I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now

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I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
Studio album by
Got a Girl
ReleasedJuly 22, 2014 (2014-07-22)
Recorded2012–2013
GenreFrench pop, trip hop, Indie pop
Length46:22
LabelBulk Recordings
ProducerDan the Automator
Singles from I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
  1. "Did We Live Too Fast"
    Released: June 3, 2014
  2. "There's a Revolution"
    Released: July 7, 2014

I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now is the first studio album by American musical duo Got a Girl. It was released on Bulk Recordings on July 22, 2014. It peaked at number 27 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.

Production[edit]

The duo revealed that the album would feature heavy influences of French pop music, which were a shared interest between the two.[citation needed]

In an interview with Complex, Winstead also details the inspiration behind the album—"French '60s pop—Jane Birkin, and stuff like that. It's kind of married with Dan's sensibility, which is his beats and a little bit of that low-key hip-hop vibe. So it makes for something that's very unique; it's very lounge-y and light. It's got a little bit of a French quality."[1]

Release[edit]

In May 2013, the official promo track "You and Me" was released.[2] It was promoted as the first single from their upcoming album, but the track was ultimately not included in the album.

On May 31, Got a Girl also recorded the song "I'm Down" from Beck's music sheet album Song Reader. The recording was released on YouTube.[3] On July 8, 2014, the final track listing for the album was released, and Got a Girl's cover of the song was not selected to be included in the album.[4]

Initially, Got a Girl's debut album was reported to be set for release in January 2014 via EMI,[5] but was bumped to July 2014.[6]

In June 2014, Spin revealed that the album, titled I Love You but I Must Drive Off this Cliff Now, will be released on July 22 via Bulk Recordings. The album's full track list is also revealed on AllMusic.[7] The first single, "Did We Live Too Fast", premiered on June 3.[6] The music video, directed by Hope Larson, premiered online on June 16.[8]

The second single, "There's a Revolution", was released on July 8.[9]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
ABC News[11]
AllMusic[7]
The Digital Fix8/10[12]
London Evening Standard[13]
NME7/10[14]
PopMatters7/10[15]
Renowned for Sound[16]
Spectrum Culture[17]
Under the Radar3/10[18]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66% based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[10]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Mary Elizabeth Winstead; all music is composed by Dan the Automator

No.TitleLength
1."Did We Live Too Fast"3:50
2."I'll Never Hold You Back"4:25
3."Close to You"4:35
4."Everywhere I Go"4:34
5."Last Stop"3:57
6."There's a Revolution"3:31
7."Things Will Never Be the Same"3:52
8."Put Your Head Down (feat. Mike Patton)"3:59
9."Friday Night"3:22
10."La La La"4:22
11."Da Da Da"2:09
12."Heavenly"3:58
Total length:46:22

Charts[edit]

Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19] 27

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matt Barone. "Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Geek Chic (2012 Cover Story)". Complex.
  2. ^ Charlie Schmidlin (21 May 2013). "Listen: First Track From Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Dan Th – The Playlist". The Playlist. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013.
  3. ^ Got a Girl – "I'm Down" from Beck's Song Reader. YouTube. 31 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Beck's Song Reader CD Tracklist Revealed: Jack White, Jarvis Cocker, Tweedy, Fun., & More". Stereogum. 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Dan the Automator + Mary Elizabeth Winstead Team Up for Album". ARTISTdirect.
  6. ^ a b "Hear Dan the Automator and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Cinematic 'Did We Live Too Fast'". Spin. 3 June 2014.
  7. ^ a b Timothy Monger. "I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now". AllMusic.
  8. ^ "Deltron 3030's Dan the Automator and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Video for "Did We Live Too Fast" Would Make Ernest Hemingway Proud". Noisey.
  9. ^ "Here's a new song from Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Dan "The Automator" Nakamura". The A.V. Club. 8 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Reviews for I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now by Got a Girl – Metacritic". Metacritic.
  11. ^ ABC News. "Music Reviews: The Latest From 5 Seconds of Summer, Common, La Roux and More". ABC News.
  12. ^ Got A Girl – I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now | Review | Music @ The Digital Fix
  13. ^ Evening Standard Critics (19 September 2014). "Album reviews of the week (Sept 19–25)". London Evening Standard.
  14. ^ NME.COM (20 July 2014). "NME Reviews - Got A Girl - 'I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now' - NME.COM". NME.
  15. ^ "Got a Girl". PopMatters. 26 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Renowned for Sound – Album Review: Got a Girl – I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now". Renowned for Sound. 23 July 2014.
  17. ^ Jester Jay Goldman (22 July 2014). "Got a Girl: I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now". Spectrum Culture.
  18. ^ "Got A Girl: I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now (Bulk) Review – Under the Radar – Music Magazine". Under the Radar.
  19. ^ "Got a Girl - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

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