Love Stuff

Love Stuff
Studio album by Elle King
Released	February 13, 2015
Recorded	2013 – January 2015
Genre	Alternative rock indie pop blues rock country rock
Length	42:26
Label	RCA
Producer	John Hill Dave Bassett Jeff Bhasker Martin Johnson Jacknife Lee Eg White
Elle King chronology
The Elle King EP (2012) Love Stuff (2015)
Singles from Love Stuff
"Ex's & Oh's" Released: September 23, 2014 "Under the Influence" Released: December 14, 2015 "America's Sweetheart" Released: February 8, 2016

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Love Stuff is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Elle King. It was released physically and digitally in the United States on February 13, 2015, and on vinyl on March 3, 2015, through RCA Records.^[2][3] The album was mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering, which is located in Hollywood, California.^[4] The album was recorded at various studios throughout the United States, and was mixed at Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village.

The album was preceded by its lead single "Ex's & Oh's, which was released on September 23, 2014, and has since peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[5] The album made history by being the first ever number 1 album on the UK Americana chart, which launched on 28th January 2016.^[6]

Track one on the album, "Where The Devil Don't Go", was originally leaked under the false title "Mean World" and produced by Swedish DJ Avicii in 2013, who was also at the time working with Sterling Fox on his debut album, True (2013).^[7]

Singles

"Ex's & Oh's" was released on September 23, 2014 as the album's lead single. It first found success in the rock genre, where it became the second song by a solo female artist in the past twenty years to reach the top position of the Billboard Alternative Songs airplay chart^[8] and led the magazine's Hot Rock Songs chart for 10 consecutive weeks in mid-2015. The song later crossed over to a mainstream audience and became a number-one hit on the Adult Pop Songs chart in addition to spending one week in the top 10 of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. "Ex's & Oh's" received two nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards: for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.^[9]

The second rock single from the album is "Under the Influence", released to AAA radio on December 14, 2015 modern rock radio on December 15.^[10][11]

"America's Sweetheart" was released on February 8, 2016 as the second mainstream single and third overall released from Love Stuff; it impacted American hot adult contemporary radio on that date.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Where the Devil Don't Go"	Elle King Sterling Fox	John Hill	3:01
2.	"Ex's & Oh's"	King Dave Bassett	Dave Bassett	3:22
3.	"Under the Influence"	King Bassett	Bassett	3:18
4.	"Last Damn Night"	King Jeff Bhasker Mark Ronson Patrick Carney	Jeff Bhasker	4:02
5.	"Kocaine Karolina"	King Bhasker	Bhasker	3:59
6.	"Song of Sorrow"	King	Hill	3:35
7.	"America's Sweetheart"	King Martin Johnson	Martin Johnson	4:06
8.	"I Told You I Was Mean"	King	Jacknife Lee	4:31
9.	"Ain't Gonna Drown"	King Bhasker	Bhasker	3:21
10.	"Jackson"	King Amanda Ghost Dave McCracken Felipe Aparicio	Lee	3:14
11.	"Make You Smile"	King Garret "Jacknife" Lee	Lee	2:31
12.	"See You Again"	King Francis White	Eg White	3:26
Total length:				42:26

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic:^[13]

Vocals

• Lead vocals – Elle King, Jacknife Lee
• Background vocals – Zach Carothers, Scarlet Cherry, John Gourley, Martin Johnson, Tyler Sam Johnson, Elle King, Phillip Lawrence, Kyle O'Quin, Alisan Porter

Instruments

• Banjo – Elle King
• Bass – Dave Bassett, Jacknife Lee, Brandon Paddock, Mark Ronson, Sebastian Steinberg
• Bouzouki – Blake Mills
• Drums, percussion, and beats – Dave Bassett, Sam Bell, Jeff Bhasker, Patrick Carney, Zach Carothers, James Gadson, John Gourley, John Hill, Martin Johnson, Patrick Keeler, Elle King, Jacknife Lee, Kyle O'Quin, Darren Weiss
• Guitars – Dave Bassett, Martin Johnson, Elle King, Jacknife Lee, Blake Mills, Hunter Perrin, Mark Ronson, Eg White
• Keyboards – Dave Bassett, Jeff Bhasker, John Hill, Jacknife Lee,
• Organ – Jeff Bhasker, Jacknife Lee, Jamie Muhoberac, Kyle O'Quin
• Piano – Jeff Bhasker, Martin Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Jamie Muhoberac, Kyle O'Quin, Brandon Paddock
• Synthesizer – John Hill

Production

• A&R – Peter Edge, David Wolter
• Assistant – Marcus Johnson, Kyle Moorman, Alex Salibian, Joe Visciano
• Digital editing – Chris Bernard, Matt Bishop
• Engineering – Dave Bassett, Sam Bell, Mark Bengtston, Matt Bishop, Doug Boehm, Tyler Sam Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Matt Ross, Alex Salibian, Pawel Sek, Laura Sisk, Eg White
• Mastering – Stephen Marcussen
• Mixing – Jeff Bhasker, Michael H. Brauer, Tom Elmhirst, Martin Johnson, Vance Powell, Alex Salibian, Eg White
• Mixing assistant – Mark Bengtson
• Producter – Dave Bassett, Jeff Bhasker, John Hill, Martin Johnson, Jacknife Lee, Eg White
• Production assistant – Ben Baptie, Tyler Sam Johnson, Brandon Paddock
• Programming – John Hill, Martin Johnson, Kyle Moorman, Brandon Paddock

Imagery

• Art direction – Erwin Gorostiza, Michelle Holme
• Design – Michelle Holme
• Photography – Dustin Cohen

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2015–16) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 11 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 29 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[17] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 45 Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 31 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 15 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 55 UK Albums (OCC)[22] 18 UK Americana (OCC)[23] 1 US Billboard 200[24] 26 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[25] 3 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[26] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position US Billboard 200[27] 121 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[28] 25 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales United States (RIAA)[29] Gold 500,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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