mandatory unstable coke-head at a party' sees the Swede rarely mincing her words when detailing the minutiae of her fraught personal life, and any pop star willing to open their lead single with the line “I eat my dinner in a bathtub, then I go to sex clubs” ('Habits') is clearly out to upset the status quo.'[3]

Writing style

Tove's writing style is influenced by her own life experiences. The album is a story of a relationship she had from beginning to end. From the highs as heard in "Not on Drugs" to the lows in "Habits (Stay High)", intertwining the experience as to be listened as a whole.[4]

Track listing

First international version
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Not on Drugs"  
  • Tove Nilsson
  • Alx Reuterskiöld
  • Jakob Jerlström
  • Ludvig Söderberg
 3:03
2. "Paradise"  
  • Nilsson
  • Elliot Wilkins
  • Michael Orabiyi
 3:03
3. "Over"  
  • Nilsson
  • Jason Gill
  • Mattias Larsson
  • Robin Fredriksson
 3:44
4. "Habits (Stay High)"  
  • Nilsson
  • Jerlström
  • Söderberg
 3:29
5. "Out of Mind"  
  • Nilsson
  • Reuterskiöld
 3:09
6. "Habits (Stay High)" (Hippie Sabotage Remix)
  • Nilsson
  • Jerlström
  • Söderberg
 4:17

Nordic edition

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Love Ballad"  
  • Nilsson
  • Jerlström
  • Söderberg
 3:28
2. "Not on Drugs"  
  • Nilsson
  • Reuterskiöld
  • Jerlström
  • Söderberg
 3:03
3. "Paradise"  
  • Nilsson
  • Wilkins
  • Orabiyi
 3:03
4. "Over"  
  • Nilsson
  • Gill
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
 3:44
5. "Habits (Stay High)"  
  • Nilsson
  • Jerlström
  • Söderberg
 3:29
6. "Out of Mind"  
  • Nilsson
  • Reuterskiöld
 3:09
7. "Habits (Stay High)" (Hippie Sabotage Remix)
  • Nilsson
  • Jerlström
  • Söderberg
 4:17

Re-release

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Paradise"  
  • Nilsson
  • Wilkins
  • Orabiyi
 3:03
2. "Over"  
  • Nilsson
  • Gill
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
 3:44
3. "Habits (Stay High)" (Oliver Nelson Remix)
  • Nilsson
  • Jerlström
  • Söderberg
 4:10
4. "Out of Mind"  
  • Nilsson
  • Reuterskiöld
 3:09

Personnel

Credits and personnel for Truth Serum adapted from Allmusic.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 99
Australian Hitseeker Albums (ARIA)[7] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 30
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 13
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 49

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Sweden 3 March 2014[13] Digital download Universal Records

References

  1. ↑ Litleskare, Tord (1 March 2014). "Tove Lo: Truth Serum EP". Gaffa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Astorga Díaz, Camila (22 February 2014). "Tove Lo: Truth Serum EP". Gaffa (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Tove Lo - 'Truth Serum'". April 4, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tove Lo - 3 Minutes With Tove Lo". YouTube. 24 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Truth Serum - Tove Lo - Credits - Allmusic". Allmusic. March 3, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Chartifacts". ARIA Report. Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Report" (PDF). ARIA. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tove Lo: Truth Serum" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Tove Lo – Truth Serum". Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Tove Lo – Truth Serum". Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Tove Lo – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Tove Lo. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Årslista Album – År 2014" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Swedish Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  13. ↑ iTunes - Music - Truth Serum by Tove Lo
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