Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans

Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans
Studio album by Uffie
Released	June 14, 2010
Recorded	2005–10
Genre	Synthpop electronica hip hop[1]
Length	48:03
Label	Ed Banger Because
Producer	Feadz J-Mat Mirwais Mr. Oizo SebastiAn
Singles from Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans
"Pop the Glock" Released: November 30, 2009 "MCs Can Kiss" Released: January 12, 2010 "ADD SUV" Released: May 24, 2010 "Difficult" Released: October 18, 2010

Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans is the debut studio album by French-American singer Uffie, released on June 14, 2010 by Ed Banger Records and Because Music. Produced by Feadz, J-Mat, Mr. Oizo, Mirwais and SebastiAn, the album features guest appearances by Pharrell Williams and Mattie Safer from indie rock band The Rapture, and includes a cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees' 1978 song "Hong Kong Garden",^[2] which Uffie said was one of her favorite songs.^[3]

The album was ranked number 35 on Drowned in Sound's list of the best albums of 2010,^[4] and was also included on year-end lists by several other publications.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} It was also announced in 2011, that the album had been nominated at the French Victoires de la Musique for Best Electronic Album.^[10][11]

Release

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	48/100[12]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[13]
BBC Music	favorable[14]
Drowned in Sound	3/10[15]
Gigwise	[16]
The Guardian	[17]
The Independent	favorable[18]
musicOMH	[19]
Real Detroit Weekly	[20]
Rolling Stone	[21]
Spin	5/10[22]

Uffie's record label Ed Banger Records first stated in late 2006 that her debut album would be released "mid-to-late 2007", then "sometime in 2008". Hectic traveling and touring schedules, her marriage and divorce, news of her pregnancy and growing as an artist delayed the release of the album. She stated that her new sound is very different with a much more mature sound and there would be more singing on the album than her previous EPs. She describes the album as "schizophrenic" and "worth the wait". On October 3, 2009, Busy P, founder and owner of Ed Banger Records, stated that Uffie's album had just been completed and was due out in spring 2010.^[23] Feadz, J-Mat, Mr. Oizo, Mirwais and SebastiAn served as producers on the album, while both Pharrell Williams and Mattie Safer from The Rapture made guest appearances.^[2]

Before the release of the album there was a contract dispute between Uffie and Lou Reed as to who would be credited as the writer of the title track, "Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans", which once again delayed the album from "early 2010" to June 15, 2010. The song uses an instrumental sample of The Velvet Underground track "Rock & Roll" and the only way Reed would allow her to use the sample was by calling "Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans" an "adaptation" of "Rock & Roll" and receiving the sole credit as the writer of the song as well. This dispute delayed the album by about six months; Uffie branded Reed "fucking difficult", and when asked if he had heard the song, she stated, "Yes he has, he had to clear it. And it was a very not nice experience dealing with him, I have to say. [...] I don't know what this guy's problem is but on the credits I think it even says something like he wrote it. He gets everything.^[24]

In a later interview with BBC Radio 1, Uffie stated that the album was heavily acid-influenced and that Mirwais produced five tracks, while Feadz, Mr. Oizo and SebastiAn produced a couple of tracks each. She also went on to refer to the album as "the end of my crazy youth and the intro to my adult life."^[25] "Pop the Glock", "First Love" and "Brand New Car" were all previously released as singles at least three years prior to the album's release.

Singles

"MCs Can Kiss" was the first single released from Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans and was released on January 12, 2010 to positive reviews from critics, describing it as "an old school soundclash of heavy beats and sharp rhymes" and stating it "shows off the French-American's ballsy schtick to full effect."^[26][27] Gigwise called the song a "razor-sharp lyrical assault with enough bombast to fuel the war in Afghanistan",^[16] while BBC Music dubbed it a "sarky bling-killing single".^[14] "MCs Can Kiss" peaked at number 48 on the Japan Hot 100 and at number 97 in France.^[28][29]

The lead single from Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans, "ADD SUV" (featuring Pharrell Williams), premiered on BBC Radio 1 on April 15, 2010. "ADD SUV" was described as being about "[p]oking fun at the rap fraternity's obsession with possessions, particularly their cars",^[30] while Uffie stated that the song was inspired by the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls.^[31] A music video for "ADD SUV", filmed in Los Angeles and starring both Uffie and Williams, was directed by Nathalie Canguilhem and released on June 14, 2010. The single was praised by critics from the New York Post,^[32] Prefix,^[33] Spin,^[34] and BBC,^[14] and peaked at number 28 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.^[35] Singles "MCs Can Kiss", "ADD SUV", "F1rst Love" and "Pop the Glock" also managed to chart in various countries such as France, Japan, and the UK.

