Diploid Love

Diploid Love
Studio album by
Brody Dalle
Released28 April 2014 (2014-04-28)
Genre
Length41:39
LabelCaroline, Queen of Hearts
Producer
Singles from Diploid Love
  1. "Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy"
    Released: 9 February 2014
  2. "Parties for Prostitutes"
    Released: 6 March 2014
  3. "Don't Mess with Me"
    Released: 11 March 2014

Diploid Love is the debut solo album Brody Dalle, frontwoman of the Distillers. The digital download was released on 28 April 2014 in the United States and 29 April in Canada, followed by the CD and vinyl record set on 19 May.[2] The lead single, "Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy", was streamed for free on SoundCloud on 9 February[1] before being released to iTunes on 17 February.[3]

The album features collaborations from Garbage's Shirley Manson, The Strokes' Nick Valensi, Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and Emily Kokal of Warpaint.[2]

Reception

Diploid Love has received mostly positive reviews, with NME rating it 7 out of 10 while Rolling Stone rated it four out five stars.[4]

The album debuted at number 33 on the UK Albums Chart and number 7 on the US Top Heatseekers albums chart.[5][6] It also debuted and peaked at number 89 on the Australian Albums Chart.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brody Dalle

Diploid Love track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Rat Race"3:38
2."Underworld"5:19
3."Don't Mess with Me"3:39
4."Dressed in Dreams"4:47
5."Carry On"4:21
6."Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy" (featuring Shirley Manson and Emily Kokal)5:03
7."I Don't Need Your Love"6:01
8."Blood in Gutters"4:18
9."Parties for Prostitutes"4:33

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Diploid Love
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 89
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 167
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 45
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 33
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6] 7

References

  1. ^ a b "Brody Dalle reveals new single, 'Meet The Foetus'". Gigwise. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Brody Dalle announces release of solo album 'Diploid Love'". NME. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Meet the Foetus / Oh the Joy - Single". iTunes. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Brody Dalle - Diploid Love". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Brody Dalle Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b [1] ARIA Report 1262, Pandora Archive
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Brody Dalle – Diploid Love" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Brody Dalle – Diploid Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Brody Dalle – Diploid Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 September 2021.