I Told You I Was Freaky

I Told You I Was Freaky
Studio album by
Flight of the Conchords
ReleasedOctober 20, 2009
Recorded2008/09
Length33:44
LabelSub Pop
ProducerMickey Petralia
Flight of the Conchords chronology
Flight of the Conchords
(2008) 		I Told You I Was Freaky
(2009) 		Live in London
(2019)
Singles from I Told You I Was Freaky
  1. "Hurt Feelings"
    Released: September 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BBC(favourable)[3]
CHARTattack[4]
NME(8/10)[5]
Paste(41%)[6]
Pitchfork Media(6.7/10)[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
Spin[10]
Toro[11]

I Told You I Was Freaky is the second studio album by New Zealand folk parody duo Flight of the Conchords. It features 13 songs. Out of those 13, ten were released as singles on the American iTunes Store following their television debut. It was released on 20 October 2009 in the US[12] and 2 November in the UK.[13] One of the songs, "Demon Woman",[14] was released as part of a downloadable track pack for the video game Rock Band.[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, except "Carol Brown", written by James Bobin, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie

No.TitleLength
1."Hurt Feelings"2:38
2."Sugalumps"2:11
3."We're Both in Love with a Sexy Lady"2:49
4."I Told You I Was Freaky"3:14
5."Demon Woman"1:59
6."Rambling Through the Avenues of Time"2:43
7."Fashion Is Danger"2:20
8."Petrov, Yelyena, and Me"2:28
9."Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor)"2:28
10."You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute"2:49
11."Friends"2:03
12."Carol Brown"3:26
13."Angels"2:36
iTunes Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
14."Pencils in the Wind"3:05

Personnel

  • Arj Barker: rap on "Sugalumps" and "Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor)"
  • Gus Seyffert: guitar on "We're Both in Love With a Sexy Lady"
  • Josh Schwarz: guitar on "Demon Woman"
  • David Ralicke: bass clarinet on "Rambling Through the Avenues of Time"
  • Kristen Schaal & David Costabile: vocals on "Petrov, Yelyena, and Me"
  • Shani Meivar: violin on "Petrov, Yelyena, and Me"
  • Sam Scott: percussion on "Petrov, Yelyena, and Me"
  • Mickey Petralia: drums on "You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute"
  • Rhys Darby: vocals on "Friends"
  • Jim Gaffigan: vocals on "Friends"
  • Alison Sudol, Inara George, & Nadia Ackerman: vocals on "Carol Brown"
  • Jo Bobin & Victoria Bobin: vocals on "Carol Brown" and "Angels"
  • Jamie Simpson: vocals on "Angels"
  • Sia Furler: Backing vocals on "Carol Brown" and "You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute"

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[16] 69
New Zealand Albums Chart[17] 7
UK Albums Chart 47
US Billboard 200 19

References

  1. ^ "I Told You I Was Freaky by Flight Of The Conchords". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Allmusic review".
  3. ^ Diver, Mike (5 November 2009). "BBC review".
  4. ^ "CHARTattack review". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Crossan, Jamie (26 October 2009). "NME review". NME.
  6. ^ Ray, Austin L. (19 October 2009). "Paste review".
  7. ^ Kelly, Zach (20 October 2009). "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ Peisner, David (13 October 2009). "Rolling Stone review".
  9. ^ Jones, Huw (27 October 2009). "Slant Magazine review". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ Peisner, David (13 October 2009). "Spin review".
  11. ^ Skinner, Jesse (20 October 2009). "Toro review".
  12. ^ WhatTheFolk.net [dubious – discuss]
  13. ^ "Flight Of The Conchords for new album and UK live gigs | News". Nme.Com. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  14. ^ "Beatles Rock Band game publisher tries to stoke sales | VentureBeat". Games.venturebeat.com. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  15. ^ Vince (23 September 2009). "More Details on the Upcoming Flight of the Conchords Track Pack | Team Teabag!". Team Teabag!. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  16. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 104.
  17. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Rianz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2012.