Get Born

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Get Born

| type = studio

| artist = Jet

| cover = Jet - Get Born.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = 14 September 2003

| recorded = 2003

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 48:40

| label =

| producer = Dave Sardy

| prev_title = Dirty Sweet EP

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Rare Tracks

| next_year = 2004

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Get Born

| type = studio

| single1 = Are You Gonna Be My Girl

| single1date = 18 August 2003{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1517|page=24|date=15 August 2003}}

| single2 = Rollover DJ

| single2date = 3 November 2003{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jet-60-1383197|title=Jet Release 'Rollover DJ'|website=NME|date=1 October 2003|access-date=17 June 2021}}

| single3 = Look What You've Done

| single3date = 8 March 2004{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jet-43-1372044|title=Look at What Jet Have Done!|website=NME|date=13 January 2004|access-date=19 June 2021}}

| single4 = Cold Hard Bitch

| single4date = 26 July 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue752.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040807-0000/issue752.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-08-06|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 26/07/2004|publisher=ARIA|page=28|date=26 July 2004|access-date=19 May 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{efn|Released in the US on 9 February 2004.{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1541|page=25|date=6 February 2004}}}}

| single5 = Get Me Outta Here

| single5date = 27 December 2004{{cite magazine|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=25 December 2004}}

}}

}}

Get Born is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Jet. It was released on 14 September 2003 and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/29/popandrock.shopping5|title=CD: Jet, Shine On|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|date=28 September 2006|website=The Guardian|access-date=19 May 2020}} The album includes Jet's most popular song, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".[https://archive.today/20120727010047/http://www.2-4-7-music.com/newsitems/JAN04/jet.asp Jet Get Born Limited Edition DVD 15.03.04]

Writing and recording

Jet went to Sunset Sound Studios and Larrabee East in Los Angeles to record Get Born.{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Born|year=2003|type=Australian CD album liner notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=5942002}} The band left the recording studios halfway through recording the album to fly back to support the Rolling Stones on their 2003 Australian tour.

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl", from this album, was voted number one in the 2003 Triple J Hottest 100. Get Born also has a song, "Timothy", dedicated to guitarist Cameron Muncey's brother, who died when he was a baby (the song has also been remixed for American rapper Timbaland's 2009 album Shock Value II). The track "Radio Song" was written about when they were an unsigned band in Melbourne seeking attention, and "Rollover DJ" was written about the difficulty they encountered when trying to play gigs because of the takeover of dance music.

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |tab=review |id=r655814 |first=Tim |last=Sendra |access-date=24 April 2005}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite journal|title=Review: Get Born|journal=Alternative Press|page=112|date=November 2003}}

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite journal|title=Review: Get Born|journal=Blender|location=New York|date=November 2003|page=114}}

| rev4 = Robert Christgau

| rev4score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}

| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev5score = B+{{cite journal|journal=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York|title=Review: Get Born|date=17 October 2003|page=82}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 3.7/10{{cite web |website=Pitchfork |date=30 October 2003 |first=Nick |last=Sylvester |title=Jet Get Born > Album Review |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4338-get-born/ |access-date=28 March 2006 |ref=Pitchfork}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |newspaper=Rolling Stone |issue=936 |date=27 November 2003 |first=Rob |last=Kemp |title=Jet Get Born > Album Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jet/albums/album/298832/review/5944730/get_born |access-date=20 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114023213/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jet/albums/album/298832/review/5944730/get_born |archive-date=14 January 2007 |url-status=dead |ref=RSreview}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = B−{{cite journal|page=117|title=Breakdown|journal=Spin|location=New York|date=November 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ4ej5RmWFUC&pg=PA117|access-date=5 July 2013}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite journal|title=Review: Get Born|journal=Uncut|location=London|date=November 2003|page=109}}

| MC = 70/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/get-born|title=Reviews for Get Born by Jet |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=21 January 2023}}

}}

Get Born received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 15 reviews.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/get-born/jet|title=Get Born Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=27 November 2012}} Alternative Press gave it a rave review and found Jet's songs "catchy" and their appeal "diverse". Q magazine said that the album's raw immediacy "belies its dated influences."{{cite journal|title=Review: Get Born|journal=Q|location=London|date=October 2003|page=108}} Uncut called it "an efficient if fairly joyless hybrid of the Stones, AC/DC and Oasis." In a negative review, Pitchfork wrote that Jet sounds like "everyone's favorite old rock bands" and have "insipid lyrics", including interjections such as "come on!" and "oh yeah!" sung "every five seconds". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice cited "Rollover D.J." and "Look What You've Done" as highlights and remarked that the band has "the juice and talent to make their retro happen without the brains or vision to run with it".{{cite news|date=18 January 2005|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv105-05.php|access-date=5 July 2013|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Consumer Guide: Heads, Future and Past|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York}} He gave the album a two-star honorable mention,{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=12687|title=Album: Jet: Get Born|publisher=Robert Christgau|access-date=5 July 2013}} indicating a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy."{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|year=2000|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php|title=Key to Icons|publisher=Robert Christgau|access-date=5 July 2013}} In October 2010, Get Born was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.{{Cite book | title = 100 Best Australian Albums | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author-link1 = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | author-link3 = Craig Mathieson | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = Prahran, Vic | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 }}

