Love Songs Drug Songs

Love Songs Drug Songs is the first major-label EP (and second overall) by American rock band X Ambassadors, released on May 7, 2013.[1] It spawned one single: "Unconsolable".

Love Songs Drug Songs
EP by
X Ambassadors
ReleasedMay 7, 2013
Genre
Length24:06
Label
X Ambassadors chronology
Ambassadors
(2009)		 Love Songs Drug Songs
(2013)		 The Reason
(2014)

Composition

Shannon Carlin of Radio.com described the style of Love Songs Drug Songs as being "in the vein of old '60s soul, '90s R&B, and funk".[2] Matt Collar of AllMusic stated, "Musically, X Ambassadors build a percussive mix of synthesizers, booming drums, and atmospheric guitar lines around vocalist Sam Harris' yearning, robust cry" while revealing "their love for mixing contemporary R&B inflections with a sweeping, '80s new wave sensibility".[3]

According to X Ambassadors frontman Sam Harris, the album is inspired by the "bizarre" and "dreary" town of Ithaca that is "rainy and cold for 80 percent of the time".[4] Nadia Noir of KROQ-FM noted the "sly irreverence and naughty hip-hop style sexual references in some of the songs" on the album.[4] Speaking of the message of the EP, Harris stated, "I don’t know what we want to say. But we have to say something."[2]

Critical reception

Writing for AllMusic, Matt Collar rated Love Songs Drug Songs four stars out of five, calling it "a passionate, literate, and moving collection".[3] In a very positive review, Robert Treves of Indie Current said the album "is packed full of triumphant, genre-blending tracks." He commented, "X Ambassadors [...] have really defined their own sound throughout this release."[5]

Track listing
Love Songs Drug Songs track listing [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Unconsolable"
  • Noah Feldshuh
  • Sam Harris
  • Casey Harris
  • Adam Levin
  • X Ambassadors
  • Daniel Stringer
3:37
2."Love Songs Drug Songs"
Grant3:40
3."Down with Me"
  • Feldshuh
  • Levin
  • C. Harris
  • S. Harris
  • X Ambassadors
  • Stringer
3:38
4."Stranger"
Grant4:03
5."Litost"
  • Feldshuh
  • Levin
  • C. Harris
  • S. Harris
  • Stringer
  • X Ambassadors
5:21
6."Brother"
  • Feldshuh
  • Levin
  • C. Harris
  • S. Harris
X Ambassadors3:48
Total length:24:03

Personnel
X Ambassadors
  • Sam Harris – vocals, guitar
  • Casey Harris – keyboard
  • Noah Feldshuh – guitar
  • Adam Levin – drums

Charts
Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[7] 11

References
  1. "X Ambassadors: Love Songs Drug Songs". AllMusic. May 7, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  2. Carlin, Shannon (May 31, 2013). "New Music To Know: X Ambassadors Make Funky Debut, With Help From Imagine Dragons". Radio.com. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  3. Collar, Matt. "Love Songs Drug Songs – X Ambassadors: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  4. Noir, Nadia (May 30, 2013). "X Ambassadors Playing Your Town Thanks To Imagine Dragons". KROQ-FM. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  5. Treves, Robert (May 10, 2013). "EP Review: X Ambassadors – Love Songs Drug Songs". Indie Current. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  6. "Love Songs Drug Songs - EP by X Ambassadors". Apple Music. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  7. "X Ambassadors Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2017.


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