Volume 3 (She & Him album)

Volume 3
Studio album by She & Him
Released May 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)
Genre Indie pop, alternative country
Length 42:34
Label Merge (US)
Double Six (UK)
Producer M. Ward
She & Him chronology
A Very She & Him Christmas
(2011)
Volume 3
(2013)
Classics
(2014)

Volume 3 is the fourth studio album by She & Him, a collaboration between M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. It was released by Merge Records on May 7, 2013 (US) and on May 13, 2013 by Double Six Records (UK).[1] On the album, there are eleven songs written by Deschanel and three cover songs.[2]

On March 7, 2013 the song "Never Wanted Your Love" was released as a single.[3] On April 10, 2013, the song "I Could've Been Your Girl" was released for streaming via Soundcloud.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Consequence of Sound[6]
Pitchfork7.5/10[7]
Sputnikmusic2.4/5[8]
Under The Gun Review6/10[9]

Reception

Volume 3 holds a 68 out of 100 on Metacritic, a review aggregator, indicating generally favorable reviews (based on 26 reviews).[4] Gregory Heaney of Allmusic praised She and Him's "sunny, lovestruck sounds."[5] Magnet Magazine stated that the album is "instantly likeable,"[10] and Dale Eisinger of Consequence of Sound commented that the album contains many "effortless and fully realized songs."[6] However, while Rudy K. of Sputnikmusic praised, "the simplicity of the songs and the everyday romance they conjure," he also noted that at times the album "feels rote, a meticulous tastefulness that is pretty and nostalgic, yet largely uninteresting."[8]

Commercial performance

Volume 3 debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 26,000 copies in the United States.[11]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Zooey Deschanel, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "I've Got Your Number, Son"   3:07
2. "Never Wanted Your Love"   3:13
3. "Baby" (George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) 3:15
4. "I Could've Been Your Girl"   3:11
5. "Turn to White"   4:22
6. "Somebody Sweet to Talk To"   3:02
7. "Something's Haunting You"   2:52
8. "Together"   4:06
9. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" (Harry Noble) 2:44
10. "Snow Queen"   2:32
11. "Sunday Girl" (Chris Stein) 3:04
12. "London"   2:28
13. "Shadow of Love"   2:42
14. "Reprise (I Could've Been Your Girl)"   1:49

Personnel

She & Him
Additional musicians
Horn Section on "Together" and "Snow Queen"

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[12] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 101
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 94
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 37

References

  1. Lipshultz, Jason (2013-01-29). "She & Him Announces Volume 3 Album, Summer Tour". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  2. Kane, Tyler (2013-01-29). "She & Him Announce Volume 3, Tour Dates". www.pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  3. Sharp, Stephanie (2013-03-07). "She & Him Release New Single, "Never Wanted Your Love"". www.pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  4. 1 2 "Volume 3 - She & Him". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 Heaney, Gregory (May 7, 2013). "She & Him: Volume 3". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 Eisinger, Dale W. (May 13, 2013). "Album Review: She and Him – Volume 3". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  7. Zoladz, Lindsay (May 10, 2013). "She & Him: Volume 3". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  8. 1 2 K., Rudy (May 8, 2013). "Album Review - She & Him: Volume 3". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  9. "REVIEW: She & Him-'Volume 3'". Under the Gun Review. May 14, 2013.
  10. Magnet Magazine 98: 58. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. Caufield, Keith. "Chart Moves: Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines Makes Solo Debut, She & Him Bows on Cassette". BillboardBiz. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  12. "She & Him – Chart history" Billboard 200 for She & Him.
  13. "Ultratop.be – She & Him – Volume 3" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  14. "Spanishcharts.com – She & Him – Volume 3". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  15. "Swedishcharts.com – She & Him – Volume 3". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-05-29.

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