I Feel Cream

In summer 2007, German band Sweet Machine was asked by Peaches to join her as her backing band for one show at the Berlin Festival. After this successful collaboration, Sweet Machine became her new full-time backing band. They performed together at the Exotic Erotic Ball 2007, the Hard New Year's Eve 2007 and also joined her Australia and New Zealand tour in 2008. In 2009, they teamed up again for a Peaches' I Feel Cream tour. Peaches and Sweet Machine also toured as part of the festivals Festival Internacional de Benicàssim{{cite web |url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/peaches/dates |title=Peaches tour dates |publisher=Resident Advisor |access-date=July 28, 2010}} and Get Loaded in the Park in August 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/peaches/44437 |title=Peaches follows Iggy Pop's lead for festival appearance |work=NME |date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=July 28, 2010}} In 2010, Peaches and Sweet Machine once again toured Australia performing at the sold out Big Day Out festivals and at a series of sideshows. Peaches was supported on this tour by Shunda K who performed their collaboration "Billionaire", and was also the opening act.{{cite web |url=http://fanaticpromotion.blogspot.com/2010/01/shunda-k-tours-with-peaches-in.html |title=Shunda K tours with Peaches in Australia, Blows up the press in the UK, Signs to Fanatic Records in the U.S. |publisher=Fanatic Promotion |date=January 28, 2010 |access-date=July 29, 2010}}

On November 6, 2009, Peaches appeared on the Last Call with Carson Daly, where she performed the song "Talk to Me".{{cite web |url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2010/01/01/tivo-party-tonight-peaches/ |title=TiVo Party Tonight: Peaches |work=Magnet |date=January 1, 2010 |access-date=July 29, 2010}}

To promote I Feel Cream, Peaches released a music video for every song from the album. Musical group Ssion directed and starred in a Wizard of Oz-themed video for "Billionaire" that also features Shunda K of Yo Majesty.{{cite web |last=Richardson |first=Matthew |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/media/peaches/billionaire-f-shunda-k-and-ssion-video/38797/ |title=Peaches: "Billionaire" f. Shunda K and Ssion (Video) |publisher=Prefix |date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=July 21, 2010}} The video for "Show Stopper" was directed by Caroline Sascha Cogez, and stars Danish film actress Charlotte Munck.{{cite web |last=Sciarreto |first=Amy |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/peaches-releases-short-film-for-show-stopper/7324003 |title=Peaches Releases Short Film for "Show Stopper" |publisher=Artistdirect |date=July 15, 2010 |access-date=July 21, 2010 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022080959/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/peaches-releases-short-film-for-show-stopper/7324003 |url-status=dead }} In the video, Peaches references and sings a snippet of Nina Hagen's song "New York / N.Y."

"Mud" was used in The Vampire Diaries episode "The Night of the Comet"{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1485650/soundtrack |title="The Vampire Diaries" The Night of the Comet (2009) – Soundtracks |publisher=IMDb |access-date=July 29, 2010}} and "Show Stopper" was featured in the Gossip Girl episode "How to Succeed in Bassness".{{cite web |url=http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-3/episode-307 |title=Gossip Girl Music {{!}} Season 3 – Episode 7 |publisher=The CW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007204000/http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-3/episode-307 |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=September 23, 2012}} "Mommy Complex" was used in an ad for the Citroën DS3 in 2012.{{cite web |author=Citroën |author-link=Citroën |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UUIwDayDHI |title=Citroën DS3 – Pub TV – Les Jumelles |publisher=YouTube |date=May 22, 2012 |access-date=November 10, 2012}}

The lead single is a double A-side of "Talk to Me" and "More".{{cite web |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/2009/02/18/peaches-leaks-cream/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125057/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2009/02/18/peaches-leaks-cream/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Peaches Leaks Cream |publisher=ChartAttack |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2009}} "Talk to Me" peaked at number 51 on the Austrian Singles Chart and at number 99 on the French Singles Chart.{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Peaches&titel=Talk+To+Me&cat=s |title=Peaches – Talk To Me |language=fr |publisher=lescharts.com. Hung Medien |access-date=April 22, 2010}}

