Sunny Side Up (Paolo Nutini album) explained

Sunny Side Up
Type:studio
Artist:Paolo Nutini
Cover:NutiniSSU.jpg
Alt:Sunny Side Up Album Cover - drawing of a man eating breakfast in a brightly coloured room.
Released:29 May 2009
Recorded:2008–2009
Studio:Real World Studios, Box
Length:38:32
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Paolo Nutini, Ethan Johns
Prev Title:These Streets
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Caustic Love
Next Year:2014

Sunny Side Up is the second studio album by Scottish singer and songwriter Paolo Nutini, released on 29 May 2009 in Ireland and 1 June 2009 in the United Kingdom.[1] [2] Nutini and his band, the Vipers, embarked on a brief tour of the United States before a UK tour leading up to the album's release.[3] [4] The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Nutini self-recorded the album with his band the Vipers, while Ethan Johns contributed to the mixing and production. Notably, the album includes guest appearances from trombonist Rico Rodriguez and Questlove.

The album was the eighth best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2009 and the sixth best-selling album in 2010. On 3 January 2010, Sunny Side Up topped the UK Albums Chart for a second time, making it the first number-one album in the United Kingdom in 2010 and the entire decade.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

On 19 February 2010, Colin Farrell presented Nutini with "Best International Album" for Sunny Side Up at the 2010 Meteor Awards.[10] On 20 May 2010, Sunny Side Up won Best Album at the Ivor Novello Awards.[11] The album was nominated for MasterCard British Album at the 2010 BRIT Awards.

Singles

The first single from the album was "Candy", which reached No. 19 on the UK Singles Charts.[12] The song is Nutini's third highest peak to date, after "Last Request" and "Pencil Full of Lead" (see below). The second single was "Coming Up Easy", reaching No. 62 on the UK Singles Chart. The song became his lowest charting single to date, spending just one week within the top 75.[13]

The third single to be released was "Pencil Full of Lead". The song was released on 2 November 2009 and peaked at No. 17 on the UK Singles Charts.[14] It is his second highest chart success and the biggest hit single from Sunny Side Up, spending 21 weeks inside the top 75. The fourth single from the album was "10/10". The song was released on 11 January 2010 as a digital download only single.[15] Once "10/10" was released, the song debuted at No. 100 on the UK Singles Charts, peaking at #51. It spent a total of six weeks inside the top 75.[16]

Critical reception

The album received a generally favourable critical reception. AllMusic's Thom Jurek noted the move away from the sound of These Streets: "Nutini has taken huge chunks of America's (and Scotland's) pop and folk pasts and reshaped them in his own image," going on to describe it as "wise beyond this songwriter's years".[17] Andy Gill of The Independent commented on Nutini's progress since his debut, saying the album "sees the singer making giant strides in several directions", and going on to say "don't be surprised if, come December, this is one of the year's biggest-selling albums." Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph was also positive, stating "his joyous second album organically blends soul, country, folk and the brash, horny energy of ragtime swing."

Some reviewers were less impressed. It was described by The Guardians Caroline Sullivan as "not bad", with opening track "10/10" described as "jaunty enough to make you retch". Graeme Thomson of The Observer saw the album as an attempt by Nutini at "rebranding himself as a mongrel hybrid of John Martyn, Otis Redding and Bob Marley".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with sales of over 60,000 copies, fighting off strong competition from Love & War, the debut album of fellow male solo artist Daniel Merriweather. The album performed similarly well on the Irish Albums Chart, debuting at number two behind Eminem's new album before rising to the top of the charts the week after.

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[18] 39
Austrian Albums Chart[19] 34
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[20] 15
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[21] 40
Canadian Albums Chart[22] 19
Dutch Albums Chart[23] 18
European Albums Chart[24] 4
French Albums Chart[25] 25
German Albums Chart[26] 15
Irish Albums Chart[27] 1
Italian Albums Chart[28] 12
Swiss Albums Chart[29] 3
UK Albums Chart[30] 1
US Billboard 200[31] 57

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Rank
European Albums Chart[32] 40
French Albums Chart[33] 191
Irish Albums Chart[34] 9
Italian Albums Chart[35] 87
Swiss Albums Chart[36] 52
UK Albums Chart[37] 8
Chart (2010)Rank
European Albums Chart[38] 17
Irish Albums Chart[39] 8
UK Albums Chart[40] 6

