Rough Trade Rough Trade

Close
Close View Full Product

Item added to your basket.

Checkout
Previous
Next
Close
Boys & Girls (Deluxe Edition)
ReleaseProduct
Boys & Girls (Deluxe Edition)
Artist
Display Artist
Alabama Shakes
Label
Rough Trade
Catalogue Number
RT0397DA
Release Date
9 December 2022

Rough Trade Records will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Alabama Shakes’ internationally acclaimed debut album, Boys & Girls, with a two-disc deluxe edition, set for December 9th release. Hailed as one of the best albums of 2012 by Rolling Stone and numerous other publications, Boys & Girls entered Billboard’s Independent Albums chart at No. 1. It went on to attain Platinum certification and earn the band multiple GRAMMY nominations. Lead single “Hold On" was voted the #1 Best Song of 2012 by Rolling Stone..

Repackaged in a foil-board gatefold jacket with new, unreleased photos, Boys & Girls 10 Year Anniversary Deluxe Edition contains the album’s original 11 songs plus an additional 11 tracks from the band’s explosive live performance on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic,” which aired in the months leading up to the album’s release. Listen to Alabama Shakes’ ferocious live version of “Always Alright” – a non-album track that appeared on the soundtrack for the Oscar-nominated film Silver Linings Playbook and earned a GRAMMY nomination.

Alabama Shakes – comprising singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, and drummer Steve Johnson – recorded Boys & Girls in Nashville, funding the sessions with their day jobs (Howard worked as a mail carrier, while Johnson served as a night watchman at a nuclear power plant) and nighttime gigs, playing James Brown and AC/DC covers in dive bars.

Soon after the arrival of Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes found themselves thrust into the global spotlight, achieving such milestones as performing at the White House and on “Saturday Night Live” along with winning widespread critical praise. Pitchfork lauded “Howard’s gale-force delivery, an instrument that could have blown Otis Redding back.” The New York Times’ Jon Pareles said, “Alabama Shakes sound raw-boned and proudly unprocessed.” NME hailed the band as “a genuine, word-of-mouth, go-see-them-then-tell-10-friends-how-amazing-they-are thing.” The Guardian observed, “their music, a deep earthy pit of blues and soul and swamp, is the sort of stuff that honeys the soul and puts fire in the loins.”

As the album’s legacy continues to grow – NPR included “Hold On” in the top five of its list of “The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+” in 2018 – Boys & Girls remains a major cultural touchstone whose songs of survival, longing and irrepressible hope never lose their transcendent power.

Alabama Shakes on Spotify
Listen on Apple Music

Digital Tracklist

Disc 1

  1. 1 Hold On 3:46 Buy

    Hold On

  2. 2 I Found You 2:59 Buy

    I Found You

  3. 3 Hang Loose 2:24 Buy

    Hang Loose

  4. 4 Rise to the Sun 3:08 Buy

    Rise to the Sun

  5. 5 You Ain't Alone 4:44 Buy

    You Ain't Alone

  6. 6 Goin' to the Party 1:45 Buy

    Goin' to the Party

  7. 7 Heartbreaker 3:47 Buy

    Heartbreaker

  8. 8 Boys & Girls 3:25 Buy

    Boys & Girls

  9. 9 Be Mine 4:14 Buy

    Be Mine

  10. 10 I Ain't the Same 2:55 Buy

    I Ain't the Same

Disc 2

  1. 1 Hang Loose (Live at KCRW) 2:19 Buy

    Hang Loose (Live at KCRW)

  2. 2 I Found You (Live at KCRW) 3:21 Buy

    I Found You (Live at KCRW)

  3. 3 Be Mine (Live at KCRW) 4:04 Buy

    Be Mine (Live at KCRW)

  4. 4 I Ain't the Same (Live at KCRW) 3:18 Buy

    I Ain't the Same (Live at KCRW)

  5. 5 Mama (Live at KCRW) 1:32 Buy

    Mama (Live at KCRW)

  6. 6 Goin' to the Party (Live at KCRW) 1:49 Buy

    Goin' to the Party (Live at KCRW)

  7. 7 Hold On (Live at KCRW) 3:52 Buy

    Hold On (Live at KCRW)

  8. 8 Boys & Girls (Live at KCRW) 3:48 Buy

    Boys & Girls (Live at KCRW)

  9. 9 Always Alright (Live at KCRW) 3:47 Buy

    Always Alright (Live at KCRW)

  10. 10 Rise to the Sun (Live at KCRW) 3:07 Buy

    Rise to the Sun (Live at KCRW)

Show All Tracks 22

Alabama Shakes

Alabama Shakes

Close
Previous Play Pause Next
features.playlist.label Close
Loading:
--:-- --:--

Privacy Settings

This site uses cookies. For information, please read our cookies policy. Cookies Policy

Allow All
Manage Consent Preferences