"Lose You" was released as the album's second single on July 5, 2009.{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/lose-you-ep/320731691 |title=Lose You – EP by Peaches |date=July 5, 2009 |publisher=iTunes Store (GB) |access-date=September 23, 2012}} The song reached number 11 on the Belgian Dance Chart in Flanders.{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/8e4b5/Peaches-Lose-You |title=Peaches – Lose You |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date=April 22, 2010}}

The third and final single "I Feel Cream" was released on November 9, 2009.{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-feel-cream/335317619 |title=I Feel Cream by Peaches |date=November 9, 2009 |publisher=iTunes Store (GB) |access-date=September 23, 2012}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 74/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = B−

| rev3 = Los Angeles Times

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}

| rev4 = NME

| rev4score = 7/10

| rev5 = The Observer

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 7.3/10

| rev7 = PopMatters

| rev7score = {{Rating|7|10}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

| rev10 = The Times

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}

}}

I Feel Cream received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 22 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/i-feel-cream/peaches |title=Reviews for I Feel Cream by Peaches |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=May 7, 2009}} AllMusic's Heather Phares noted that the album has "plenty of moments that aren't groundbreaking, but still show that Merill Nisker has a lot to say about sex, music, and pop culture nearly a decade after Teaches of Peaches was released."{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-feel-cream-mw0000815449 |title=I Feel Cream – Peaches |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=July 29, 2012}} Los Angeles Times{{'}} Margaret Wappler commented that on I Feel Cream, Peaches "drops the Iggy Pop fetishism that distracted her last couple of albums and engages in elemental club throbbers, stripped down to equal parts fire and ice." She continued, "At times the minimalist compositions expose her limited range, but no one should be listening to Peaches for the pitch-defying melismas."{{cite web |last=Wappler |first=Margaret |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/05/album-review-peaches-i-feel-cream.html |title=Album review: Peaches' 'I Feel Cream' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=May 7, 2009}} Matthew Perpetua of Pitchfork opined, "Whereas it was beginning to seem that Peaches' shtick was an artistic dead end, there is now plenty of reason to believe that she may have the skills and vision necessary to produce interesting, emotionally affecting work well beyond menopause."{{cite web |last=Perpetua |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13003-i-feel-cream/ |title=Peaches: I Feel Cream |publisher=Pitchfork |date=May 6, 2009 |access-date=May 7, 2009}} Likewise, Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson claimed that "maybe age has softened Peaches a tad, but if I Feel Cream is the result, it sounds more compelling and radical than any number of new iterations of 'sucking on my titties.'"{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Eric |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/peaches-i-feel-cream |title=Peaches: I Feel Cream |publisher=Slant Magazine |date=May 3, 2009 |access-date=September 19, 2016}}

