The Trouble with Being Myself

The Trouble with Being Myself
Studio album by
Macy Gray
ReleasedApril 28, 2003 (2003-04-28)
Studio
Genre
Length49:00
LabelEpic
ProducerMacy Gray
Macy Gray chronology
The Id
(2001) 		The Trouble with Being Myself
(2003) 		The Very Best of Macy Gray
(2004)
Singles from The Trouble with Being Myself
  1. "When I See You"
    Released: April 24, 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubMixed[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
The Guardian[5]
PopMattersPositive[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
SpinB+[8]
Uncut[9]
USA Today[10]
The Village VoiceB+[11]

The Trouble with Being Myself is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray, released on April 28, 2003, by Epic Records. The album peaked at number 44 on the Billboard 200, and by February 2007, it had sold 134,000 copies in the United States.[12] Despite not being a major commercial success, The Trouble with Being Myself received mostly positive reviews. The album spawned the single "When I See You".

  1. ^ "Reviews for The Trouble With Being Myself by Macy Gray". Metacritic. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "The Trouble with Being Myself – Macy Gray". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Thompson, Stephen (August 5, 2003). "Macy Gray: The Trouble With Being Myself". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  4. ^ Tucker, Ken (July 18, 2003). "The Trouble With Being Myself". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (April 25, 2003). "Macy Gray: The Trouble With Being Myself". The Guardian. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  6. ^ Fuchs, Cynthia (August 1, 2003). "Macy Gray: The Trouble With Being Myself". PopMatters. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Thigpen, David (July 2, 2003). "Macy Gray: The Trouble With Being Myself". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
  8. ^ Harris, Keith (July 2003). "Reviews". Spin. p. 108. ISSN 0886-3032 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Macy Gray – The Trouble With Being Myself". Uncut. June 1, 2003. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  10. ^ Jones, Steve (July 21, 2003). "Brooks & Dunn hit 'Road' to career recovery". USA Today. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (July 29, 2003). "Shadows in the Cave". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  12. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (February 2, 2007). "Macy Rolls With will.i.am, Justin On New CD". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2022.