Yours to Keep

Infobox Album |
Name = Yours to Keep
Type = Album
Artist = Albert Hammond, Jr.

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Released = October 9 2006 (UK) March 6 2007 (US)

Recorded = 2006
Genre = Indie pop
Length = 34:52
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (84%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=238067 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:5nkzudx5an2k link]
*The A.V. Club (B+) [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/59317 link]
*Blender Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4442 link]
*Entertainment Weekly (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20013781,00.html link]
*"The Guardian" Rating|3|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1888411,00.html link]
*"NME" (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/albert-hammond-jr/8042 link]
*"Pitchfork" (6.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39048-yours-to-keep link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/12543351/review/12564112/yours_to_keep link]
Label = Rough Trade Records(UK release) New Line Records/Scratchie Records (US Release)
Producer = Greg Lattimer
Last album =
This album = "Yours To Keep" (2006)
Next album = "¿Cómo Te Llama?" (2008)|

"Yours to Keep", the debut solo album by The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr, was released October 9, 2006 in the UK through Rough Trade Records and was released in North America on March 6, 2007 through New Line Records/Scratchie Records. The first single taken from it, "Everyone Gets a Star", was released as download only, and the first full single is "Back to the 101". The album also featured help from Sean Lennon, with whom Albert had attended school at Institut Le Rosey.

Track listing

# "Cartoon Music for Superheroes" - 2:04
# "In Transit" - 3:33
# "Everyone Gets a Star" - 3:05
# "Bright Young Thing" - 3:13
# "Blue Skies" - 3:17
# "Back to the 101" ("101" on the U.S. release) - 3:27
# "Call An Ambulance" - 3:11
# "Scared" - 4:42
# "Holiday" - 3:08
# "Hard To Live (In The City)" ("Hard To Live In The City" in the U.S.) - 5:23
# "Postal Blowfish" (U.S. and Canadian bonus track) - 2:27
# "Well... All Right" (U.S. and Canadian bonus track) - 2:20
# "101" [Enhanced CD Music Video] (U.S. and Canadian bonus track)

Miscellaneous

*According to an interview with Hammond Jr., the album's title comes from when he was making demos for the album. He would hand out CD's of the demos to his friends and would tell them it was "theirs to keep".
*Critics say "In Transit" is the most Strokes-like song on the album. This is expected, due to the fact that the song was originally written by Hammond to be used by The Strokes (then called "Obstinate"), but it was decided that the song simply didn't fit in well enough. He used an early demo recording of the song as well as for "Bright Young Thing" and "Everyone Gets a Star" as the soundtrack for the band's 2001 European tour video, "In Transit".
*Albert debuted a new song, "In My Room", in London during his tour of the UK. In live shows he sometimes includes a Guided by Voices cover and "Back to the 101" B-side, "Postal Blowfish."
*The outtakes "Well...All Right" and "Back To The 101" (Alternate Version) have been used as B-sides.

Personnel

The band

* Albert Hammond, Jr. – vocals, lead guitar and also drums on "Blue Skies"
* Mikki James – bass guitar, piano, melodica on "Cartoon Music For Superheroes"
* Greg Lattimer – bass guitar, background vocals on "Scared" and bells on "Blue Skies"
* Sean Lennon – piano, background vocals and bass guitar on "In Transit" and background vocals on "Scared"
* Josh Lattanzi – bass guitar and rhythm guitar on "In Transit"
* Matt Romano – drums
* Julian Casablancas – bass guitar and background vocals on "Scared"
* Chris Feinstein – bass guitar on "Scared"
* Roger Greenawalt – ukulele on "Call an Ambulance"
* Greg Glassman – trumpet on "Hard To Live In The City"
* Evan Robinson – trombone on "Hard To Live In The City"
* Alex Levy – shakers on "Hard To Live In The City"

Technical staff

* Greg Lattimer – producer
* Gus Oberg – engineer