The Times critic Peter Paphides expressed that "what strikes you on I Feel Cream is just how merely existing in a post-Gossip musical firmament has brought the Toronto singer's carnally empowered monologues within waving distance of the mainstream. And yet, with the exception of the clammy, catchy remonstrations of 'Talk to Me', this remains an album firmly rooted in the lineage of great electronic dance music."{{cite web |last=Paphides |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Paphides |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6188368.ece |title=Peaches: I Feel Cream |work=The Times |date=May 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508054958/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6188368.ece |archive-date=May 8, 2009 |access-date=May 2, 2009}} Tim Chester of the NME wrote, "The notoriously hardcore sexual aggressor has swapped strap-ons for sentiment and turned all flaccid in the process, and guess what: it's quite... nice."{{cite web |last=Chester |first=Tim |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/peaches/10400 |title=Album review: Peaches |work=NME |date=April 28, 2009 |access-date=July 29, 2012}} Rolling Stone{{'}}s Caryn Ganz described the album as "part Lil' Kim, part Lita Ford and all hot mess" and added, "Though it hits only a few different notes, Peaches' bawdy pop feels like a refreshing breath of filthy air."{{cite magazine |last=Ganz |first=Caryn |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/27891726/review/28375827/i_feel_cream |title=I Feel Cream : Peaches |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531065217/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/27891726/review/28375827/i_feel_cream |archive-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 28, 2009}} In a review for PopMatters, Erin Lyndal Martin referred to I Feel Cream as "a fun and worthwhile album, though is unlikely to change any minds about Peaches. Fortunately, that also means she shows no signs of losing her touch."{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Erin Lyndal |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/73266-peaches-i-feel-cream/ |title=Peaches: I Feel Cream |publisher=PopMatters |date=May 7, 2009 |access-date=September 19, 2016}} Emma Warren of The Observer gave the album three out of five stars, stating, "Ideology aside, this is a diverse album that retains her trademark dirty electro but on collaborations with Simian Mobile Disco still delights."{{cite web |last=Warren |first=Emma |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/19/peaches-cream-album-review |title=Pop review: Peaches, I Feel Cream |work=The Observer |date=April 19, 2009 |access-date=September 19, 2016}} However, Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club felt that the album "feels subdued and safe, a less-than-inspiring move for an artist who made her name by being neither."{{cite web |last=Koski |first=Genevieve |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/peaches-emi-feel-creamem-27534 |title=Peaches: I Feel Cream |work=The A.V. Club |date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=September 19, 2016}} Drowned in Sound's Alexander Tudor concluded, "Ultimately, Peaches shows herself developing, late in her career, but unlikely to infiltrate the market she's targeted."{{cite web |last=Tudor |first=Alexander |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14353/reviews/4136726 |title=Peaches – I Feel Cream |publisher=Drowned in Sound |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=May 2, 2009 |archive-date=May 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503032940/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14353/reviews/4136726 |url-status=dead }}

Iguana magazine placed I Feel Cream at number 141 on its Albums of the Year 2009 list.{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/iguana.htm#2009 |title=Iguana Albums Of The Year 2009 |publisher=Rocklist.net |access-date=July 28, 2010 |archive-date=November 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122151002/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/iguana.htm#2009 |url-status=usurped }} It was ranked number 278 on The Village Voice{{'}}s Pazz & Jop critics' poll of 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/2009 |title=Pazz+Jop 2009: Albums Winners |work=The Village Voice |access-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128113551/http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/2009 |url-status=dead }}

Spin listed the album at number six on its 20 Worst Album Titles of 2009 list, writing, "Keep it in your hot pants, Merrill, you're 42."{{cite web |last=Aaron |first=Charles |url=http://www.spin.com/2009/08/20-worst-album-titles-2009/ |title=20 Worst Album Titles of 2009 |work=Spin |date=August 19, 2009 |access-date=September 19, 2016}}

I Feel Cream is Peaches' highest-charting album in the United States to date. It debuted and peaked at number 160 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000 copies,{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1611276/chrisette-michele-has-epiphany-atop-billboard-chart/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125000725/http://www.mtv.com/news/1611276/chrisette-michele-has-epiphany-atop-billboard-chart/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |title=Chrisette Michele Has Epiphany Atop Billboard Chart |publisher=MTV News |date=May 13, 2009 |access-date=September 19, 2016}} before falling off the chart completely the following week.

I Feel Cream became Peaches' first album to chart on the German Albums Chart, where it debuted and peaked at number 75 before falling to number 88 in its second week.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Serpentine (I Don't Give A... Pt. 2)

| writer1 = Peaches

| extra1 = Peaches

| length1 = 3:22

| title2 = Talk to Me

| writer2 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Soulwax|Shapemod{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = Lose You

| writer3 = {{hlist|Peaches|Simian Mobile Disco}}

| extra3 = Simian Mobile Disco

| length3 = 3:34

| title4 = More

| writer4 = Peaches

| extra4 = {{hlist|Peaches|Shapemod{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 4:34

| title5 = Billionaire

| writer5 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales|Shunda K}}

| extra5 = Simian Mobile Disco

| length5 = 3:26

| title6 = I Feel Cream

| writer6 = {{hlist|Peaches|Drums of Death|Simian Mobile Disco}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Drums of Death|Shapemod|Peaches|Simian Mobile Disco{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length6 = 4:33

