- The Boxer (Kele album)
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The Boxer 
Studio album by Kele Released 21 June 2010 Recorded 2009–2010, New York Genre Alternative dance, electro house Length 46:34 Label Wichita, Shock Producer XXXChange Kele chronology Intimacy
(2008)The Boxer
(2010)The Hunter
(2011)Singles from The Boxer - "Tenderoni"
Released: 14 June 2010 - "Everything You Wanted"
Released: 16 August 2010 - "On the Lam"
Released: 8 November 2010
The Boxer is the debut solo album by Kele Okereke, the lead singer of British indie rock band Bloc Party. Okereke released the album under the professional name of Kele on 21 June 2010.[1] As promotion, he uploaded the songs "Rise" and "Walk Tall" to his personal website on 13 May. The first single from The Boxer was "Tenderoni", released on 14 June, and the second, "Everything You Wanted", on 16 August.[1] The albums third single "On The Lam" was released on 25 October.
The album was released by Wichita Recordings worldwide, except for the US and Canada (Glassnote Records), Australia (a co-release with Shock Records and Co-Op) and Japan (a co-release with Hostess Entertainment). Vinyl copies of the album were released by Wichita and Polydor.
The digital and Japanese versions of the album included bonus tracks and remixes in addition to the standard 10 tracks.
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[2]The A.V. Club (B+)[3] Clash (8/10)[4] Drowned in Sound (5/10) [5] The Guardian [6]Los Angeles Times [7]MusicOMH 
[8]NME (7/10) [9] Slant [10]Spin [11]The Boxer received generally favourable reviews from critics, currently holding an aggregate score of 70 on Metacritic.
It received very positive reviews from Allmusic (4/5), Clash (8/10), MusicOMH (4.5/5) and The A.V. Club (B+).
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "Walk Tall" 3:45 2. "On the Lam" 3:33 3. "Tenderoni" 4:30 4. "The Other Side" 3:52 5. "Everything You Wanted" 3:49 6. "The New Rules" 3:55 7. "Unholy Thoughts" 2:55 8. "Rise" 5:11 9. "All the Things I Could Never Say" 5:32 10. "Yesterday's Gone" 4:07 Digital Bonus Track No. Title Length 11. "Meet in the Middle" 5:25 Japanese Bonus Tracks[12] No. Title Length 11. "Tenderoni" (Larry Tee and Beckwith Remix) 6:38 12. "Tenderoni" (XXXChange Dub) 6:07 13. "Tenderoni" (Kris Menace Remix) 6:00 Personnel
Credits adapted from Discogs.[13]
Musical personnel
- Kele Okereke - lead vocals, songwriting, art direction
Production and mixing
- XXXChange - production, audio mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 and 10) (at Royan Castle, New York), recording (at Royan Castle, New York)
- Chris Coady - mixing (track 3)
- Phillipe Zdar - mixing (tracks 5, 7 and 8)
- Ben Jackson - recording (at EMI Studios, London)
- Scott McCormick - recording (at EMI Studios, London)
- Mike Marsh - mastering (at The Exchange, London)
Additional musicians
- Jodie Scantlebury - backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9)
- Bobbie Gordon - backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 8 and 9)
Other personnel
Artwork
- Sarah Piantadosi - photography
- Richard Robinson - design
- Nova Dando - art direction
Publishing
- Wichita Recordings - publishing
- Shock Records - publishing (in Australia, with Wichita Recordings and Co-Op)
- Glassnote Records - publishing (in the US & Canada)
- Hostess Entertainment - publishing (in Japan, with Wichita Recordings)
- Polydor - publishing (vinyl, with Wichita Recordings)
Charts
Album
Chart (2010) Peak
PositionAustralian Albums Chart[14] 35 Austrian Albums Chart[15] 71 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[16] 41 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17] 89 French Albums Chart[18] 178 Swiss Albums Chart[19] 98 Irish Albums Chart[20] 41 UK Albums Chart[21] 20 UK Dance Chart[22] 2 Singles
Song Chart positions UK
[23]UK
Dance
[24]AUS
[25]AUT BEL (FLA)
[26]BEL (WAL)
[27]"Tenderoni" 31 6 63 58 4 14 "Everything You Wanted" 93 17 – – – – "On the Lam" – – – – – – References
- ^ a b "Bloc Party's Kele Okereke announces solo album details". NME.com (London). April 6, 2010. http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/50530. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Review: The Boxer". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1810994. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ http://www.avclub.com/articles/kele-the-boxer,42371/
- ^ http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/kele-the-boxer
- ^ "Drowned in Sound review". http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15456/reviews/4140273.
- ^ Dean, Will (17 June 2010). "The Guardian review". London. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/17/kele-the-boxer-cd-review.
- ^ "Pop & Hiss". Los Angeles Times. 22 June 2010. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/06/album-review-keles-the-boxer.html.
- ^ "musicOMH review". http://www.musicomh.com/albums/kele_0610.htm.
- ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/kele--2/11374
- ^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/kele-the-boxer/2165
- ^ "SPIN review". http://www.spin.com/reviews/kele-boxer-glassnote.
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Kele-The-Boxer/release/2449884
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Kele-The-Boxer/release/2948173
- ^ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=The+Boxer&cat=a
- ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=The+Boxer&cat=a
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=The+Boxer&cat=a
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=The+Boxer&cat=a
- ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=The+Boxer&cat=a
- ^ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=The+Boxer&cat=a
- ^ http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kele+Okereke
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2010-07-03/
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/19/2010-07-03/
- ^ "Kele". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12621. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "2010 Top 40 Dance Singles Archive: 28 August 2010". Official Charts Company. 28 August 2010. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/18/2010-08-28/. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Kele - Tenderoni". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=Tenderoni&cat=s. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Kele - Tenderoni". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=Tenderoni&cat=s. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Kele - Tenderoni". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Kele&titel=Tenderoni&cat=s. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
Kele Okereke Studio albums The BoxerEPs The HunterSingles Other songs "Goodbye Horses"Featured singles Other collaborations "It's Not The Things You Say" (with Tiësto) · "Step Up" (with Hercules & Love Affair)Related articles Bloc Party Studio albums Remix albums Silent Alarm Remixed · Intimacy RemixedEPs Singles "She's Hearing Voices" · "Banquet/Staying Fat" · "Little Thoughts/Tulips" · "Helicopter" · "Tulips" · "So Here We Are/Positive Tension" · "Banquet" · "Pioneers" · "Two More Years" · "The Prayer" · "I Still Remember" · "Hunting for Witches" · "Flux" · "Mercury" · "Talons" · "One Month Off" · "Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)" · "One More Chance"Other songs "Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)" · "Like Eating Glass" · "This Modern Love" · "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)" · "Ares (Villains Remix)"Related articles Categories:- 2010 albums
- Debut albums
- Electronic albums
- Electronic album stubs
- "Tenderoni"
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