I Will Be (album)

I Will Be
Studio album by
Dum Dum Girls
ReleasedMarch 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
GenreIndie pop
LabelHoZac Records, Sub Pop
ProducerRichard Gottehrer
Dum Dum Girls chronology
Dum Dum Girls
(2009) 		I Will Be
(2010) 		Blissed Out
(2010)
Singles from I Will Be
  1. "Jail La La"
    Released: February 16, 2010
  2. "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout"
    Released: November 23, 2010
  3. "It Only Takes One Night"
    Released: 2010

I Will Be is the first album by Dum Dum Girls, released on March 30, 2010. The first pressing by HoZac Records was released as a 12" vinyl LP with a black-and-white version of the current album art. After the band later signed to Sub Pop, the album was rereleased in 2010 on both CD and 12" vinyl with the full colored cover.

Three singles were issued from I Will Be: "Jail La La", released by Sub Pop as a 7" single on February 16, 2010;[1] "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout", released as a 7" single on November 23, 2010, by Slumberland Records;[2] and "It Only Takes One Night", released by Sub Pop as a promo-only CD-R.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
BBC MusicPositive[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME[7]
Pitchfork(8.2/10)[8]
Q[9]
Spin[10]

The album received generally positive reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".<re name="metacritic">"I Will Be". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 August 2011.</ref>

Legacy

Reflecting on it ten years later, Stereogum's James Rettig dubbed I Will Be "a precursor to the summer of 2010's big trend" that included "sunny harmonies and fuzzy distortion" and bands like Best Coast and Wavves. He felt it "worth holding up as an exemplar" of its era's music due to how well it still stood up.[11]

"It Only Takes One Night" was used on the soundtrack of the 2010 EA Sports video game FIFA 11, while "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout" was used on the soundtrack of the 2011 Atari video game Test Drive Unlimited 2.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dee Dee, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."It Only Takes One Night"2:02
2."Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout"2:34
3."Oh Mein M"2:12
4."Jail La La"2:31
5."Rest of Our Lives"3:02
6."Yours Alone"2:16
7."Blank Girl"2:54
8."I Will Be"2:07
9."Lines Her Eyes"2:24
10."Everybody's Out"2:58
11."Baby Don't Go" (Sonny Bono)3:50
iTunes bonus track[12]
No.TitleLength
12."Fuzz Love"2:53
Japanese bonus tracks[13]
No.TitleLength
12."Pay for Me"2:34
13."Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge)3:04
Sub Pop pre-order bonus EP[14]
No.TitleLength
1."Ship of Love"1:45
2."Longhair"2:57
3."Dream Away Life"4:17
4."Catholicked" (Patti Smith)2:38
5."Hey Sis"3:25

Personnel

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Canada March 30, 2012 (2012-03-30) CD, digital download, LP record Sub Pop
United States

The first 200 copies of the LP version of the album were released on gold vinyl onby HoZac Records.[15] An undisclosed number of Sub Pop vinyls were released on blood red and black marbled vinyl.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La (2010, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang, I'm A Burnout". Discogs. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Dum Dum Girls: It Only Takes One Night". Discogs. 2010.
  4. ^ "AllMusic review".
  5. ^ Gardner, Noel. "Review of Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be". BBC Music. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ Costa, Maddy (March 25, 2010). "Dum Dum Girls: I Will Be". The Guardian. London.
  7. ^ "NME review". NME. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  8. ^ Kelly, Zach. "I Will Be - Dum Dum Girls". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ "I Will Be by Dum Dum Girls". Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Any Decent Music.
  10. ^ Everdell, Abigail (21 March 2010). "Dum Dum Girls, 'I Will Be' (Sub Pop)". Spin. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  11. ^ Rettig, James (March 30, 2020). "I Will Be Turns 10". Stereogum. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be (Bonus Track Version)". iTunes. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  13. ^ "I Will Be – Dum Dum Girls". HMV Japan. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  14. ^ "Dum Dum Girls – "D.A.L." (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  15. ^ "Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be (GL Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  16. ^ "Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be (Red Vinyl)". Discogs. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-09-18.