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The Constant (I Blame Coco album)

January 01, 1970

The Constant is the debut studio album by English band I Blame Coco, released on 1 October 2010 by Island Records. The album spawned four singles: "Caesar" (which features Swedish singer Robyn), "Selfmachine", "Quicker" and "In Spirit Golden"; the latter was released digitally on 31 October 2010, one week before the album's UK release date.[1]

The Constant
Studio album by
I Blame Coco
Released1 October 2010 (2010-10-01)
Recorded2008–2010
Genre
Length45:30
LabelIsland
Producer
I Blame Coco chronology
The Constant
(2010) 		Information
(2016)
Singles from The Constant
  1. "Caesar"
    Released: 31 January 2010
  2. "Selfmachine"
    Released: 11 July 2010
  3. "Quicker"
    Released: 13 September 2010
  4. "In Spirit Golden"
    Released: 31 October 2010

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Clash4/10[4]
The Daily Telegraph     [5]
Drowned in Sound5/10[6]
The Guardian     [7]
musicOMH     [8]
NME5/10[9]
PopMatters7/10[10]
Virgin Media     [11]
The Wharf4/5[12]

The Constant received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 63, based on 11 reviews.[2] Joe Vogel of PopMatters praised the album as "a worthy and promising debut", dubbing it "a young album that avoids certain risks [...], but there is a vitality and ambition to it that is rare and refreshing for pop music."[10] The Daily Telegraph's Lucy Jones referred to the album as "a well-crafted and impressive debut" and wrote, "Although the album doesn't quite ignite, Sumner's innate talent shines through."[5] Heather Phares of AllMusic concluded that the album "has enough strong moments to make it a promising debut from a group with plenty of confidence, personality and potential."[3] Ian Gittins of Virgin Media found that Sumner "has spectacularly inherited her father's idiosyncratic musicality, with her husky, masculine tones and mannered whoops and yowls illustrating that she has paid close attention to her dad's vocal repertoire."[11]

Louisa Emery of The Wharf expressed that "Coco has created an album that shows she is more than a over privileged kid playing popstar, even if it will do little to shake off her Sumner stigma."[12] Ben Weisz of musicOMH noted that "The Constant isn't exceptional, but it does demonstrate a sophistication which sets her apart from the twee pop of some of her rivals."[8] The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan viewed the album as "essentially a mildly promising debut by an artist who can write a tune but not yet with any great distinction."[7] At NME, Alex Denney described "Caesar" as a "good-ass pop tune", but stated that "for the most part The Constant boils down to a thin chart gruel, too lumpenly pitched between the Carling Academies and the cattle-grid nightclubs to leave a mark."[9] Neil Condron of Clash characterised the album as "[p]redictably pristine, ultimately inessential".[4] The Observer's Killian Fox argued that "the album ends up feeling oddly flat. We are left with a sense of excitement unfulfilled."[13]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Selfmachine"
Åhlund3:49
2."In Spirit Golden"
  • Kipner
  • Frampton
3:28
3."Quicker"Sumner
  • Dan Foat
  • Nathan Boddy
3:02
4."Turn Your Back on Love"
Dixon3:23
5."Please Rewind"
  • Sumner
  • Åhlund
Åhlund3:22
6."Summer Rain"
McCracken3:52
7."Playwrite Fate"
  • Sumner
  • Byrne
  • Byrne
  • Dixon
3:10
8."The Constant"
  • Sumner
  • Shuckburgh
  • Foat
  • Boddy
3:32
9."Party Bag"
  • Sumner
  • Kipner
  • Frampton
  • Shuckburgh
  • Kipner
  • Frampton
3:35
10."No Smile"Sumner
3:16
11."Caesar" (featuring Robyn)
  • Sumner
  • Åhlund
Åhlund3:38
12."Only Love Can Break Your Heart"Neil Young
  • Foat
  • Boddy
3:05
13."It's About to Get Worse"
  • Sumner
  • Åhlund
Åhlund4:18
Austrian, French, German, Italian and Swiss iTunes Store bonus tracks[14][15][16][17][18]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Atlantis Found"
  • Sumner
  • Kipner
  • Frampton
  • Shuckburgh
  • Kipner
  • Frampton
3:51
15."Caesar" (music video)  3:45
16."Selfmachine" (music video)  3:39
17."Quicker" (music video)  3:19
International edition bonus track[19][20][21]
Dutch, Belgian, Swedish and UK iTunes Store bonus track[22][23][24][25]
No.TitleLength
14."Quicker" (Rack n Ruin Rework)3:01
UK iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[26]
No.TitleLength
14."Quicker" (Rack n Ruin Rework)3:01
15."Summer Rain" (acoustic)4:21
16."Selfmachine" (acoustic)3:16
17."The Chain" (acoustic)3:43
18."Caesar" (music video)3:45
19."Selfmachine" (music video)3:39
20."Quicker" (Rack n Ruin Remix; music video)4:00
21."In Spirit Golden" (music video)3:28
HMV Digital bonus tracks[27]
No.TitleLength
14."Quicker" (Rack n Ruin Rework)3:01
15."Kiddo" (HMV exclusive track)3:58

