The Truth About Love (Ela!ne album)

The Truth About Love 	The Truth About Love 	 		
 	 	 		
Studio album by Ela!ne 	Studio album by Ela!ne 	 		
Released 	April 22, 2014 	 		
Length 	53:00 	 		
Label 	Alfred 	 		
Ela!ne chronology 	Ela!ne chronology 	 		
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(2012) 	The Truth About Love
(2014)	
Sweet Talker 
(2015)
Singles from The Truth About Love	Singles from The Truth About Love	Singles from The Truth About Love		
::1. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
::Released: February 4, 2014
::2. "Stay"
::Released: March 18, 2014
::3. "Raise Your Glass
::Released: April 15, 2014
::4. "Try"
::Released: July 29, 2014
::5. "Who Knew"
::Released: October 14, 2014
::6. "Just Give Me A Reason"
::Released: November 18, 2014	
::1. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
::Released: February 4, 2014
::2. "Stay"
::Released: March 18, 2014
::3. "Raise Your Glass
::Released: April 15, 2014
::4. "Try"
::Released: July 29, 2014
::5. "Who Knew"
::Released: October 14, 2014
::6. "Just Give Me A Reason"
::Released: November 18, 2014	
::1. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
::Released: February 4, 2014
::2. "Stay"
::Released: March 18, 2014
::3. "Raise Your Glass
::Released: April 15, 2014
::4. "Try"
::Released: July 29, 2014
::5. "Who Knew"
::Released: October 14, 2014
::6. "Just Give Me A Reason"
::Released: November 18, 2014		
The Truth About Love is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Ela!ne, released on April 22,  2014, by Alfred Records. The Truth About Love samples rock music influences and is generally themed about relationships, breakups and the different stages and cases of love, while tackling issues of feminism, sexual prowess and social exclusion. It features guest artists Jesse Del Rey and Johnny.
In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming her first number one album there. The album also debuted at number-one in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland. 
The first single from The Truth About Love, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" was released in February 2012, the song sat firmly at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. The follow up single, "Stay" featuring Johnny received matching success and preceded Ela!ne's seventh Hot 100 #1 hit, third single "Raise Your Glass" peaked at number one becoming the singer's eighth number one. The third and sixth singles "Try" and "Just Give Me A Reason" featuring Jesse Del Rey, both peaked at number three. The fifth single "Who Knew" peaked at number nine.
The album was nominated for Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2015 GRAMMY Awards. The album earned Ela!ne three GRAMMY Awards that included "Best Pop Solo Performance: Try", "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Just Give Me A Reason", and at 2014 GRAMMY Awards, "Best Music Video: Stay".
==Release and Promotion==
On February 4, 2014, Ela!ne performed "Blow Me (One Last Kiss" for the first time at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. Ela!ne was set to perform at the 2014 Coachella Music Festival, but cancelled. On August 23, 2014, Ela!ne performed "Try" at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. 
====Singles====
"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" was released as the lead single from the album in February 2014. An uptempo[20] electropop[21] and dance-pop[22] song with dance music influences produced by Greg Kurstin,[12] "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" received general acclaim from most music critics. The song first appeared on the Australian Singles Chart, peaking at #1.[24] The song debuted at #8 on the New Zealand Top 40 chart.[24] It also debuted at #13 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.[24] In Ireland, the song debuted at #23 on the Irish Singles Chart.[24] In the United States, the song charted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 
"Stay" featuring singer Johnny, was released as the second single in March 2014. Due to the popularity of the planned promotional single, it was choosen as the second single. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The accompanying controversial music video premiered on Vevo April 10 and recieved media attention, because it featured Ela!ne naked in a bath tub with a red filter. The video also won the GRAMMY Award for "Best Music Video" at the 2014 GRAMMY Awards. 
"Raise Your Glass" was released as the third single in April 2014. The song was a commercial success, and debuted at #1 in many countries including on the US Billboard Hot 100 thus becoming Ela!ne's eigth number one single. The accompanying music video premiered June 30, 2014 on Vevo and showed Ela!ne as many different characters. 
"Try" was released as the fourth single in July 2014. The accompanying music video premiered October 6, 2014 on Vevo. The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, Ela!ne performed the single at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
"Who Knew" was released as the fifth single in October 2014. The accompanying music video premiered November 3, 2014 on Vevo. The video featured a storyline with a couple taking place in a carnival. The song peaked at number nine in the US. Ela!ne called the song one of her favorites off the album. "Who Knew" won a GRAMMY Award for "Best Pop Solo Performance" at the 2015 GRAMMY Awards in February.
