My Love Is Cool

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My Love Is Cool
Studio album by
Wolf Alice
Released22 June 2015 (2015-06-22)
Recorded2014–2015
StudioLivingston, London
Genre
Length48:52
LabelDirty Hit, RCA Records
ProducerMike Crossey
Wolf Alice chronology
Creature Songs
(2014) 		My Love Is Cool
(2015) 		Visions of a Life
(2017)
Singles from My Love Is Cool
  1. "Giant Peach"
    Released: 24 February 2015
  2. "Bros"
    Released: 17 April 2015
  3. "You're a Germ"
    Released: 10 June 2015
  4. "Freazy"
    Released: 27 November 2015
  5. "Lisbon"
    Released: 22 June 2016

My Love Is Cool is the debut studio album by English

Alternative Songs chart, and was also included on the US edition of the album.[2] While not a single, the song "Silk" appeared on the soundtrack of T2 Trainspotting, peaking at number 39 on the Scottish charts in 2017.[3]

The album was nominated for the 2015

Mercury Music Prize.[4] On 19 August 2016, My Love Is Cool was reissued as a limited-edition box set, containing a 12-inch double gatefold vinyl of the album, 10-inch vinyl copies of the Blush and Creature Songs EPs, and a bonus CD of demos, B-sides and rarities.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10[6]
Metacritic78/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Daily Telegraph[9]
The Guardian[10]
The Irish Times[11]
Mojo[12]
NME9/10[13]
Pitchfork7.4/10[14]
Q[15]
Rolling Stone[16]
Uncut8/10[17]

My Love Is Cool received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 21 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.[7] Harriet Gibsone of The Guardian called the album "familiar but invigorating indie-rock", further stating: "while the foundations of My Love Is Cool are 90s/00s shoegaze and grunge, the London quartet defibrillate their influences with the ambition of youth. It also feels like an album that's been allowed time to gestate: despite being virtually veteran in buzzband terms, they have benefited from beefing up their sound on tour – as evidenced on the heavy romance of 'Your Loves Whore', the dirty degenerate chug of 'You're a Germ', or the cinematic 'Turn to Dust'. The awkward introversion in the lyrics – which deal with relationship strife, creepy blokes, friendship, gender and the quest for eternal love – add a sense of emotional overload driven by late nights, blood pacts and wide-eyed wonder. It's an invigorating debut with a gaunt, gallant identity of its own."[10] Harriet Gibsone, also of The Guardian, described the album musically as "grungy, dream-pop."[18]

Stephen Ackroyd of DIY praised the album, saying "My Love Is Cool isn't simply a great debut. It's not just a great album full stop. It's, in no uncertain terms, a remarkable one. The furthest from route one they could ever get, Wolf Alice aren't just sure of who they are; they own it."[19] MusicOMH's Graeme Marsh said the album is "as good a debut as you could hope to hear, a fresh injection of pure brilliance and beauty to a genre that is creaking under the weight of mediocrity and a lack of adventurous inventiveness."[20] AllMusic critic Heather Phares stated that "even if My Love Is Cool sacrifices some of Wolf Alice's earlier fury, the album is all the stronger for it."[8] Neil McCormick of The Telegraph wrote, "They don't quite sound like the finished article, but there is a virtuous sense of their trying to make music in service of something profound."[9] Pitchfork's Laura Snapes stated: "The confident diversity of My Love Is Cool indicates a band who have their own thing all figured out, who shouldn't veer from their own strange path to live up to outdated narratives that dictate what a young British band should be."[14]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Drowned in Sound Favorite Albums of 2015
4
 [21]
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2015
13
 [22]
musicOMH Top 50 Albums of 2015
6
 [23]
NME Albums of the Year 2015
4
 [24]
Q 50 Albums of the Year 2015
44
 [25]
Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2015
6
 [26]
Time Out London The 50 Best Albums of 2015
6
 [27]
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2015
3
 [28]
NME Best Albums of the Decade
65
[29]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ellie Rowsell, Joff Oddie, Theo Ellis and Joel Amey

No.TitleLength
1."Turn to Dust"3:07
2."Bros"3:44
3."Your Loves Whore"4:57
4."You're a Germ"2:53
5."Lisbon"3:26
6."Silk"4:03
7."Freazy"3:14
8."Giant Peach"4:35
9."Swallowtail"5:41
10."Soapy Water"3:42
11."Fluffy"2:44
12."The Wonderwhy" (includes hidden track "My Love Is Cool"[14])6:46
Total length:48:52
Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks[30]
No.TitleLength
13."Moaning Lisa Smile"2:40
14."Storms"3:24
15."Heavenly Creatures"3:17
16."We're Not the Same"3:04
17."Blush"4:19
18."She"3:12
19."Nosedive"2:46
20."90 Mile Beach"3:44
21."Baby Ain't Made of China"3:37
22."I Saw You (In a Corridor)"2:42
23."Every Cloud"2:54
24."White Leather"2:36
25."Leaving You"3:18
26."Freazy" (music video)3:17
27."You're a Germ" (music video)2:51
28."Bros" (music video)3:45
29."Giant Peach" (music video)4:34
30."Moaning Lisa Smile" (music video)2:48
31."Fluffy" (music video)3:16
Total length:119:56
US edition[31]
No.TitleLength
1."Turn to Dust"3:07
2."Bros"3:44
3."Your Loves Whore"4:57
4."Moaning Lisa Smile"2:42
5."You're a Germ"2:53
6."Lisbon"3:26
7."Silk"4:03
8."Freazy"3:14
9."Giant Peach"4:35
10."Swallowtail"5:41
11."Soapy Water"3:42
12."Fluffy"2:44
13."The Wonderwhy" (includes hidden track "My Love Is Cool")6:46
Total length:51:34
Limited-edition box set – bonus 10-inch vinyl (Creature Songs)[5][32]
No.TitleLength
1."Moaning Lisa Smile"2:40
2."Storms"3:24
3."Heavenly Creatures"3:17
4."We're Not the Same"3:04
Total length:12:25
Limited-edition box set – bonus 10-inch vinyl (Blush)[5][32]
No.TitleLength
1."Blush"4:19
2."She"3:12
3."Nosedive"2:47
4."Ninety Mile Beach"3:44
Total length:14:02
Limited-edition box set – bonus CD (B-Sides, Demos & Shit)[5][32]
No.TitleLength
1."The Movie of Your Life" (demo) 
2."Destroy Me" (demo) 
3."Wednesday" (demo) 
4."Bros" (demo) 
5."Every Cloud"2:54
6."White Leather"2:36
7."Leaving You"3:18
8."I Saw You (In a Corridor)"2:42
9."Baby Ain't Made of China"3:37
10."Swallowtail" (demo) 

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of My Love Is Cool.[33]

Wolf Alice

  • Ellie Rowsell – guitars, vocals, synths, programming, piano, Omnichord, Hammond organ
  • Joff Oddie – guitars, backing vocals, synths, programming, banjo, violins
  • Theo Ellis – bass guitar, backing vocals, synths
  • Joel Amey – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Swallowtail", synths, programming, guitars, Hammond organ

Additional personnel

  • Mike Crossey – production, mixing, synths, programming
  • Jonathan Gilmore – engineering
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Rachel Thomas – cover photo
  • Samuel Burgess-Johnson – design

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[34] 41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[35] 148
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[36] 83
Irish Albums (IRMA)[37] 37
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[38] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[39] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[40] 2
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[41] 1
US Billboard 200[42] 90
US
Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[43]
 12
US
Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[44]
 14

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[46] Gold 109,020[45]

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