=Lead single=

The album's lead single, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", was often singled out due to distinct similarities to Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life".{{fact|date=April 2024}} The band argued that "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" had more in common with '60s Motown, however; namely, songs such as "I'm Ready for Love" by Martha And The Vandellas and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes. In an AllMusic review of "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", the song was praised for its commercial appeal despite its resemblance to "Lust for Life", saying "Whether 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?' (sic) is creatively bankrupt, or just an extreme example of how all music is influenced by what came before it, is up for debate... Either way, the song is impossible to ignore."{{AllMusic |class=song |id=t6455793 |first=Heather |last=Phares | title=Are You Gonna Be My Girl > Song Review |access-date=17 December 2006}}

Chris Cester addressed the media speculation in an interview with Pop in Uptown Magazine,[http://www.uptownmag.com/2009-10-15/page4696.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020160333/http://www.uptownmag.com/2009-10-15/page4696.aspx|date=20 October 2009}} stating: "It's funny because I asked him point blank about that. He said I was crazy. He said that when he and David Bowie were writing 'Lust for Life', they were ripping off Motown's beat. It's funny that he said that to me because we also thought we were ripping off Motown more than 'Lust for Life'. To be honest with you that kind of annoyed me a lot, because I always thought it was really lazy. People just go, well 'Lust for Life' is more well-known so that's what they go for, but if you listen to a song like 'You Can't Hurry Love' (The Supremes) I think you'll find it's closer to 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' than 'Lust for Life' ever was. And that's what Iggy said as well."

Commercial performance

Get Born debuted at number three and peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart as of May 2004 (so far being certified 8× Platinum), number 17 on the UK Albums Chart (number 14 after a re-entry in June 2004), and peaked at number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart (and was certified Platinum).

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" also peaked at number 20 and certified Gold on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, number 23 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2003 (number 16 after a re-release in May 2004), and number 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

The second single, "Rollover DJ", was released in Australia and the UK, and peaked at number 31 and number 34 respectively.

The third single released in Australia and the UK was "Look What You've Done", which peaked at number 14 and number 28 respectively. It was also released as the third single in the U.S. in January 2005, and reached number 37 as of March 2005.

In the US, "Cold Hard Bitch" was released as the second single, reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts and number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Australia, it was released as the fourth single in July 2004, and reached number 33 in August 2004, and in the UK, it reached number 34 in September 2004.

A fifth single also charted in the UK, this being "Get Me Outta Here", reaching number 37 in December 2004.

In the week ending 11 September 2006, Get Born re-entered at a position of number 46 on the ARIA Charts, presumably because Jet had "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is", the lead single from their second album, Shine On.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Last Chance

| writer1 = {{hlist|Chris Cester|Cameron Muncey}}

| length1 = 1:52

| title2 = Are You Gonna Be My Girl

| writer2 = {{hlist|Nic Cester|C. Muncey}}

| length2 = 3:34

| title3 = Rollover DJ

| writer3 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester}}

| length3 = 3:17

| title4 = Look What You've Done

| writer4 = N. Cester

| length4 = 3:50

| title5 = Get What You Need

| writer5 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester|C. Muncey}}

| length5 = 4:08

| title6 = Move On

| writer6 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester}}

| length6 = 4:21

| title7 = Radio Song

| writer7 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester|C. Muncey}}

| length7 = 4:32

| title8 = Get Me Outta Here

| writer8 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester}}

| length8 = 2:56

| title9 = Cold Hard Bitch

| writer9 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester|C. Muncey}}

| length9 = 4:03

| title10 = Come Around Again

| writer10 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Muncey}}

| length10 = 4:30

| title11 = Take It or Leave It

| writer11 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Muncey}}

| length11 = 2:23

| title12 = Lazy Gun

| writer12 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester}}

| length12 = 4:42

| title13 = Timothy

| writer13 = C. Cester

| length13 = 4:32

| total_length = 48:40

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Limited edition bonus track *Bonus track does not feature on Disc 1 of the Deluxe Edition.

