Gary Go (album)

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| name = Gary Go

| type = studio

| artist = Gary Go

| cover = Gary-go-gary-go-470103.jpg

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| released = 26 May 2009

| recorded = 2008

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| studio =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 47:07

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| misc = {{Singles

| name = Gary Go

| type = studio

| single1 = Wonderful

| single1date = 16 February 2009

| single2 = Open Arms

| single2date = 18 May 2009

| single3 = Engines

| single3date = 20 July 2009

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Gary Go (sometimes referred to with the subtitle Of Youth / Of Beauty) is the self-titled debut studio album by British singer, songwriter and producer Gary Go. It was released on 26 May 2009 on Decca Records and reached number 22 on the UK Albums Charts in June 2009.{{Cite web |title=GARY GO |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/gary-go-gary-go/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}

Track listing

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|title1=Open Arms|length1=5:00

|title2=So So|length2=4:20

|title3=Engines|length3=3:55

|title4=Wonderful|length4=5:10

|title5=Life Gets in the Way|length5=4:05

|title6=Brooklyn|length6=3:35

|title7=Refuse to Lose|length7=4:03

|title8=Honest|length8=4:28

|title9=Heart and Soul|length9=3:54

|title10=Speak|length10=5:01

|title11=Black and White Days|length11=3:32

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Reception

Writing for BBC Music, Chris Jones described the album as "an album of impeccable, modern, downbeat pop".{{Cite magazine |author=Chris Jones |magazine=BBC Music|title=Review of Gary Go - Gary Go |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/m8n8/|year=2009|language=en-GB}} However, NME's Jason Draper criticized it as "vanilla bland cake" and "emotional music box ticking."{{Cite magazine |magazine=NME |date=25 May 2009|author=Jason Draper |title=Album review: Gary Go- 'Gary Go' |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-gary-go-10486-319782 |language=en-GB}} Joe Rivers, of No Rip Cord magazine called it "an unforgivably turgid album that is bad in practically every way imaginable."{{Cite magazine |title=Gary Go |url=https://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/gary-go/gary-go |date=9 June 2009|magazine=No Rip Cord|author=Joe Rivers|language=en-GB}}

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