| title7 = Trick or Treat

| writer7 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales}}

| extra7 = Peaches

| length7 = 3:17

| title8 = Show Stopper

| writer8 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales}}

| extra8 = Peaches

| length8 = 2:17

| title9 = Mommy Complex

| writer9 = {{hlist|Peaches|Digitalism}}

| extra9 = Digitalism

| length9 = 2:57

| title10 = Mud

| writer10 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales}}

| extra10 = Simian Mobile Disco

| length10 = 3:08

| title11 = Relax

| writer11 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales}}

| extra11 = Peaches

| length11 = 3:29

| title12 = Take You On

| writer12 = Peaches

| extra12 = {{hlist|Peaches|Shapemod{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length12 = 3:44

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes Store and Japanese edition bonus tracks{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-feel-cream-bonus-track-version/310714216 |title=I Feel Cream (Bonus Track Version) by Peaches |date=May 5, 2009 |publisher=iTunes Store (CA) |access-date=July 27, 2012}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Billionaire

| note13 = vs. Drums of Death

| writer13 = {{hlist|Peaches|Gonzales|Shunda K|Drums of Death}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Simian Mobile Disco|Drums of Death{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length13 = 3:26

| title14 = Lose You

| note14 = vs. Drums of Death

| writer14 = {{hlist|Peaches|Simian Mobile Disco|Drums of Death}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Simian Mobile Disco|Drums of Death{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length14 = 3:36

}}

The double LP edition also contains a digital download card, which allows you to download MP3s of this album through Beggars Group USA. The track listing of the download is in the same order as the LP release, not the CD release.

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Talk to Me

| length1 = 3:09

| title2 = More

| length2 = 4:36

| title3 = Mommy Complex

| length3 = 2:58

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Billionaire

| length1 = 3:28

| title2 = Serpentine (I Don't Give A... Pt. 2)

| length2 = 3:24

| title3 = Relax

| length3 = 3:31

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side three

| title1 = Lose You

| length1 = 3:36

| title2 = I Feel Cream

| length2 = 4:35

| title3 = Mud

| length3 = 3:10

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side four

| title1 = Show Stopper

| length1 = 2:19

| title2 = Trick or Treat

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Take You On

| length3 = 3:44

}}

;Notes

• ^{{note|a|a}} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{{note|b|b}} signifies a vocal producer.
• ^{{note|c|c}} signifies a co-producer.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Feel Cream.{{cite AV media notes |title=I Feel Cream |others=Peaches |year=2009 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=XL Recordings |id=XLCD415}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

• Peaches – vocals (all tracks); production (tracks 1, 4, 6–8, 11, 12)
• Tom Ache – mastering
• Adam Cohen – photography (front and back cover)
• Digitalism – mixing, production (track 9)
• Drums of Death – production (track 6)
• AJ English – logo
• Elizabeth Goodwin – panel pics
• Shunda K – rap (track 5)

{{col-2}}

• Fubbi Karlsson – artwork, panel pics
• Conner Rapp – vocal recording (track 2); additional editing, additional vocal engineering (tracks 3, 7, 8)
• Shapemod – additional production (tracks 2, 4, 12); mixing, production (track 6)
• Simian Mobile Disco – mixing (tracks 1, 3–5, 7, 8, 10–12); production (tracks 3, 5, 10); additional production (track 6)
• Soulwax – mixing, production (track 2)
• Anthony Tran – panel pics

{{col-end}}

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• {{YouTube|ENGdKDcsR38|"Serpentine" (promotional video)}}
• {{YouTube|wWKOpE01bYQ|"Take You On" (promotional video)}}
• {{YouTube|T1Q7HAa_gG4|"Trick or Treat" (promotional video)}}
• {{YouTube|9IZf-RuDtgU|"Relax" (promotional video)}}
• {{YouTube|iXJEw0-sGEE|"Mommy Complex" (promotional video)}}
• {{YouTube|neshaVnqP6Y|"Billionaire" (promotional video)}}
• {{YouTube|1oRjAHAxudQ|"Show Stopper" (promotional video)}}

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