How Do You Do (Mayer Hawthorne album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = How Do You Do
| type = studio
| artist = Mayer Hawthorne
| cover = Mayer-Hawthorne-How-Do-You-Do-Artwork.jpg
| border = yes
| released = {{Start date|2011|10|11}}
| recorded =
| studio =
- The Barbershop (Detroit and Los Angeles)
- Dean Street (London)
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=38|s=29}}
| label = Universal Republic
| producer = Mayer Hawthorne
| prev_title = A Strange Arrangement
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Where Does This Door Go
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = How Do You Do
| type = studio
| single1 = A Long Time
| single1date = May 23, 2011
| single2 = The Walk
| single2date = August 29, 2011
}}
}}
How Do You Do is the second studio album by American singer Mayer Hawthorne. It was released on October 11, 2011, by Universal Republic Records. The limited edition box set of the album gave Hawthorne his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2014.
Singles
The album's lead single, "A Long Time", was released on May 23, 2011,{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/a-long-time-single/id437844440|title=A Long Time – Single by Mayer Hawthorne|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180508000456/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/a-long-time-single/id437844440|archive-date=May 8, 2018|url-status=dead}} its music video was released on September 5, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4iIsE1PBhE|title=Mayer Hawthorne – A Long Time|publisher=YouTube|date=September 5, 2011|accessdate=September 15, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616212832/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4iIsE1PBhE|url-status=live}} The album's second single, "The Walk", was released on August 29, 2011,{{cite web|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/news/audio-mayer-hawthorne-walk.html|title=Audio: Mayer Hawthorne "The Walk"|publisher=Okayplayer|author=Eddie "Stats"|date=August 29, 2011|accessdate=May 7, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007193626/http://www.okayplayer.com/news/audio-mayer-hawthorne-walk.html|archivedate=October 7, 2011}} its music video was released on October 5, 2011,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmfcYli6vV4|title=Mayer Hawthorne – The Walk|publisher=YouTube|date=October 5, 2011|accessdate=September 15, 2020|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906220345/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmfcYli6vV4|url-status=live}} the song peaked at number 32 on the US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mayer-hawthorne/chart-history/ark/|title=Mayer Hawthorne Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs|work=Billboard|accessdate=September 15, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216153236/https://www.billboard.com/music/Mayer-Hawthorne/chart-history/ARK|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/how-do-you-do|title=How Do You Do by Mayer Hawthorne Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=November 5, 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117143810/http://www.metacritic.com/music/how-do-you-do|archivedate=November 17, 2011}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/how-do-you-do-r2288402/review|title=How Do You Do – Mayer Hawthorne|publisher=AllMusic|last=Jeffries|first=David|accessdate=November 5, 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115160343/http://www.allmusic.com/album/how-do-you-do-r2288402/review|archivedate=November 15, 2011}}
| rev2 = Consequence
| rev2Score = C−{{cite web|url=http://www.consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/album-review-mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do/|title=Album Review: Mayer Hawthorne – How Do You Do|work=Consequence|last=Madden|first=Michael|date=October 18, 2011|accessdate=June 3, 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922112953/http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/album-review-mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do/|archivedate=September 22, 2015}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = B+{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/10/07/albums-oct-14-2011/|title=Albums: Oct, 14, 2011|work=Entertainment Weekly|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=October 7, 2011|accessdate=September 15, 2020|archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915074204/https://ew.com/article/2011/10/07/albums-oct-14-2011/|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = HipHopDX
| rev4Score = 4.0/5{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.1778/title.mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do|title=Mayer Hawthorne – How Do You Do|work=HipHopDX|last=Gomez-Lacayo|first=Jada|date=October 19, 2011|accessdate=May 3, 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417134021/http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.1778/title.mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do|archivedate=April 17, 2016}}
| rev5 = Los Angeles Times
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/album-review-mayer-hawthornes-how-do-you-do.html|title=Album review: Mayer Hawthorne's 'How Do You Do'|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Brown|first=August|date=October 11, 2011|accessdate=November 5, 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113064848/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/album-review-mayer-hawthornes-how-do-you-do.html|archivedate=November 13, 2011}}
| rev6 = MSN Music (Consumer Guide)
| rev6Score = A−{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Mayer+Hawthorne|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Mayer Hawthorne|work=MSN Music|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|accessdate=June 24, 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051352/http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Mayer+Hawthorne|archivedate=March 4, 2016}}
| rev7 = PopMatters
| rev7Score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/149815-mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do/|title=Mayer Hawthorne: How Do You Do|work=PopMatters|last=McGuire|first=Colin|date=October 16, 2011|accessdate=November 5, 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119070540/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/149815-mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do|archivedate=November 19, 2011}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/how-do-you-do-20111025|title=How Do You Do|work=Rolling Stone|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Eddy|date=October 25, 2011|accessdate=November 5, 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029040647/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/how-do-you-do-20111025|archivedate=October 29, 2011}}
| rev9 = Slant Magazine
| rev9Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do/2645|title=Review: Mayer Hawthorne, How Do You Do|work=Slant Magazine|last=Keefe|first=Jonathan|date=October 10, 2011|accessdate=November 5, 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105215118/http://slantmagazine.com/music/review/mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do/2645|archivedate=November 5, 2011}}
| rev10 = Spin
| rev10Score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do-universal-republic|title=Mayer Hawthorne, 'How Do You Do' (Universal Republic)|work=Spin|last=Walters|first=Barry|date=October 11, 2011|accessdate=November 5, 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107043137/http://www.spin.com/reviews/mayer-hawthorne-how-do-you-do-universal-republic|archivedate=November 7, 2011}}
}}
How Do You Do was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 19 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.
