Record Collection (album)

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Record Collection
File:Mark Ronson Record Collection.jpg
Studio album by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
Released 24 September 2010
Genre
Length 47:23
Label
Producer Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson chronology
Version
(2007)Version2007		 Record Collection
(2010)		 Uptown Special
(2015)Uptown Special2015
Singles from Record Collection
  1. "Bang Bang Bang"
    Released: 9 July 2010
  2. "The Bike Song"
    Released: 17 September 2010
  3. "Somebody to Love Me"
    Released: 26 November 2010

Record Collection is the third studio album by music producer Mark Ronson. The album was released under the moniker Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. and was released on 27 September 2010 in the UK and on 28 September 2010 in the US.

The album reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and has sold 884,532 copies as of January 2015.[1]

Singles

  • "Bang Bang Bang" was the first single released from the album, on 9 July 2010. The single peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Ronson's fourth Top 10 hit; as well as peaking at number 18 on the Irish Singles Chart.
  • "The Bike Song" was the second single released, on 17 September 2010.
  • "Somebody to Love Me" was the third single released. It was to be released on 6 December 2010, however due to high interest in the single, it was moved forward to 26 November 2010.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[4]
The A.V. Club A-[5]
Clash 6/10[6]
Entertainment Weekly B+[7]
NME 7/10[8]
Pitchfork Media (5.4/10)[9]
Popmatters 7/10 discs[10]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[11]
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars[12]
Spin 7/10[13]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Bang Bang Bang" (featuring Q-Tip and MNDR) Mark Ronson • Alex Greenwald • Homer Steinweiss • Amanda Warner • Kamaal Fareed • Nick Hodgson • Peter Wade Keusch 3:53
2. "Lose It (In the End)" (featuring Ghostface Killah and Alex Greenwald) Ronson • Greenwald • Jonathan Pierce • Dennis Coles • Nick Movshon 2:25
3. "The Bike Song" (featuring Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock) Ronson • Steinweiss • Dave McCabe • Naeem Juwan Hanks • Victor Axelrod • Thomas Brenneck 4:25
4. "Somebody to Love Me" (featuring Boy George and Andrew Wyatt) Ronson • Greenwald • Movshon • Anthony Rossomando • Andrew Wyatt • Cathy Dennis • Jason Sellards • Keinan Warsame 4:58
5. "You Gave Me Nothing" (featuring Rose Elinor Dougall and Andrew Wyatt) Ronson • Pierce 4:00
6. "The Colour of Crumar"   Ronson 1:28
7. "Glass Mountain Trust" (featuring D'Angelo) Ronson • Rossomando • Michael Archer 3:46
8. "Circuit Breaker"   Ronson • Greenwald • Shimon Nolfo 4:24
9. "Introducing the Business" (featuring Pill and London Gay Men's Chorus) Ronson • Greenwald • Axelrod • Brenneck • Tyrone Rivers 3:42
10. "Record Collection" (featuring Simon Le Bon and Wiley) Ronson • Greenwald • Hodgson • Richard Cowie 3:49
11. "Selector"   Ronson • Greenwald 1:06
12. "Hey Boy" (featuring Rose Elinor Dougall and Theophilus London) Ronson • Kai Fish • Theophilus London III 3:34
13. "Missing Words"   Ronson • Greenwald • Movshon 1:29
14. "The Night Last Night" (featuring Rose Elinor Dougall and Alex Greenwald) Ronson • Greenwald • Rose Elinor Dougall • Charles Waller 4:24

Personnel

(All information provided by Mark Ronson's website)

Musicians

Additional personnel

  • Kamaal Fareed - lead vocals on "Bang, Bang, Bang"
  • Amanda Warner - lead vocals, keyboards & programming on "Bang, Bang, Bang"
  • Nick Hodgson - backing vocals on "Bang, Bang, Bang"
  • Ghostface Killah - lead vocals on "Lose It (In the End)"
  • Thomas Brenneck - lead guitar on "Lose It (In the End)", bass on "Heyboy"
  • Alex Greenwald - percussion on "Lose It (In the End)", keyboards on "Circuit Breaker" and "Record Collection", lead vocals on "The Night Last Night"
  • D'Angelo - lead vocals on "Glass Mountain Trust"
  • Kyle Falconer - lead vocals and bell ringing on "The Bike Song"
  • Spank Rock - lead vocals on "The Bike Song", co-vocals on "Sound of Plastic"
  • Nick Rhodes - keyboards on "Record Collection", all instruments on "Sound of Plastic"
  • Simon Le Bon - co-vocals on "Record Collection"
  • Boy George - Lead vocal on "Somebody to Love Me"
  • Teeko - turntablism on "Circuit Breaker"

Production credits

All tracks produced by Mark Ronson except "Sound of Plastic", produced by Nick Rhodes and Mark Ronson

Mixed by Tom Elmhirst assisted by Dan Parry at Metropolis Studios, London

Recorded by Thomas Brenneck and Vaughan Merrick at Dunham Studios, Brooklyn, New York except "Sound of Plastic", recorded and mixed by Joshua Blair at Sphere Studios, London

Additional engineering, editing and programming by Vaughan Merrick at 90 West Street, New York apart from "The Color of Crumar" (recorded by Ben Kane and D'angelo assisted by Chris Soper and mixed by Ben Kane at MSR Studios and Electric Lady Studios), "Selector" and "Missing Words" (recorded by Thomas Brenneck and Vaughan Merrick and mixed by Kennie Takahashi at Little Big Room, Los Angeles)

Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles

Executive producers: Dominic Treniere and Alex Greenwald

Album cover

The cover, credited to art directors Gerard Saint and Mat Maitland, made reference to several famous record covers, notably Rio by Duran Duran (whose members, Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes, appeared on the album).

Chart performance

Chart (2010)[17] Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 6
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 61
Dutch Albums Chart 67
European Top 100 Albums[18] 9
Irish Albums Chart 16
New Zealand Albums Chart 33
Swiss Albums Chart 40
UK Albums Chart[19] 2
UK Download Chart[20] 1
US Top Alternative Albums[21] 20
US Billboard 200[22] 81

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Ireland[23] 24 September 2010 CD, digital download Columbia
United Kingdom[24] 27 September 2010 88697736332
Poland[25] 27 September 2010 65011089
United States[26] 28 September 2010
Canada

References

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