Charts edit

Chart (2010–2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[28] 58
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29] 82
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[30] 88
French Albums (SNEP)[31] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 31
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[33] 36
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34] 97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 72
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 86

Release history edit

Region Date Label Ref.
Netherlands 1 October 2010 Universal [37]
Sweden [19]
Switzerland 8 October 2010 [38]
France 11 October 2010 [20]
Poland 29 October 2010 [39]
Germany 2 November 2010 [21]
United Kingdom 8 November 2010 Island [40]
Italy 22 February 2011 Universal [41]

References edit

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  5. ^ a b Jones, Lucy (5 November 2010). . The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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  10. ^ a b Vogel, Joe (8 June 2011). . PopMatters. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  11. ^ a b Gittins, Ian. . Virgin Media. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  12. ^ a b Emery, Louisa (9 November 2010). . The Wharf. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  13. ^ Fox, Killian (7 November 2010). . The Observer. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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  33. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
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January 01, 1970
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The Constant is the debut studio album by English band I Blame Coco released on 1 October 2010 by Island Records The album spawned four singles Caesar which features Swedish singer Robyn Selfmachine Quicker and In Spirit Golden the latter was released digitally on 31 October 2010 one week before the album s UK release date 1 The ConstantStudio album by I Blame CocoReleased1 October 2010 2010 10 01 Recorded2008 2010GenreSynthpop new wave indie rockLength45 30LabelIslandProducerKlas Ahlund Nathan Boddy Paddy Byrne Dan Carey Mike Crossey Sam Dixon Dan Foat Andrew Frampton Steve Kipner Dave McCrackenI Blame Coco chronologyThe Constant 2010 Information 2016 Singles from The Constant Caesar Released 31 January 2010 Selfmachine Released 11 July 2010 Quicker Released 13 September 2010 In Spirit Golden Released 31 October 2010 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 Release history 5 ReferencesCritical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic63 100 2 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Clash4 10 4 The Daily Telegraph nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Drowned in Sound5 10 6 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 musicOMH nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 NME5 10 9 PopMatters7 10 10 Virgin Media nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 The Wharf4 5 12 The Constant received generally positive reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 63 based on 11 reviews 2 Joe Vogel of PopMatters praised the album as a worthy and promising debut dubbing it a young album that avoids certain risks but there is a vitality and ambition to it that is rare and refreshing for pop music 10 The Daily Telegraph s Lucy Jones referred to the album as a well crafted and impressive debut and wrote Although the album doesn t quite ignite Sumner s innate talent shines through 5 Heather Phares of AllMusic concluded that the album has enough strong moments to make it a promising debut from a group with plenty of confidence personality and potential 3 Ian Gittins of Virgin Media found that Sumner has spectacularly inherited her father s idiosyncratic musicality with her husky masculine tones and mannered whoops and yowls illustrating that she has paid close attention to her dad s vocal repertoire 11 Louisa Emery of The Wharf expressed that Coco has created an album that shows she is more than a over privileged kid playing popstar even if it will do little to shake off her Sumner stigma 12 Ben Weisz of musicOMH noted that The Constant isn t exceptional but it does demonstrate a sophistication which sets her apart from the twee pop of some of her rivals 8 The Guardian s Caroline Sullivan viewed the album as essentially a mildly promising debut by an artist who can write a tune but not yet with any great distinction 7 At NME Alex Denney described Caesar as a good ass pop tune but stated that for the most part The Constant boils down to a thin chart gruel too lumpenly pitched between the Carling Academies and the cattle grid nightclubs to leave a mark 9 Neil Condron of Clash characterised the album as p redictably pristine ultimately inessential 4 The Observer s Killian Fox argued that the album ends up feeling oddly flat We are left with a sense of excitement unfulfilled 13 