AllMusic editor David Jeffries commented that Hawthorne's songwriting ability compliments his "adherence to an aesthetic" and "love of nostalgic soul", and stated, "that the man sounds more natural and loose than on his debut might be this album's greatest asset, making the vulgar drops and other nods to the present feel less mannered than before". Barry Walters of Spin called Hawthorne a "credible crooner" and commented that "his increasingly confident cries and grooves and songwriting aplomb are undeniably pro". Colin McGuire of PopMatters dubbed it "Hawthorne's masterpiece to date" and stated, "What makes How Do You Do so much better than the singer's debut [...] is his foray into up-tempo groove-happy soul music". Los Angeles Times writer August Brown complimented its "fantastic pillow talk" and wrote that the album "splits the difference between the well-ironed soul revivalism of Adele and R. Kelly's baroquely dirty mind". Brown added that Hawthorne "comes into his own as a vocal powerhouse" and commended the production as "refined and dynamic in a way that's wholly missing from pop radio".
However, Slant Magazine{{'}}s Jonathan Keefe found Hawthorne's singing "technically poor" and marred by a "shaky sense of pitch". Keefe noted its musicianship as "simply flawless in recreating a '70s-era R&B groove" and stated, "Hawthorne just doesn't have the vocal chops to pull off an otherwise solid album". Rolling Stone writer Chuck Eddy found "Hawthorne's oldschool pop-R&B homages [...] so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes", and concluded, "Don't expect emotion for the ages, and you'll have fun with this". In his consumer guide, critic Robert Christgau indicating "the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction". He called the album a "civically revivalist Motown / Ford homage" and stated, "What we're hearing here is the Temptations turning into the Delfonics—the way his midrange gives up the verse and his falsetto takes the chorus is as nice as his boyish sexism".
=Industry awards=
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|+Awards and nominations for How Do You Do ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Ceremony ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"| 2014
| Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package | {{nom}} |
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Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = How Do You Do track listing
| all_writing = Mayer Hawthorne (Andrew Cohen) except as noted
| title1 = Get to Know You
| length1 = 4:40
| title2 = A Long Time
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Can't Stop
| note3 = featuring Snoop Dogg
| writer3 = {{hlist|Cohen|Calvin Broadus, Jr.}}
| length3 = 3:57
| title4 = Dreaming
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = The Walk
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Finally Falling
| length6 = 3:20
| title7 = Hooked
| length7 = 2:32
| title8 = Stick Around
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = The News
| length9 = 1:37
| title10 = You Called Me
| length10 = 2:32
| title11 = You're Not Ready
| length11 = 3:01
| title12 = No Strings
| writer12 = {{hlist|Cohen|Michael David}}
| length12 = 3:48
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = iTunes bonus track
| title13 = Henny & Gingerale
| length13 = 4:14
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=How Do You Do|type=CD liner notes|others=Mayer Hawthorne|publisher=Universal Republic Records|year=2011|id=B0016109-02}}
Musicians
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- Mayer Hawthorne – vocals, instruments
- Joseph Abrams – bass (12)
- Hubert Alexander – electric and acoustic piano (6)
- Rebecca Bowman – additional fingersnaps (8)
- Jamall Bufford – additional fingersnaps (8)
- Kenza Chaouai – handclaps (4)
- Dennis Coffey – guitar (8, 11)
- Roman GianArthur – strings (4)
- JimiJames – additional vocals (5, 10)
- Quentin Joseph – drums (6, 12)
- Justin Jozwiak – tenor saxphone (5)
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- Stephen Kaye – strings (1, 3)
- Jeffrey Klein – handclaps (4)
- Quincy McCrary – additional piano (4)
- Topher Mohr – guitar (2, 4, 9), additional guitar (7)
- David Moyer – saxophones (1, 3, 7–12), baritone saxophone (5)
- Noelle Scaggs – additional vocals (2)
- Harlan Silverman – guitar (6)
- Todd Simon – trumpet (1, 3, 5, 7–12), flugelhorn (1, 3, 7–11), French horn (3), euphonium (7, 9, 10)
- Snoop Dogg – additional vocals (3)
- Christian Wunderlich – guitar (10)
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Production
- Mayer Hawthorne – producer, engineer, mixing (1–11), art direction
- Michael David – additional production (12)
- Jason Schweitzer – mixing (1–11)
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing (12)
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Kevin Scanlon – photography
- Robert Winter – photography
- Cedric Bihr – photography
- Henry DeMaio – photography
- Jeff Lank – text
- Chris Piascik – lettering
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for How Do You Do |
| scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Netherlands|70|artist=Mayer Hawthorne|album=How Do You Do|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|28|artist=Mayer Hawthorne|album=How Do You Do|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|52|artist=Mayer Hawthorne|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|8|artist=Mayer Hawthorne|rowheader=true}} |
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= Year-end charts =
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|+2012 year-end chart performance for How Do You Do |
| scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2012|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 30, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418123251/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|url-status=live}}
| 82 |
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References
{{reflist}}
{{Mayer Hawthorne}}
External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/how-do-you-do|title=How Do You Do|publisher=Metacritic}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.stonesthrow.com/mayerhawthorne|title=Mayer Hawthorne|publisher=Stones Throw Records}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.beyondrace.com/inside/latestissue/1452-cover-mayer-hawthorne|title=COVER: Mayer Hawthorne|work=Beyond Race Magazine|access-date=October 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430035355/http://beyondrace.com/inside/latestissue/1452-cover-mayer-hawthorne|archive-date=April 30, 2010|url-status=dead}}
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