Head over Heels (Chromeo album)

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Head Over Heels
File:Head Over Heels Chromeo.jpg
Studio album by Chromeo
Released June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)
Recorded 2016–2018
Studio
  • Chumba Meadows, Tarzana
  • Clift Studios, Brooklyn
  • Liedtke Studios, NY
  • Maddahi Vineyards, Solvang
  • No Nome Studios
  • Studio City
  • The Funklordz Writing Retreat, Ojai
  • The Mothership, Montreal
  • The Private Sector, Burbank
  • TZM Studios, Tarzana
[1]
Genre Funk[2]
Length 43:05
Label
Producer
Chromeo chronology
White Women
(2014)		 Head Over Heels
(2018)
Singles from Head over Heels (Chromeo album)

Head Over Heels is the fifth studio album by Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo. It was released on June 15, 2018, via Big Beat and Atlantic Records. The album features vocals from artists such as The-Dream, French Montana, Stefflon Don, DRAM and Amber Mark, with production work from producers such as Raphael Saadiq, Rodney Jerkins and Pino Palladino.[7]

Background

The album was first announced in November 2017 and a release date for the album in April 2018.[7] It consists of "talk-box–assisted pop songs about dating mishaps, comically disastrous relationships and anxiety-inducing sexual encounters."[8] The album's recording process began 2 years before its release with Chromeo stating "...we were impatient to do the new record – so we spent the last two years working on this one [Head Over Heels]."[9]

Speaking about the album, Chromeo said: "The mission statement for this album, for us, was to kind of pen this overarching love letter to funk music and the different kinds of funk music that have influenced us throughout the years since we discovered funk music when we were teenagers all the way until now... But it's also sort of, you know, going back to the real roots of funk. We made this one much more live, just a little less electronic than our previous two, three albums."[10]

The artwork displays the legs of Chromeo members instead of a pair of women's legs, which is their signature symbol that has been on the artwork of previous albums.[11]

A video for "Don't Sleep" was released on December 7, 2018.[citation needed]

In December 2018, Chromeo received their first Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in the 61st Grammy Awards for the album.[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100[13]
Review scores
Source Rating
Consequence of Sound B−[14]
Drowned in Sound[15] 9/10
Exclaim![16] 7/10
The Independent[17] 3/5 stars
Pitchfork[18] 5.7/10
Rolling Stone[19] 3/5 stars
Slant[20] 3/5 stars
Spectrum Culture[21] 4/5 stars

Pitchfork described the album as "sound[ing] expert, expensive, accomplished, while being distasteful in almost everything else", rating it 5.7 out of 10. They also implied that the album's heavy usage of guest stars was the band's attempt to emulate Daft Punk's Random Access Memories.[18] Rolling Stone described the album as consisting of moments that are "fleeting and aren't enough to make one fall head over heels", rating it with 3 out of 5 stars.[19] Songs from the album were described as "chronicles of potential partner worship of goddess devotion" by Drowned in Sound.[15] Slant Magazine called the album "White Women Part 2".[20]

Track listing

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[1]

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Must've Been" (featuring DRAM)
3:28
2. "Don't Sleep" (featuring French Montana and Stefflon Don)
  • Chromeo
  • A-Trak
  • Darkchild
  • Oligee
  • Gladius James
  • Harrison
  • Maddahi
 3:18
3. "One Track Mind"  
3:23
4. "Count Me Out"  
  • Chromeo
  • A-Trak
  • Kirkpatrick
  • Harrison
  • Maddahi
 3:36
5. "Bad Decision"  
3:06
6. "Right Back Home to You (Interlude)"  
  • Chromeo
  • A-Trak
  • Harrison
  • Maddahi
 2:43
7. "Just Friends" (featuring Amber Mark)
  • Chromeo
  • A-Trak
  • Oligee
  • Harrison
  • Maddahi
 3:49
8. "Juice"  
  • Chromeo
  • J. Evigan
  • O'Ryan
 3:17
9. "Slumming It"  
  • Chromeo
  • A-Trak
  • Kirkpatrick
  • Harrison
  • Maddahi
 4:30
10. "Bedroom Calling, Pt. 1"  
3:14
11. "Bedroom Calling, Pt. 2" (featuring The-Dream)
  • Chromeo
  • A-Trak
  • Oliver
  • Harrison
  • Maddahi
 3:24
12. "Room Service"  
  • Chromeo
  • Oligee
 5:17
Total length:
 43:05

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 142
French Albums (SNEP)[23] 189
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 74
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 62
US Billboard 200[26] 91
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[27] 1

References

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  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Chromeo – Head Over Heels" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Chromeo – Head Over Heels". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  24. ↑ "Chromeo – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Chromeo. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Chromeo – Head Over Heels". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Chromeo – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Chromeo. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Chromeo – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Chromeo. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
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