If My Wife New I'd Be Dead

If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
An artwork of a crying CMAT at the altar of a church as her groom runs out the door, attended by various surrealistic figures including the Mona Lisa
Studio album by
CMAT
Released25 February 2022 (2022-02-25)
RecordedNovember 2019 – July 2021
Studio
  • Hillcrest, Ealing, London, UK
  • Moultrie, Brooklyn, US
Length51:00
Label
ProducerOli Deakin
CMAT chronology
If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
(2022) 		Crazymad, for Me
(2023)
Singles from If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
  1. "I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby!"
    Released: 23 September 2020
  2. "I Don't Really Care For You"
    Released: 23 February 2021
  3. "2 Wrecked 2 Care"
    Released: 23 June 2021
  4. "No More Virgos"
    Released: 27 October 2021
  5. "Lonely"
    Released: 12 January 2022
  6. "Every Bottle (Is My Boyfriend)"
    Released: 23 February 2022

If My Wife New I'd Be Dead is the debut studio album by Irish musician CMAT, released on 25 February 2022 through CMATBaby and AWAL. It was produced by Oli Deakin, and debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart. It received acclaim from critics and later won the Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Mojo[4]

If My Wife New I'd Be Dead received a score of 85 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on nine critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[2] Mark Deming of AllMusic called it "a witty and thoroughly delightful debut" and felt that CMAT's "voice is strong enough and boasts enough personality to make her persona come to life, and her songs hit a charming midpoint between small-town gossip and show-stopping tunes from the West End musical that exists only in CMAT's mind".[3] Mojo wrote that "five minutes in her personal company would likely be exhausting, but for this album's duration her brain salad music is fantastical".[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson.

If My Wife New I'd Be Dead track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Nashville"5:16
2."I Don't Really Care for You"4:04
3."Peter Bogdanovich"4:37
4."No More Virgos"4:03
5."Lonely"4:44
6."Groundhog Day"4:42
7."Communion"2:59
8."Every Bottle (Is My Boyfriend)"4:48
9."2 Wrecked 2 Care"4:01
10."Geography Teacher"3:54
11."I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby!"5:10
12."I'd Want U"3:23
Total length:51:00

Personnel

  • CMAT – vocals, guitar on "2 Wrecked 2 Care", Omnichord on "Peter Bogdanovich", banjo on "Geography Teacher" and "I'd Want You"
  • Oli Deakin – producer, mixing, guitar, lap steel, banjo, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, strings, percussion, glockenspiel, clarinet, Casiotone, Wurlitzer, organ
  • Morgan Karabel - drums
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • Rachel O'Regan – artwork and layout

Charts

Chart performance for If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[5] 1

References

  1. ^ Hilliard, Mark (9 March 2023). "Choice Music Prize: CMAT's If My Wife New I'd Be Dead wins album of the year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "If My Wife New I'd Be Dead by CMAT Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "CMAT – If My Wife New I'd Be Dead Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "CMAT – If My Wife New I'd Be Dead". Mojo. April 2022. p. 82.
  5. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography CMAT". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 October 2023.