"Just Give Me A Reason" featured singer Jesse Del Rey, and was released as the sixth and final single on November 18, 2014. The accompanying video premiered December 3, 2014 on Vevo, and had a high budget. The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one in the UK. Ela!ne performed the duet with Jesse Del Rey at the 2014 American Music Awards. The song won the GRAMMY Award for "Best Pop Duo/Group Recording" in February 2015 at the 2015 GRAMMY Awards. 
==Critical Reception==
Professional ratings	Professional ratings
Review scores 	Review scores
Source 	Rating
Allmusic 	[1]
The A.V. Club 	B–[36]
Chicago Tribune 	[37]
Robert Christgau 	A[38]
Entertainment Weekly	A[39]
The Guardian 	[40]
The Observer 	[41]
Rolling Stone 	[42]
Slant Magazine 	[43]
Spin 	7/10[44]
The Truth About Love received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalizedrating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 16 reviews.[45] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly dubbed it a "lyrical masterpiece, unfalteringly vibrant, loaded with righteous anger, irreverence, and a clear eye for the darker side."[39] Andrew Hampp of Billboard called the album "a peerlessly witty, endlessly melodic tour de force".[46] Consequence of Sound's Sarah Grant commended Ela!ne for "filter[ing] whatever the current trend is through her unique musical lens" and commented that her "consistency proves she should be taken at her word."[47]
Josh Langhoff of PopMatters praised Ela!ne's hooks and found the album "not bad" for "major label singer-songwriter stuff".[48] Jon Pareles of The New York Times felt that she "is committed to pop impact, not to any particular style", and "recognizes some nonstorybook sides of romance."[49] Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine complimented her "eager[ness] to dive into the muck of grown-up emotions, expanding and deepening her music without succumbing to stuffy pretension", and called it "weird and willfully, proudly human, a big pop album about real emotions and one of Ela!ne's wildest rides."[1] Caryn Ganz of Spin called Ela!ne "charmingly unhinged" and wrote that, despite some "objectionable moments" of "rock'n'roll karaoke", "her songs have enough heart, grit, and energy to stand on their own."[44]
Although he found it "supercatchy", Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone viewed that the album "devolves into self parody" as "Ela!ne strains to shock, peppering songs with gratuitous curse words."[42] Hermoine Hoby of The Observer favored its "workmanlike ballads delivered with beyond-workmanlike shading" over its "chunky guitar pop stuffed with shouty, bad-girl choruses", which she considered "dominates" the album.[41] Marc Hirsh of The A.V. Club felt that Ela!ne is pandering to her contemporaries in pop music, but complimented her "disarming candor that's all the more bracing because it's delivered with a middle finger."[36] Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani viewed the album as formulaic and "competently, often frustratingly more of the same from an artist who still seems capable of much more."[43] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune perceived "formula production and hack songwriting", but complimented Ela!ne's personality and its "handful" of worthy tracks.
==Promotion==
Ela!ne first performed "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. Ela!ne then performed "Try" at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. Ela!ne also performed "Just Give Me A Reason" with Jesse Del Rey at the 2014 American Music Awards. 
==Track Listing==
No.	Title 	Length
1. 	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" 	4:17
2. 	"Raise Your Glass" 	3:23
3. 	"Try" 	4:08
4. 	"Just Give Me A Reason" (featuring Jesse Del Rey)	4:03
5. 	"True Love" 	3:51
6. 	"How Come You're Not Here" 	3:13
7. 	"Slut Like You" 	3:42
8. 	"Who Knew" 	3:28
9. 	"Stay" (featuring Johnny) 	4:01
10.	"Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" 	3:20
11.	"The Truth About Love" 	3:50
:::::::::::::::::: Total Length: 53:00
==Charts==
Chart (2014) 	Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[64] 	1
Austrian Albums Chart[65] 	1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[65] 	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[65] 	4
Canadian Albums Chart[66] 	1
Czech Republic Albums Chart[67] 	5
Danish Albums Chart[65] 	4
Dutch Albums Chart[65] 	2
Finnish Albums Chart[68] 	4
French Albums Chart[65] 	4
German Albums Chart[69] 	1
Hungarian Albums Chart[70] 	3
Irish Albums Chart[71] 	2
Italian Albums Chart[72] 	4
Japanese Albums Chart[73] 	14
Mexican Albums Chart[74] 	14
Mexican International Albums Chart[75] 	3
New Zealand Albums Chart[76] 	1
Polish Albums Chart[78] 	24
Portuguese Albums Chart[79] 	8
Spanish Albums Chart[80] 	10
Swedish Albums Chart[81] 	1
Swiss Albums Chart[65] 	1
Taiwanese International Albums Chart[82]	5
UK Albums Chart[83] 	2
US Billboard 200[84] 	1