I Am Chipmunk

I Am Chipmunk is the debut studio album by British grime and R & B musician Chipmunk. It was first released on iTunes on October 9, 2009. The album has a total length of 47 minutes and was released by the label, Columbia Records. The CD was three days later, on 12 October 2009 published. The Platinum edition of the album was released April 26, 2010 as a download and CD on May 3, 2010.

Style of the album

The overall style of the album was variously described. Allmusic for example described it with rap and pop / rock, Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy described it as " celebratory pop and strutting, commercial hip - hop" and Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian described the songs from the album as " skittering, rapid -fire pop songs, leaving little room for anything hardcore. "

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Reception

Charts

The album could reach the Irish charts, the British charts and the UK R & B charts. While one could come only number 49 in Ireland, was the highest chart position in the UK number two, while it was even possible advance to number one in the UK R & B charts. In the official Top 75 album was a total of 23 weeks.

Criticism

The album received mostly positive criticism. Jon O'Brien of Allmusic said, for example, the album "[... ] But while it june not be the most authentic and uncompromising example of the grime genre, it 's an impressively confident debut album promises did - at the very least - a fruitful pop career ahead " and gave the album 3.5 out of five stars.