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I See You (The xx album)

January 01, 1970

I See You is the third studio album by English indie pop band the xx. It was released on 13 January 2017 by the Young Turks record label. It was the band's first album in more than four years, following 2012's Coexist.

I See You
Studio album by
the xx
Released13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)
RecordedMarch 2014 – August 2016
Studio
Genre
Length39:15
LabelYoung Turks
Producer
The xx chronology
Coexist
(2012) 		I See You
(2017)
Alternative cover
Cover art for digital versions
Singles from I See You
  1. "On Hold"
    Released: 10 November 2016
  2. "Say Something Loving"
    Released: 1 January 2017
  3. "I Dare You"
    Released: 2 May 2017
  4. "Dangerous"
    Released: 2 October 2017[2]

The xx began recording I See You in 2014 at Marfa Recording Co. in Marfa, Texas, and were assisted by producer Rodaidh McDonald. According to the band, they had a more progressive, wide-ranging musical concept in mind, compared to their previous two albums. Jamie xx, the band's multi-instrumentalist and producer, said the album's sound and aesthetic were influenced by his 2015 club-influenced solo recording, In Colour.

I See You was released to widespread critical acclaim, with many reviewers finding its music less insular than the xx's previous recordings. It became the band's second number-one album in the United Kingdom and an international top-ten chart success. Four singles were released to promote the album, beginning with "On Hold", while the xx embarked on the European I See You Tour and subsequent concerts in the Americas.

Recording and production edit

The xx announced in May 2014 that they were working on their third studio album with producer Rodaidh McDonald at Marfa Recording Co., a recording studio in Marfa, Texas.[3] According to Mixmag journalist Stephen Worthy, a "watershed" moment had occurred immediately before recording commenced when during a series of New York concerts, the trio—Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, and Jamie Smith—"barely made eye contact with their audience. It was their way of saying goodbye to the old xx". While working on I See You, Croft enrolled in a songwriting course in California, Sim modelled for Christian Dior SE, and Smith released a solo album, 2015's In Colour.[4]

Smith, the xx's producer and multi-instrumentalist, stated that In Colour "definitely informed what we're doing" for I See You, while the band said the record would have a "completely different concept" from their first two albums.[5] They also said the album would sound "more outward-looking, open and expansive".[6] I See You was described by AnyDecentMusic? as an album of indie rock and dream pop music,[7] while Matt Hobbs from God is in the TV said the xx expanded on the dance portion of their usual fusion of indie and alternative dance sounds.[8] According to Pitchfork's November 2016 update on the album, I See You was ultimately recorded between March 2014 and August 2016 at studios in Marfa, New York City, Los Angeles, London, and Reykjavík.[9]

Marketing and sales edit

The album's lead single, "On Hold", was released on 10 November 2016, premiering on the xx's YouTube account ahead of the album's release date being announced.[10] On 19 November, the band performed as the musical guest on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.[11] "Say Something Loving" was released as the second single on 1 January 2017.[12]

I See You was released on 13 January 2017 by Young Turks.[9] In its first week, it sold 26,513 copies in the United Kingdom and debuted at number one on the British albums chart, becoming the xx's second album to top the chart, after Coexist did in 2012.[13] In the United States, I See You debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and recorded 46,000 album-equivalent units; 36,000 of these were traditional album sales.[14] In Japan, it entered the Oricon Albums Chart at number 34 and sold 2,073 copies in its first week there.[15]

The xx supported the album with the I See You Tour, performing concerts throughout Europe in February and March 2017. This was followed by a series of music festival appearances in South America, including the Estéreo Picnic Festival in Bogotá and Lollapalooza dates in São Paulo, San Isidro, and Santiago.[16] A North American tour began on 14 April at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California and concluded on 26 May in Portland, Maine.[17]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.8/10[7]
Metacritic85/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [19]
The A.V. ClubA−[20]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[21]
The Guardian     [22]
The Independent     [23]
NME     [24]
Pitchfork8.4/10[25]
Q     [26]
Rolling Stone     [27]
Vice (Expert Witness)B+[28]

I See You was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 85, based on 35 reviews.[18] According to Kitty Empire, it was hailed by critics as the xx's "least insular album thus far".[29]

Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis said the record "pulls off the feat of managing to sound both exactly like the xx and unlike anything they have done before". He believed the band's willingness to explore musical influences from Smith's In Colour album gave the tracks a "richer and fuller" quality than on their previous records.[22] I See You was called "the most eclectic, multidimensional, and ambitious album of The xx’s young career" by Philip Cosores from The A.V. Club,[20] while Entertainment Weekly's Nolan Feeney deemed it "the boldest work yet from a band famous for subtlety".[21] In the opinion of Uncut reviewer Sam Richards, the band "expanded their horizons without sacrificing any of the emotional intimacy that makes them one of the most compelling acts around".[30] Q critic Victoria Segal noted its shared lyrical themes with Coexist and echoes of the "club culture" from In Colour, while concluding that musically, the band were "extending past glories rather than copying them".[26] "Sim's and Madley Croft's vocal melodies are sturdier and more shapely than in the past", Mikael Wood wrote in the Los Angeles Times, surmising it to be "a product perhaps of the time Madley Croft spent in L.A. between xx albums working on potential songs for pop stars."[31]

Some critics were less enthusiastic. In Vice, Robert Christgau observed artistic growth and accessibility in songs such as "On Hold", "Say Something Loving", and "Brave for You"; but said, "however impressive their originality and skill, the details always end up getting away" throughout the album's "indistinct murmurs ... because in the end the band's shared aesthetic is so contained."[28] Will Hodgkinson was more critical in The Times, writing that the album failed to "hit the highs of their previous work" while accusing the group of posturing, making note of Croft's "breathy emoting" on "Brave for You".[32]

Accolades edit

I See You was nominated for IMPALA's European Album of the Year Award.[33]

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Billboard Best Albums of 2017: Billboard's Top 50 Picks
14
[34]
Diffuser Diffuser's Top 25 Albums of 2017
19
[35]
Digital Trends The 50 Best Albums Released in 2017
29
[36]
Double J The 50 Best Albums of 2017
37
[37]
Esquire UK The 50 Best Albums of 2017
N/A
[38]
Exclaim! Exclaim!'s Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2017
18
[39]
Fopp Fopp's Best Albums of 2017
2
[40]
Highsnobiety The 25 Best Albums of 2017
23
[41]
The Independent The 30 Best Albums of 2017
28
[42]
Mixmag The Top 50 Albums of 2017
19
[43]
NME NME's Albums of the Year 2017
46
[44]
NME NME's Greatest Albums of the 2010s
63
[45]
No Ripcord No Ripcord's Best Albums of 2017
12
[46]
OOR Album van het jaar
5
[47]
Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2017
28
[48]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
40
[49]
PopMatters The 60 Best Albums of 2017
7
[50]
Pretty Much Amazing The Best Albums of 2017
7
[51]
Q Q Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2017
17
[52]
Radio X The 30 Best New Albums of 2017
N/A
[53]
Rolling Stone Australia 50 Best Albums of 2017
30
[54]
Spectrum Culture Top 20 Albums of 2017
10
[55]
The Skinny The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2017
36
[56]
Time The Top 10 Albums of 2017
8
[57]
Uncut Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2017
50
[58]
Uproxx 50 Best Albums of 2017
37
[59]
Uproxx 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
83
[60]

Track listing edit

All lyrics written by Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft; all music composed by Jamie Smith, Sim, and Croft; all tracks produced by Smith and Rodaidh McDonald; unless otherwise noted.

Standard version
No.TitleLength
1."Dangerous"4:10
2."Say Something Loving" (additional production by Romy Madley Croft)3:58
3."Lips"3:20
4."A Violent Noise"3:47
5."Performance" (lyrics by Croft)4:06
6."Replica"4:09
7."Brave for You" (lyrics by Croft)4:13
8."On Hold"3:44
9."I Dare You"3:53
10."Test Me" (lyrics and additional production by Croft)3:55
Total length:39:15
Deluxe version bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Naive"3:36
2."Seasons Run" (lyrics by Oliver Sim)4:22
3."Brave for You" (Marfa demo; lyrics by Croft)2:36
Total length:49:49

Sample credits

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[61]