Ed Banger Records confirmed through their Facebook page on August 11, 2010 that Uffie's next single to be released would be "Difficult", produced by label-mate and friend SebastiAn.^[36] It was later announced that "Difficult" would be released as an EP on October 18, 2010, containing remixes by SebastiAn and Azari & III. A music video for the single was also announced to be released on October 6, 2010.^[37]

Commercial performance

Upon release, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans reached number seven on both the French Digital Albums Chart^[38] and the Belgian Heatseekers Albums,^[39] as well as number 59 on the main French Albums Chart.^[39] The album peaked at number 17 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and number 32 on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the US,^[40][41] while reaching number 18 on the UK Dance Albums Chart and number 31 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.^[42][43] It also charted at number 43 in Greece, number 62 in Switzerland, and number 77 in Germany.^[39]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pop the Glock"	Anna Hartley Fabien Pianta Johann Mattar	Feadz J-Mat	3:30
2.	"Art of Uff"	Hartley Pianta Quentin Dupieux	Mr. Oizo	3:05
3.	"ADD SUV" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	Hartley Williams Mirwais Ahmadzaï	Mirwais	3:29
4.	"Give It Away"	Pianta Mattar	Feadz J-Mat	3:20
5.	"MCs Can Kiss"	Pianta Dupieux^[a]	Mr. Oizo	3:09
6.	"Difficult"	Pianta Sebastian Akchoté	SebastiAn	2:56
7.	"First Love"	Hartley Pianta Dupieux	Mr. Oizo	4:57
8.	"Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans"	Lou Reed	Mirwais	2:37
9.	"Our Song"	Pianta Dupieux	Feadz Mr. Oizo	3:19
10.	"Illusion of Love" (featuring Mattie Safer)	Hartley Matthew Safer Ahmadzaï	Mirwais	5:19
11.	"Neuneu"	Pianta Dupieux	Mr. Oizo	2:30
12.	"Brand New Car"	Pianta	Feadz	3:19
13.	"Hong Kong Garden"	John Gareth McKay Kenneth Ian Morris Steven John Bailey Susan Janet Ballion	Mirwais	2:20
14.	"Ricky"	Pianta Mattar	Feadz J-Mat	4:12

North American digital deluxe edition bonus tracks[44][45][46]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Pop the Glock" (Mirwais Pop Remix)	Hartley Pianta Mattar	Feadz J-Mat Mirwais^[b]	2:30
16.	"ADD SUV" (Carte Blanche Remix) (featuring Pharrell Williams)	Hartley Williams Ahmadzaï	Mirwais Carte Blanche^[b]	4:44
17.	"Pop the Glock" (music video)			3:30

Japanese edition bonus tracks[47]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Pop the Glock" (Felix da Housecat "Pink Enemy" Remix)	Hartley Pianta Mattar	Feadz J-Mat Felix da Housecat^[b]	5:39
16.	"MCs Can Kiss" (Mike D Remix)	Pianta Dupieux^[a]		2:51
17.	"ADD SUV" (Armand Van Helden Remix Vocal)	Hartley Williams Ahmadzaï	Mirwais Van Helden^[b]	5:17
18.	"ADD SUV" (Hudson Mohawke's Spam Fajita Remix)	Hartley Williams Ahmadzaï	Mirwais Mohawke^[b]	3:25
19.	"Message from Uffie" (video)
20.	"Pop the Glock" (music video)

Notes

• ^{^[a]} Fabien "Feadz" Pianta and Quentin "Mr. Oizo" Dupieux are credited as songwriters on "MCs Can Kiss" in the liner notes of Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans,^[48] while the liner notes of the "MCs Can Kiss" single credit Uffie and Feadz as songwriters.^[49][50]
• ^{^[b]} signifies a remixer

Sampling credits

• "Pop the Glock" samples "Top Billin'" by Audio Two.^[51]
• "MCs Can Kiss" includes samples of "Bite This" by Roxanne Shanté and "Night Drive" by Giorgio Moroder.^[48]
• "Difficult" includes a sample of "Love of the Hurtin' Kind" by Claudja Barry.^[48]
• "First Love" includes a sample of "Don't Go" by F. R. David.^[48]
• "Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans" is an adaptation of "Rock & Roll" written by Lou Reed.^[48]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans.^[48]

Uffie – vocals Richard Adlam – backing vocals, drums, programming, sample production (track 8) Nathalie Canguilhem – art direction Feadz – production (tracks 1, 4, 9, 12, 14) Will Goodman – design Guthrie Govan – bass, guitar (track 8) J-Mat – production (tracks 1, 4, 14)

Mirwais – keyboards, mixing, production, programming (tracks 3, 8, 10, 13) Mr. Oizo – production (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9) Ysa Pérez – photography Hal Ritson – additional guitar, backing vocals, sample production (track 8) Mattie Safer – vocals (track 10) SebastiAn – production (track 6) Pharrell Williams – rap (track 3)

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Flanders)[39]	7
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[52]	76
French Albums Chart[53]	59
German Albums Chart[54]	77
Greek Albums Chart[55]	43
Swiss Albums Chart[56]	62
UK Dance Albums Chart[42]	18
UK Independent Albums Chart[43]	31
US Dance/Electronic Albums[40]	17
US Heatseekers Albums[41]	32

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
France	June 14, 2010	Ed Banger Because	[57]
United Kingdom			[58]
Germany	June 18, 2010	Warner	[59]
United States	June 21, 2010	Elektra	[60]
Japan	June 23, 2010	Warner	[47]

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