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Selfmachine Coco Sumner Klas AhlundAhlund3 492 In Spirit Golden Sumner Steve Kipner Andrew Frampton Al ShuckburghKipner Frampton3 283 Quicker SumnerDan Foat Nathan Boddy3 024 Turn Your Back on Love Sumner Paddy Byrne Sam DixonDixon3 235 Please Rewind Sumner AhlundAhlund3 226 Summer Rain Sumner Amanda Ghost Ian Dench Dave McCrackenMcCracken3 527 Playwrite Fate Sumner ByrneByrne Dixon3 108 The Constant Sumner ShuckburghFoat Boddy3 329 Party Bag Sumner Kipner Frampton ShuckburghKipner Frampton3 3510 No Smile SumnerDan Carey Mike Crossey3 1611 Caesar featuring Robyn Sumner AhlundAhlund3 3812 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil YoungFoat Boddy3 0513 It s About to Get Worse Sumner AhlundAhlund4 18 Austrian French German Italian and Swiss iTunes Store bonus tracks 14 15 16 17 18 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length14 Atlantis Found Sumner Kipner Frampton ShuckburghKipner Frampton3 5115 Caesar music video 3 4516 Selfmachine music video 3 3917 Quicker music video 3 19 International edition bonus track 19 20 21 Dutch Belgian Swedish and UK iTunes Store bonus track 22 23 24 25 No TitleLength14 Quicker Rack n Ruin Rework 3 01 UK iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks 26 No TitleLength14 Quicker Rack n Ruin Rework 3 0115 Summer Rain acoustic 4 2116 Selfmachine acoustic 3 1617 The Chain acoustic 3 4318 Caesar music video 3 4519 Selfmachine music video 3 3920 Quicker Rack n Ruin Remix music video 4 0021 In Spirit Golden music video 3 28 HMV Digital bonus tracks 27 No TitleLength14 Quicker Rack n Ruin Rework 3 0115 Kiddo HMV exclusive track 3 58Charts editChart 2010 2011 Peakposition Austrian Albums O3 Austria 28 58 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 29 82 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 30 88 French Albums SNEP 31 41 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 32 31 Polish Albums ZPAV 33 36 Scottish Albums OCC 34 97 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 35 72 UK Albums OCC 36 86Release history editRegion Date Label Ref Netherlands 1 October 2010 Universal 37 Sweden 19 Switzerland 8 October 2010 38 France 11 October 2010 20 Poland 29 October 2010 39 Germany 2 November 2010 21 United Kingdom 8 November 2010 Island 40 Italy 22 February 2011 Universal 41 References edit In Spirit Golden EP by I Blame Coco iTunes Store United Kingdom January 2010 Archived from the original on 6 November 2010 Retrieved 3 May 2011 a b The Constant by I Blame Coco Reviews and Tracks Metacritic Retrieved 25 September 2020 a b Phares Heather The Constant I Blame Coco AllMusic Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b Condron Neil 8 November 2010 I Blame Coco The Constant Clash Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b Jones Lucy 5 November 2010 I Blame Coco CD review The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 11 November 2010 Retrieved 11 November 2010 Ashman Neil 3 November 2010 I Blame Coco The Constant Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on 8 November 2010 Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b Sullivan Caroline 4 November 2010 I Blame Coco The Constant review The Guardian Archived from the original on 23 February 2014 Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b Weisz Ben I Blame Coco The Constant musicOMH Archived from the original on 2 November 2010 Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b Denney Alex 5 November 2010 Album Review I Blame Coco The Constant Island NME Archived from the original on 20 October 2012 Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b Vogel Joe 8 June 2011 I Blame Coco The Constant PopMatters Archived from the original on 19 October 2013 Retrieved 27 September 2012 a b Gittins Ian I Blame Coco The Constant Virgin Media Archived from the original on 30 September 2012 Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b Emery Louisa 9 November 2010 CD Review The Constant I Blame Coco The Wharf Archived from the original on 3 October 2011 Retrieved 11 November 2010 Fox Killian 7 November 2010 I Blame Coco The Constant review The Observer Archived from the original on 20 October 2013 Retrieved 11 November 2010 The Constant by I Blame Coco iTunes Store Austria January 2010 Retrieved 4 February 2014 The Constant by I Blame Coco iTunes Store France January 2010 Retrieved 4 February 2014 The Constant by I Blame Coco iTunes Store Germany January 2010 Retrieved 3 May 2011 The Constant by I Blame Coco iTunes Store Italy January 2010 Retrieved 4 February 2014 The Constant by I Blame Coco iTunes Store Switzerland January 2010 Retrieved 4 February 2014 a b I Blame Coco The Constant in Swedish Universal Music Sweden Archived from the original on 19 July 2011 Retrieved 11 November 2010 a b The constant I Blame Coco in French Fnac Retrieved 25 September 2020 a b I Blame Coco The Constant in German Universal Music 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