These Streets
Encyclopedia
These Streets is the debut studio album by Scottish
singer-songwriter
Paolo Nutini
, released by Atlantic Records
on July 17, 2006 (see 2006 in music
). It debuted and peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart
and was later certified quadruple Platinum
by the BPI
, shipping in excess of 1,200,000 copies. So far, the album spent 222 weeks on the UK Albums Chart
. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 124,097 copies in the US and in 2011 it was certified double Platinum by the IFPI
for sales of over 2,000,000 copies in Europe.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini
Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany, although both his parents are Scottish, his family having been in Scotland for three generations....
, released by Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
on July 17, 2006 (see 2006 in music
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....
). It debuted and peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
and was later certified quadruple Platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the BPI
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
, shipping in excess of 1,200,000 copies. So far, the album spent 222 weeks on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 124,097 copies in the US and in 2011 it was certified double Platinum by the IFPI
IFPI
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...
for sales of over 2,000,000 copies in Europe.
Track listing
- "Jenny Don't Be HastyJenny Don't Be Hasty"Jenny Don't Be Hasty" is a song by Scottish singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini, written with Jimmy Hogarth and produced by Hogarth, which was his second single released on 25 September 2006. It was taken from his debut album These Streets, and was the follow-up to Nutini's debut single "Last Request"...
" (Paolo Nutini, Jimmy Hogarth) – 3:29 - "Last RequestLast Request"Last Request" is a song by Scottish singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini, and his first single from his debut album These Streets. The song was released on 3 July 2006, and peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart and #15 on Italian Singles Chart The song's lyrics describe a person who knows his...
" (Nutini, Jim Duguid, Matty Benbrook) – 3:41 - "RewindRewind (Paolo Nutini song)"Rewind" is the third single from Scottish singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini, which was released on December 4, 2006. It was taken from his debut album, These Streets, and was the follow-up to his hits "Last Request" and "Jenny Don't Be Hasty". The single missed the top 20 but gave him his third...
" (Nutini, Duguid) – 4:19 - "Million Faces" (Nutini, Benbrook, Pauline Taylor) – 3:41
- "These Streets" (Nutini, Pete Wilkinson, Sarah Erasmus) – 3:53
- "New ShoesNew Shoes"New Shoes" is the fourth single from Paolo Nutini's debut album, These Streets. It is being used as the headlining single for the US release of the album. It peaked at #108 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #99 on the US Billboard's Pop 100 chart, as well as #21 on the UK Singles Chart.The song was...
" (Nutini, Benbrook, Duguid) – 3:21 - "White Lies" (Nutini, John Fortis) – 4:00
- "Loving You" (Nutini, Duguid, Chris Leonard) – 4:00
- "Autumn" (Nutini, Duguid) – 2:50
- "Alloway Grove" (Nutini, Rollo Armstrong, Mccorry) – 14:12
- "Alloway Grove" – 7:56
- "Last Request" [acoustic version] – 3:13 (hidden song starting at 10:59)
Festival Edition
- "Alloway Grove" (Nutini, Rollo Armstrong)
- "New Shoes" (Nutini, Benbrook, Duguid)
- "Rewind" (Nutini, Duguid)
- "These Streets" (Nutini, Wilkinson, Erasmus)
- "Natural BluesNatural Blues"Natural Blues" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the fifth single from his 1999 studio album Play. It samples "Trouble So Hard" by American folk singer Vera Hall. It was first released in the UK, where it peaked at number eleven....
" (Hall) - "Last Request" (Nutini, Duguid, Benbrook)
- "I Want To Be Like YouI Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)"I Wan'na Be Like You " is a song from Walt Disney's 1967 film, The Jungle Book. The song was sung by Louis Prima and written by songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman....
" (R.M. Sherman, R.B. Sherman) - "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" (Nutini, Hogarth)
- All the above songs were performed live at the Isle of Wight Festival.
Musicians
- Paolo NutiniPaolo NutiniPaolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany, although both his parents are Scottish, his family having been in Scotland for three generations....
- vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, wurlitzerWurlitzerThe Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes.... - Matty Benbrook - guitar, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s, programming, strings - Jim Duguid - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, keyboards, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, strings, vocals, bass, wurlitzer - Eddie Harrison - guitar
- Vicky Hollywood - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Mike HunterMike HunterMike Hunter was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Nanaimo, he served in that capacity from 2001 to 2005....
- bass, double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - Donny Little - guitar, vocals, bass
- Dave Nally - wurlitzer
- Ken Nelson - guitar, vocals, wurlitzer, recorder
- Pauline TaylorPauline TaylorPauline Taylor is a British female recording artist, who came to recognition as the lead vocalist on the singles "Love Love Love, Here I Come" by Rollo Goes Mystic, and "Let This Be A Prayer" by Rollo Goes Spiritual. Both groups are pseudonyms for producer Rollo Armstrong, a member of the band...
- vocals
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 16 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 23 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 26 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 18 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 17 |
| French Albums Chart | 19 |
| German Albums Chart | 28 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 37 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
12 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 14 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 24 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 19 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
3 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
48 |
| US Billboard Rock Albums | 12 |
Sales and certifications
| Country | Certification | Sales/Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| Europe IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
2× Platinum | 2,000,000 |
| France | Gold | 136,700+ |
| Italy | Gold | 50,000+ |
| Ireland Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... |
2× Platinum | 30,000+ |
| Switzerland IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
Gold | 15,000+ |
| United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... |
4× platinum | 1,323,629+ |
| United States | — | 124,000+ |