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Yours to Keep | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 9, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, post-punk revival, garage rock, folk rock, baroque pop | |||
Length | 34:52 | |||
Label | Rough Trade Records(UK release) New Line Records/Scratchie Records (US Release) | |||
Producer | Greg Lattimer | |||
Albert Hammond Jr. chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AbsolutePunk.net | (84%)[1] |
AllMusic | [2] |
The A.V. Club | B+[3] |
Blender | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
The Guardian | [6] |
NME | (8/10)[7] |
Pitchfork Media | (6.9/10)[8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
Yours to Keep, the debut solo album by The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., was released October 9, 2006, in the UK through Rough Trade Records and was released in North America on March 6, 2007, through New Line Records/Scratchie Records. The first single taken from it, "Everyone Gets a Star", was released as download only, and the first full single is "Back to the 101". The album also featured help from Sean Lennon, with whom Albert had attended school at Institut Le Rosey. The album title references the eponymous track from the Guided by voices' album Bee Thousand, with the album also including a cover of their song Postal Blowfish as a bonus track.