The xx edit

Additional personnel edit

  • Rodaidh McDonald – production, engineering
  • David Wrench – additional programming, mixing
  • Marta Salogni – engineering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums (tracks 2, 11)
  • Hal Ritson – brass recording and engineering, additional programming, bass guitar (track 1)
  • Neil Waters – trumpet (track 1)
  • Ben Somers – saxophone (track 1)
  • Iskra Strings – strings (tracks 5, 12)
  • John Smart – violin (tracks 5, 12)
  • Oli Langford – violin (tracks 5, 12)
  • James Underwood – violin (tracks 5, 12)
  • Eos Counsell – violin (tracks 5, 12)
  • Emma Owens – viola (tracks 5, 12)
  • Laurie Anderson – viola (tracks 5, 12)
  • Peter Gregson – cello (tracks 5, 12)
  • Charlotte Eksteen – cello (tracks 5, 12)
  • Paul Frith – orchestration (track 5)
  • Sam Thompson – orchestration (track 12)
  • Phil Lee – art direction, design

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications for I See You
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[106] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • I See You at Discogs (list of releases)


January 01, 1970
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I See You is the third studio album by English indie pop band the xx It was released on 13 January 2017 by the Young Turks record label It was the band s first album in more than four years following 2012 s Coexist I See YouStudio album by the xxReleased13 January 2017 2017 01 13 RecordedMarch 2014 August 2016StudioPark Avenue ArmoryXL New York Marfa Recording Co Marfa Greenhouse Reykjavik Perfect Sound Los Angeles The ChurchThe PoolThe SquareFortressRAK London 1 GenreIndie rock dream pop alternative danceLength39 15LabelYoung TurksProducerJamie Smith Rodaidh McDonaldThe xx chronologyCoexist 2012 I See You 2017 Alternative coverCover art for digital versionsSingles from I See You On Hold Released 10 November 2016 Say Something Loving Released 1 January 2017 I Dare You Released 2 May 2017 Dangerous Released 2 October 2017 2 The xx began recording I See You in 2014 at Marfa Recording Co in Marfa Texas and were assisted by producer Rodaidh McDonald According to the band they had a more progressive wide ranging musical concept in mind compared to their previous two albums Jamie xx the band s multi instrumentalist and producer said the album s sound and aesthetic were influenced by his 2015 club influenced solo recording In Colour I See You was released to widespread critical acclaim with many reviewers finding its music less insular than the xx s previous recordings It became the band s second number one album in the United Kingdom and an international top ten chart success Four singles were released to promote the album beginning with On Hold while the xx embarked on the European I See You Tour and subsequent concerts in the Americas Contents 1 Recording and production 2 Marketing and sales 3 Critical reception 3 1 Accolades 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 5 1 The xx 5 2 Additional personnel 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Certifications 8 References 9 External linksRecording and production editThe xx announced in May 2014 that they were working on their third studio album with producer Rodaidh McDonald at Marfa Recording Co a recording studio in Marfa Texas 3 According to Mixmag journalist Stephen Worthy a watershed moment had occurred immediately before recording commenced when during a series of New York concerts the trio Romy Madley Croft Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith barely made eye contact with their audience It was their way of saying goodbye to the old xx While working on I See You Croft enrolled in a songwriting course in California Sim modelled for Christian Dior SE and Smith released a solo album 2015 s In Colour 4 Smith the xx s producer and multi instrumentalist stated that In Colour definitely informed what we re doing for I See You while the band said the record would have a completely different concept from their first two albums 5 They also said the album would sound more outward looking open and expansive 6 I See You was described by AnyDecentMusic as an album of indie rock and dream pop music 7 while Matt Hobbs from God is in the TV said the xx expanded on the dance portion of their usual fusion of indie and alternative dance sounds 8 According to Pitchfork s November 2016 update on the album I See You was ultimately recorded between March 2014 and August 2016 at studios in Marfa New York City Los Angeles London and Reykjavik 9 Marketing and sales editThe album s lead single On Hold was released on 10 November 2016 premiering on the xx s YouTube account ahead of the album s release date being announced 10 On 19 November the band performed as the musical guest on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live 11 Say Something Loving was released as the second single on 1 January 2017 12 