Been Doin' It for a Bit
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Released | 24 September 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2020[1] | |||
Studio | Waiuku, New Zealand The Music Farm, Byron Bay, Australia[1] | |||
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Length | 33:27 | |||
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Singles from Been Doin' It for a Bit | ||||
Been Doin' It for a Bit is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Ruby Fields, released through Space 44 Records and Flightless on 24 September 2021. The album debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[8] At the J Awards of 2021, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[9]
Background and recording
[edit]Ruby Fields recorded the album in Waiuku, New Zealand in early 2020, but the sessions were cut short when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. They ultimately regrouped to complete the record at The Music Farm, Byron Bay later in the year. The Australian Independent Record Labels Association said "The finished product is a declaration of individual and artistic independence that reflects the complexities of growing up, making mistakes, and ultimately making peace with one's fallibility."[1]
Critical reception
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The AU Review | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Clash | 8/10[11] |
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Matt Doria from NME Australia called the album a "gut-punching debut from an indie-rocker wiser than her years."[12]
Dylan Marshall from The AU Review named it "A genuinely fun and charismatically easy listen" and "the edge of summer album you've been looking forward to after a long and bleak winter".[10]
Shannon Garner from Clash felt that "the album is everything that Fields has built her name on – a modern, no-bullshit personality, and is an honest celebration of where she is at in life."[11]
Al Newstead from ABC said "Each song on Been Doin' It for a Bit is packed with detail and memorable lines that convey so much more than their seemingly banal settings initially appear. From kitchens to pubs, backyards to bottle-os, Ruby is capable of being hilarious and heartfelt all at once, having you crying into a frothie as much as laughing over one."[13]
In a review for Blunt Magazine, Mary Varvaris wrote that the album was "even greater than expected", stating that Fields created an album packed with "punchy, energetic, honest pop-punk anthems" with an "Aussie spin".[3]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Song About a Boy" | Ruby Fields, Tim Fitz | 3:49 |
2. | "R.E.G.O." | Fields, Chris Collins | 2:59 |
3. | "Kitchen" | Fields | 4:53 |
4. | "Bruises" | Fields | 2:57 |
5. | "Airport Cafe" | Fields, Fitz | 2:59 |
6. | "Pokies" (featuring Adam Newling) | Fields | 3:09 |
7. | "Pretty Grim" | Fields, Fitz | 2:49 |
8. | "Ouch" | Fields | 1:46 |
9. | "Worms" | Fields | 2:12 |
10. | "Clothes Line" | Fields | 3:22 |
11. | "Bottle-O" | Fields | 2:32 |
Total length: | 33:27 |
Charts
[edit]Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] | 1 |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue | Reference |
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Various | 24 September 2021 | Standard | Ruby Fields | [15] | ||
Australia | CD |
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S44CD0009 | [2] | ||
LP | Super blue vinyl | S44LP0009 | [16] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Feature: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ a b Varvaris, Mary (21 September 2021). "Review: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It For A Bit". Blunt Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Pretty Grim – Single by Ruby Fields on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Ruby Fields releases new single, "R.E.G.O." announces tour". NME Australia. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Young, David James (13 July 2021). "Ruby Fields announces debut album Been Doin It for a Bit, shares new single". NME Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Gray, Geordie (21 September 2021). "Ruby Fields unveils 'Bottle'o' ahead of the release of her debut album". Tone Deaf. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Ruby Fields lands debut ARIA #1 album". ARIA Charts. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Vivienne (1 November 2021). "Triple j reveals J Awards nominees". The Music Network. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ a b Marshall, Dylan (23 September 2021). "Album of the Week: Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit (2021 LP)". The AU Review. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ a b Garner, Shannon (23 September 2021). "Ruby Fields - Been Doin' It For A Bit". Clash. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ a b Doria, Matt (24 September 2021). "Ruby Fields – Been Doin It for a Bit review: gut-punching debut from an indie-rocker wiser than her years". NME Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Newstead, Al (28 September 2021). "Ruby Fields: still the artist you'd most want to sink a tinnie and talk sh*t with". ABC. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Ruby Fields – Been Doin' It for a Bit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Been Doin' It for a Bit by Ruby Fields". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 16 October 2021.