Like It Like That (album)
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Like It Like That is the fifth album by Australian singer
Writing and development
Like It Like That is an album of original soul music influenced by Sebastian's previous album,
In late 2008 Sebastian again travelled to the US to record some of the tracks with members of
Sebastian said in an interview in late 2009 that the songs for the album originally had a much more organic old school sound, as his US record company had wanted the album to have a similar sound to The Memphis Album. He said he didn't feel that was right for the Australian market, "I ended up with a new record of original songs that didn't have quite the right production, like it all sounded quite old school, it didn't really have a modern edge to it. I ended up going back and reproducing everything which was quite a nightmare. I mean "Like It Like That" for example was really old school, like real drums, real organic, so we reproduced that and we got it to sound a little more modern, in your face I guess, the way it is now and we did that with a lot of the tracks so yeah, it was a bit of a nightmare getting to the final product".[17] Sebastian said he felt he was exactly where he wanted to be creatively with this album: "I'm in a really happy place musically, because this is exactly the style of music I want to do and that I've wanted to do for so long. It's not about me changing the world; it's just about fun music – pure and simple. Music is so powerful. It's powerful enough on a personal level, without me trying to change the world."[16]
Release and promotion
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Singles
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- "Art of Love" which features Jordin Sparks debuted at number 34 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It climbed for seven weeks before reaching its peak of number eight. "Art of Love" spent 21 weeks in the ARIA Top 50, including five weeks in the top ten, and gained double platinum certification.[8][9] The song became Sebastian's first single to chart in New Zealand since 2004, peaking at number seven and gaining gold certification.[37][38]
- "All to Myself" was released to radio in February 2010 and spent three months in the ARIA Top 100, peaking at number 51.[39]
- "Never Hold You Down" was released to radio by the end of May 2010 and released digitally on 4 June 2010.
Critical reception
The title track "Like It Like That" was named one of the best singles of the year by both Rave Magazine and The Music Network.
In a review in the
Commercial performance
Like It Like That peaked at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart, spending 29 weeks in the ARIA top 100, including 19 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 50, and gained platinum certification.[5]
US album
In 2008 Sebastian gained a contract to release his previous album The Memphis Album in the US. The release was later changed to only include three of the soul cover songs from The Memphis Album, with the other eight tracks being songs which he had recorded for his fifth Australian album.[51] Sebastian stated in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, "They were originally just going to release The Memphis Album, but I don't want to be known as a covers artist here. It was all right in Australia, because it was my fourth album, but I want some originals on there."[52] The album was set to be released in mid-2009, under the title Like It Like That.
Sebastian spent much of the early part of 2009 in the US, continuing to work on his Australian album, and also doing promotion for the release of the US album. He performed at Oscar Haven, a three-day entertainment event held in
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Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Art of Love" (Featuring Jordin Sparks) | Guy Sebastian, Adam Reily, Stuart Crichton | 3:58 |
4. | "Attention" | Guy Sebastian, Fredrik Odesjo, Andreas Levander | 3:27 |
5. | "Magic" (Featuring Tarryn Stokes) | Guy Sebastian | 4:21 |
6. | "Bring Yourself" | Guy Sebastian | 3:40 |
7. | "Never Hold You Down" | Guy Sebastian, David Ryan Harris | 3:36 |
8. | "Fail to Mention" | David Ryan Harris, Guy Sebastian | 4:13 |
9. | "Never Be You" | Guy Sebastian, David Ryan Harris, Sean Hurley | 4:25 |
10. | "Coming Home" | Guy Sebastian, David Ryan Harris | 4:00 |
11. | "Undo" | Guy Sebastian | 3:46 |
12. | "Perfection" | Guy Sebastian | 3:29 |
13. | "I Feel a Fire" (iTunes bonus track) | Guy Sebastian | 3:20 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the Like It Like That liner notes.[64]
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Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2009/10) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[65] | 6 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[66] | 28 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2009) | Position |
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Australian Albums Chart[67] | 63 |
Australian Artist Albums Chart[68] | 18 |
Chart (2010) | Position |
Australian Artist Albums Chart[69] | 36 |
Certification
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[70] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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Australia | 23 October 2009[1] | Sony Music Australia | CD, digital download
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New Zealand | 5 March 2010[71] | |||
United States | 29 June 2010[2] | RED INT/RED INK[63]
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CD, digital download
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