Decade-end charts

Notes and References

  1. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/paolo-nutini-new-album-previews-exclusively-here-1748736.html Paolo Nutini: New album previews exclusively here
  2. Schmidt, Veronica (2009) "Paolo Nutini returns with Sunny Side Up", The Times, 7 May 2009
  3. Hall, Tara (2009) "Paolo Nutini brings 'Sunny Side' to West Coast ", LiveDaily, 3 April 2009
  4. Hall, Tara (2009) "Paolo Nutini returns with 'Sunny Side Up' ", LiveDaily, 30 April 2009
  5. Web site: Lady Gaga and Paolo Nutini Top Charts . ilikemusic.com . 26 May 2010 .
  6. Web site: Lady GaGa & Paolo Nutini Top Charts | Lady GaGa | News . MTV. 4 January 2010 . 26 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212164803/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lady-gaga/news/171963-lady-gaga-paolo-nutini-top-charts . 12 February 2010 .
  7. Web site: Music – News – Paolo Nutini tops album chart again . Digital Spy. 3 January 2010 . 26 May 2010.
  8. Web site: Lady Gaga scores first Number One single of 2010 . NME . 26 May 2010.
  9. Web site: Paolo Returns To Number One . Paolo Nutini . 26 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100111044907/http://www.paolonutini.com/news%2Cpaolo-returns-to-number-one_338.htm . 11 January 2010 .
  10. Web site: Westlife win 10th Meteor Award in a row . . 19 February 2010 . 21 February 2010.
  11. Web site: Ivor Novello Awards Winners . 28 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100524142518/http://www.holymoly.com/celebrity-news/ivor-novello-awards-2010-good-day-lily-bad-day-dappy46548 . 24 May 2010 .
  12. Web site: Paolo Nutini – Candy . . 26 May 2010.
  13. Web site: Paolo Nutini – Coming Up Easy . . 26 May 2010.
  14. Web site: Paolo Nutini – Pencil Full of Lead . . 26 May 2010.
  15. http://www.ilikemusic.com/pop/Paolo_Nutini_10_10-8595 Paolo Nutini – 10/10
  16. Web site: Paolo Nutini – 10/10 . . 26 May 2010.
  17. Jurek, Thom "Sunny Side Up Review", AllMusic, Macrovision Corporation
  18. Web site: Australian Charts – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album). Australian-charts.com . 26 March 2012 .
  19. Web site: Austria Top-40 – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album). Australiancharts.at . German . 26 March 2012 .
  20. Web site: Charts Vlaanderen – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album). . Dutch . 26 March 2012 .
  21. Web site: Charts Belgique Francophone – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album). . French . 26 March 2012 .
  22. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=paolo nutini|chart=Canadian Albums}} Paolo Nutini Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Albums Chart ]. . 26 March 2012 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/628q51XQN?url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Rihanna/chart-history/658897?f=793&g=Singles . 2 October 2011 .
  23. Web site: Dutch Charts – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album) . Dutchcarts.nl . 26 March 2012 . Dutch.
  24. Web site: European Albums Chart – Week of June 20, 2009. . 26 March 2012 .
  25. Web site: Classements – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album). Lescharts.com . 26 March 2012 . French .
  26. Web site: Nutini, Paolo – Longplay-Chartverfolgung . Musicline.de . German . 26 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141229224256/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Nutini,Paolo/?type=longplay . 29 December 2014 . dead .
  27. Web site: Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 11 June 2009 . Chart-track.co.uk . 26 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120528000256/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=24 . 28 May 2012 .
  28. Web site: Italian Albums Chart – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album). Italiancharts.com . 26 March 2012 .
  29. Web site: Swiss Charts – Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up (album). Hitparade.ch . German . 26 March 2012 .
  30. Web site: 2009 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 13th June 2009. . 26 March 2012 .
  31. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=paolo nutini|chart=all}} Paolo Nutini Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200 ]. . 26 March 2012.
  32. Web site: Year-End Charts – European Top 100 Albums (2009) . 6 January 2010 . Billboard.
  33. Web site: Bilan Economique 2009 – Classement des 200 premiers Albums par GfK Music . Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French . 26 March 2012 . 25.
  34. Web site: Best of 2009 . 6 January 2011 . .
  35. Web site: Classifiche annuali dei cd, dvd, compilation più venduti e digital download più scaricati online nel 2009 . 6 January 2011 . 19 January 2009 . . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100123194509/http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=47 . 23 January 2010 .
  36. Web site: Swiss Year-End Charts 2009 . 6 January 2010 . hitparade.ch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111011215402/http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2009 . 11 October 2011 .
  37. Web site: 2009 music sales show decline but digital retail market starts to deliver . 6 January 2011 . 7 January 2010 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100112202654/http://bpi.co.uk/press-area/news-amp3b-press-release/article/2009-music-sales-show-decline-but-digital-retail-market-starts-to-deliver.aspx . 12 January 2010 .
  38. Web site: 2010 Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums. . 26 March 2012 .
  39. Web site: Best of 2010 – Top 20 Albums. . 26 March 2012 .
  40. Web site: Cardle at No 1 again – Eminem/Rihanna & Take That scoop 2010 crowns . 2 January 2011 . 6 January 2011 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110107094350/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/cardle-at-no-1-again-eminemrihanna-take-that-scoop-2010-crowns/ . 7 January 2011 .
  41. Web site: The UK's Official Top 100 biggest albums of the decade. Official Charts Company. Copsey. Rob. 11 December 2019. 12 December 2019.

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