We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.

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We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
Studio album by Jason Mraz
Released May 13, 2008 (U.S., Canada)
November 18, 2008 (U.S. re-release)
June 13, 2008 (Europe)
June 16, 2008 (UK)
Recorded 2007-2008
Genre Acoustic, Pop Rock
Length 50:49
Label Atlantic
Producer Martin Terefe
Professional reviews
Jason Mraz chronology
We Steal Things.
(2008)		 We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
(2008)
Singles from We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
  1. "I'm Yours"
    Released: February 12, 2008
  2. "Make It Mine"
    Released: August 8, 2008
  3. "Lucky"
    Released: January, 2009
  4. "Live High"
    Released: TBA 2009
Alternate cover
Limited edition cover
Limited edition cover

We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. is a Grammy-nominated third studio album by Jason Mraz released on May 13, 2008.[1] The album peaked at number three in the Billboard 200, Mraz's highest-peaking album thus far. The title of the album refers to a piece of art by David Shrigley which caught Mraz's attention while he traveled through Scotland.[2]

Contents

[edit] Background and production

Progress of the recording of the album has been documented on the YouTube series "Crazy Man's Ju-ju" which contain clips from San Diego and London, where most of the album was formed. "I'm Yours" is the first single from the album and was made available on iTunes, Zune Marketplace, and Amazon.com on February 12th, 2008.

The album features collaborations with James Morrison on the track "Details in the Fabric" and with Colbie Caillat[3] on the track "Lucky."

The album was preceded by three EP's released monthly for a limited time. We Sing was released on March 18th. We Dance was released on April 15th. The third installment, We Steal Things, was released as part of a digital bundle through iTunes, JasonMraz.com, and AtlanticRecords.com upon the release of the album. The third EP was only released along with the new studio album May 13th, 2008.[4] As of April 11, 2009 the album has sold 1,064,606 copies in the U.S. and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

On November 18, 2008 the album was re-released with the name We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. Limited Edition. The re-released album is a three disc set that includes the original 12-track CD, the second disc includes all three We Sing., We Dance., and We Steal Things. EPs all on one disc, and the third DVD disc includes an unreleased full-band concert Live at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, a 30-minute documentary titled "Here We Are," and a preview to his "a thousand things." polaroid book. The packaging also includes a 20 page CD booklet with full lyrics and additional artwork.

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Make It Mine"   Jason Mraz 3:08
2. "I'm Yours"   Jason Mraz 4:03
3. "Lucky" (with Colbie Caillat) Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, Timothy Fagan 3:09
4. "Butterfly"   Jason Mraz 5:00
5. "Live High"   Jason Mraz 4:12
6. "Love for a Child"   Jason Mraz, Martin Terefe, Sacha Skarbek 4:06
7. "Details in the Fabric" (with James Morrison) Jason Mraz, Dan Wilson 5:45
8. "Coyotes"   Jason Mraz 3:38
9. "Only Human"   Jason Mraz, Sacha Skarbek 4:03
10. "The Dynamo of Volition"   Jason Mraz 3:36
11. "If It Kills Me"   Jason Mraz, Martin Terefe, Sacha Skarbek 4:34
12. "A Beautiful Mess"   Jason Mraz, Mona Tavakoli, Chaska Potter, Mai Bloomfield, Becky Gebhardt 5:38


The Latin American re-release of the album includes a Spanish version of the song Lucky, called "Suerte" (luck, in Spanish), which was recorded by Mraz and Mexican singer Ximena Sariñana [5].


[edit] Critical reception

Commenting on the album's "pleasantly lightweight jams", "beachy guitars", "R&B horns" and "playful scat singing", Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+.[6] In an overall positive review, Billboard said "Mraz emerges even bolder than before on an album loaded with strings, horns, formidable grooves and a dozen songs dripping with mantra-like positivity."[7] Allmusic said that "The nice thing about the soulful shimmer of We Sing is that it's so slick that it's easy to ignore the gibberish spilling out of Mraz's mouth and just enjoy the sunny, easy sound.[8] Giving the album two-and-a-half out of five stars, Blender concluded that whether "Pondering his parents divorce or describing intricate and delicate sex acts, Mraz's tasty tenor remains a modestly classy pleasure. But he's lost crucial cool."[9] Even less flattering, Uncut magazine said that "Listening to [the album] is like being followed home by a puppy— initially cute and guilelessly affecting, but rapidly irritating".[10]

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Argentina Albums Chart[11] 18
Australian Albums Chart[12] 3
Austrian Albums Chart 4
Belgian Albums Charts (Flanders) 49
Belgian Albums Charts (Wallonia)[13] 15
Canadian Albums Chart 13
Dutch Albums Chart 12
German Albums Chart 14
New Zealand Albums Chart 9
Italian Albums Chart 36
French Albums Chart[14] 20
Norwegian Albums Chart 4
Colombia 6
Philippines Foreign Albums Chart 5
Portugal Album Chart 14
Spanish Albums Charts 45
Swedish Album Chart 5
Swiss Albums Chart 12
UK Albums Chart 8
U.S. Billboard 200[15] 3
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums 2

[edit] WorldWide Certifications

  • Canada - Platinum (80,000)
  • USA - Platinum (1,126,951)
  • New Zealand - Gold (7,500)
  • Australia - 2x Platinum (140,000)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jasonmraz.com - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things Jason Mraz Official Store Pre-Order
  2. ^ http://www.gua.com.my/jasonmraz/about/index.htm
  3. ^ iTunesLive - iTunesLive London Sessions
  4. ^ Via Atlantic Records - Jason Mraz releases/Tour talk!
  5. ^ "Graba Ximena Sariñana video de la suerte". esmas. 2009-05-22. http://www2.esmas.com/ritmoson/noticias/065221/graba-ximena-sarinana-video-suerte. 
  6. ^ Wood, Mikael (May 09, 2008) "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things". Entertainment Weekly. (accessed 2009-01-13)
  7. ^ Graff, Gary (May 24, 2008), "News". Billboard. (accessed 2009-01-13)
  8. ^ [1]. All Music Guide. (accessed 2009-01-13)
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 2008), "Conservatory-trained one-hit marvel aims for another hit by emphasizing the obvious". Blender. :75 (accessed 2009-01-13)
  10. ^ Byline unknown (July 2008), [2]. Uncut. :104 (accessed 2009-01-13)
  11. ^ http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=ESCS&CO=6
  12. ^ "ARIA Chart". http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  13. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Jason+Mraz&titel=We+Sing%2C+We+Dance%2C+We+Steal+Things&cat=a
  14. ^ http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Britney-Spears/news-67282.html
  15. ^ Hasty, Katy (2008-05-21). "Jason Mraz's Atlantic album 'We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things' enters at No. 3 with 73,000". Billboard magazine. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003806082. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 

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