| title14 = Sgt. Major

| writer14 = {{hlist|N. Cester|C. Cester}}

| length14 = 4:04

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus disc

| title1 = Sgt. Major

| length1 = 4:04

| title2 = That's Alright Mama

| note2 = Live

| length2 = 5:31

| title3 = Hey Kids

| length3 = 3:00

| title4 = You Were Right

| note4 = Demo

| length4 = 3:42

| title5 = You Don't Look The Same

| note5 = Demo

| length5 = 4:40

| title6 = Bruises

| length6 = 2:37

| title7 = Move On

| note7 = Live at the Troubadour

| length7 = 4:05

| title8 = Are You Gonna Be My Girl

| note8 = Live – AOL Session

| length8 = 3:49

| title9 = Take It or Leave It

| note9 = Live in Hamburg

| length9 = 2:54

| title10 = Lazy Gun

| note10 = Demo

| length10 = 3:23

| title11 = Cigarettes and Cola

| note11 = Demo

| length11 = 2:05

}}

Personnel

Jet

  • Nic Cester – lead vocals, guitars
  • Chris Cester – drums, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals, lead vocals {{small|("Get What You Need", "Move On" and "Timothy")}}
  • Cameron Muncey – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals {{small|("Radio Song" and "Come Around Again")}}
  • Mark Wilson – bass guitar, piano {{small|(on "Look What You've Done")}}, harmonica {{small|(on "Move On")}}

Additional musicians

  • Billy Preston – keyboards
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards
  • Andre Warhurst – slide guitar {{small|(on "Move On") }}
  • Dave Sardy – producer, tambourine, slide guitar {{small|(on "Lazy Gun")}}, additional guitar {{small|(on "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?")}}
  • Davey Lane – additional guitar {{small|(on "Lazy Gun")}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2003–2004)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Argentinian Albums - Weekly (CAPIF){{cite web |url=http://capif.org.ar/ |title=CAPIF Argentina - Ranking Semanal desde 08/08/2004 hasta 14/08/2004 |publisher=CAPIF Argentina|access-date=2023-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040821061851/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=RACS&CO=6 |archive-date=2004-08-21}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 4

scope="row"| Argentinian Albums - Monthly (CAPIF){{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar:80/default.asp?CodOp=RACM&CO=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030024557/http://www.capif.org.ar:80/default.asp?CodOp=RACM&CO=6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-10-30 |title=Ranking Mensual de Audio Septiembre - 2004 (Repertorio Popular) |publisher=CAPIF |access-date=2023-08-02}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|Austria|51|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen Soundscan){{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804090407/http://www.jamshowbiz.com:80/JamMusicCharts/ALBUMS.html|title=ALBUMS : Top 100}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 49

{{album chart|Netherlands|68|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|France|101|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|Germany4|19|id=4872|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|Italy|14|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|17|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|85|artist=Jet|album=Get Born|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|UK2|14|date=20040606|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|26|artist=Jet|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2003/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2003|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=15 July 2021}}

|align="center"|48

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2004)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2004/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2004|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=15 July 2021}}

|align="center"|1

scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2004-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2004|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=22 August 2021}}

|align="center"|49

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20040104/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2004|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 July 2021}}

|align="center"|63

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004|work=Billboard|access-date=15 July 2021}}

|align="center"|50

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2005/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2005|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=15 July 2021}}

|align="center"|35

=Decade-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2000–2009)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/end-of-decade-albums-chart|title=2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart|publisher=ARIA|date=January 2010|access-date=16 January 2020}}

|align="center"|7

scope="row"| Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)

|align="center"|3

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=Get Born|artist=Jet|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2004|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date= 6 July 2011 |title=Discos de oro y platino |access-date=19 May 2020 |publisher=Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas |language=es |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=8|certyear=2004|relyear=2003|salesamount=660,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/blogs/the-tribal-mind/the-tribal-mind-archive-the-music-australia-loved-20130110-2cilw.html|title=The Music Australia Loved|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 January 2013|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112160723/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/blogs/the-tribal-mind/the-tribal-mind-archive-the-music-australia-loved-20130110-2cilw.html|archive-date=12 January 2014}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Jet|title=Get Born|award=Platinum|certyear=2004|relyear=2003|access-date=19 May 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|artist=Jet|title=Get Born|award=Gold|relyear=2003|relmonth=9|certyear=2004|certmonth=2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Jet|title=Get Born|award=Gold|id=2004-09-17|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=2003}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Jet|title=Get Born|award=Platinum|certyear=2003|relyear=2003|id=2482-1639-2|access-date=19 May 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Jet|title=Get Born|award=Platinum|certyear=2004|relyear=2003|salesamount=1,700,000|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/498773/jet-breaks-up|title=Jet Breaks Up|website=Billboard|access-date=19 May 2020}}}}

{{Certification Table Summary}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|artist=Jet|title=get Born|nocert=true|salesamount=4,000,000|salesref=|access-date=19 May 2020}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Jet}}

{{ARIA Award for Album of the Year 2000s}}

{{ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:2003 debut albums

Category:Albums produced by Dave Sardy

Category:ARIA Award–winning albums

Category:Capitol Records albums

Category:Elektra Records albums

Category:Jet (band) albums