I See You was released on 13 January 2017 by Young Turks 9 In its first week it sold 26 513 copies in the United Kingdom and debuted at number one on the British albums chart becoming the xx s second album to top the chart after Coexist did in 2012 13 In the United States I See You debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and recorded 46 000 album equivalent units 36 000 of these were traditional album sales 14 In Japan it entered the Oricon Albums Chart at number 34 and sold 2 073 copies in its first week there 15 The xx supported the album with the I See You Tour performing concerts throughout Europe in February and March 2017 This was followed by a series of music festival appearances in South America including the Estereo Picnic Festival in Bogota and Lollapalooza dates in Sao Paulo San Isidro and Santiago 16 A North American tour began on 14 April at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio California and concluded on 26 May in Portland Maine 17 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 7 8 10 7 Metacritic85 100 18 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 19 The A V ClubA 20 Entertainment WeeklyA 21 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 22 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 23 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 24 Pitchfork8 4 10 25 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 26 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 27 Vice Expert Witness B 28 I See You was met with widespread critical acclaim At Metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 85 based on 35 reviews 18 According to Kitty Empire it was hailed by critics as the xx s least insular album thus far 29 Writing for The Guardian Alexis Petridis said the record pulls off the feat of managing to sound both exactly like the xx and unlike anything they have done before He believed the band s willingness to explore musical influences from Smith s In Colour album gave the tracks a richer and fuller quality than on their previous records 22 I See You was called the most eclectic multidimensional and ambitious album of The xx s young career by Philip Cosores from The A V Club 20 while Entertainment Weekly s Nolan Feeney deemed it the boldest work yet from a band famous for subtlety 21 In the opinion of Uncut reviewer Sam Richards the band expanded their horizons without sacrificing any of the emotional intimacy that makes them one of the most compelling acts around 30 Q critic Victoria Segal noted its shared lyrical themes with Coexist and echoes of the club culture from In Colour while concluding that musically the band were extending past glories rather than copying them 26 Sim s and Madley Croft s vocal melodies are sturdier and more shapely than in the past Mikael Wood wrote in the Los Angeles Times surmising it to be a product perhaps of the time Madley Croft spent in L A between xx albums working on potential songs for pop stars 31 Some critics were less enthusiastic In Vice Robert Christgau observed artistic growth and accessibility in songs such as On Hold Say Something Loving and Brave for You but said however impressive their originality and skill the details always end up getting away throughout the album s indistinct murmurs because in the end the band s shared aesthetic is so contained 28 Will Hodgkinson was more critical in The Times writing that the album failed to hit the highs of their previous work while accusing the group of posturing making note of Croft s breathy emoting on Brave for You 32 Accolades edit I See You was nominated for IMPALA s European Album of the Year Award 33 Publication Accolade Rank Ref Billboard Best Albums of 2017 Billboard s Top 50 Picks 14 34 Diffuser Diffuser s Top 25 Albums of 2017 19 35 Digital Trends The 50 Best Albums Released in 2017 29 36 Double J The 50 Best Albums of 2017 37 37 Esquire UK The 50 Best Albums of 2017 N A 38 Exclaim Exclaim s Top 20 Pop amp Rock Albums of 2017 18 39 Fopp Fopp s Best Albums of 2017 2 40 Highsnobiety The 25 Best Albums of 2017 23 41 The Independent The 30 Best Albums of 2017 28 42 Mixmag The Top 50 Albums of 2017 19 43 NME NME s Albums of the Year 2017 46 44 NME NME s Greatest Albums of the 2010s 63 45 No Ripcord No Ripcord s Best Albums of 2017 12 46 OOR Album van het jaar 5 47 Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2017 28 48 Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017 40 49 PopMatters The 60 Best Albums of 2017 7 50 Pretty Much Amazing The Best Albums of 2017 7 51 Q Q Magazine s 50 Best Albums of 2017 17 52 Radio X The 30 Best New Albums of 2017 N A 53 Rolling Stone Australia 50 Best Albums of 2017 30 54 Spectrum Culture Top 20 Albums of 2017 10 55 The Skinny The Skinny s Top 50 Albums of 2017 36 56 Time The Top 10 Albums of 2017 8 57 Uncut Uncut s 75 Best Albums of 2017 50 58 Uproxx 50 Best Albums of 2017 37 59 Uproxx 100 Best Albums of the 2010s 83 60 Track listing editAll lyrics written by Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft all music composed by Jamie Smith Sim and Croft all tracks produced by Smith and Rodaidh McDonald unless otherwise noted Standard versionNo TitleLength1 Dangerous 4 102 Say Something Loving additional production by Romy Madley Croft 3 583 Lips 3 204 A Violent Noise 3 475 Performance lyrics by Croft 4 066 Replica 4 097 Brave for You lyrics by Croft 4 138 On Hold 3 449 I Dare You 3 5310 Test Me lyrics and additional production by Croft 3 55Total length 39 15 Deluxe version bonus discNo TitleLength1 Naive 3 362 Seasons Run lyrics by Oliver Sim 4 223 Brave for You Marfa demo lyrics by Croft 2 36Total length 49 49 Sample credits Say Something Loving contains a sample of Do You Feel It performed by Alessi and written by Bobby and Billy Alessi and homage to The Sweetest Taboo performed by Sade and written by Sade Adu and Martin Ditcham Lips contains a sample of Just After Song of Songs performed by Trio Mediaeval Garth Knox Agnes Vesterman and Sylvain Lemetre and written by David Lang On Hold contains a sample of I Can t Go for That No Can Do performed by Daryl Hall amp John Oates and written by Sara Allen Daryl Hall and John Oates Naive contains a sample of Doing It Wrong performed by Drake and written by Aubrey Graham Adrian Eccleston Don McLean and Noah ShebibPersonnel editCredits adapted from the album s liner notes 61 The xx edit Romy Madley Croft guitar vocals all tracks keyboards additional production tracks 2 10 art direction design Oliver Sim bass vocals photography Jamie Smith production mixing engineering programming synthesizers drums keyboards all tracks string arrangements tracks 5 12 violin track 5 piano tracks 6 11 vocals track 10 guitar track 12 Additional personnel edit Rodaidh McDonald production engineering David Wrench additional programming mixing Marta Salogni engineering John Davis mastering Stella Mozgawa drums tracks 2 11 Hal Ritson brass recording and engineering additional programming bass guitar track 1 Neil Waters trumpet track 1 Ben Somers saxophone track 1 Iskra Strings strings tracks 5 12 John Smart violin tracks 5 12 Oli Langford violin tracks 5 12 James Underwood violin tracks 5 12 Eos Counsell violin tracks 5 12 Emma Owens viola tracks 5 12 Laurie Anderson viola tracks 5 12 Peter Gregson cello tracks 5 12 Charlotte Eksteen cello tracks 5 12 Paul Frith orchestration track 5 Sam Thompson orchestration track 12 Phil Lee art direction designCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for I See You Chart 2017 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 62 1 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 63 2 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 64 1 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 65 2 Canadian Albums Billboard 66 2 Czech Albums CNS IFPI 67 12 Danish Albums Hitlisten 68 3 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 69 1 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 70 8 French Albums SNEP 71 5 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 72 1 Greek Albums IFPI 73 8 Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 74 39 Irish Albums IRMA 75 1 Irish Independent Albums IRMA 76 1 Italian Albums FIMI 77 11 Japanese Albums Oricon 78 34 Japanese International Albums Oricon 79 8 Mexican Albums AMPROFON 80 18 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 81 3 Norwegian Albums VG lista 82 3 Polish Albums ZPAV 83 8 Portuguese Albums AFP 84 1 Scottish Albums OCC 85 1 Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 86 2 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 87 4 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 88 2 UK Albums OCC 89 1 UK Independent Albums OCC 90 1 US Billboard 200 91 2 US Independent Albums Billboard 92 1 US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 93 1 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 94 1 Year end charts edit 2017 year end chart performance for I See You Chart 2017 Position Australian Albums ARIA 95 94 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 96 9 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 97 84 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 98 69 French Albums SNEP 99 173 Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 100 85 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 101 82 UK Albums OCC 102 64 US Independent Albums Billboard 103 14 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 104 66 2018 year end chart performance for I See You Chart 2018 Position Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 105 130Certifications editCertifications for I See You Region Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 106 Gold 100 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit I See You album liner notes The xx Young Turks 2017 a href Template Cite AV media notes html 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