Made of Bricks

Nash stated in an October 2007 interview for The Village Voice that she wrote all the songs on the album a year and a half before, except for "Skeleton Song", which she had written the same year that the album came out.{{cite web|last1=True|first1=Everett|title=Hugs and Kisses 24: The Kate Nash Interview!|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/hugs-and-kisses-24-the-kate-nash-interview-6620466|website=The Village Voice|date=18 December 2007 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}

The album was released five weeks earlier than originally planned due to the popularity of "Foundations".[http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3363141/Debut-Album-TBA/Product.html Play] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070002/http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3363141/Debut-Album-TBA/Product.html |date=7 April 2014 }}[https://www.nme.com/news/kate-nash/29647 NME] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407082643/http://www.nme.com/news/kate-nash/29647 |date=7 April 2014 }} The album does not contain the track "Caroline's a Victim", which was released as a limited 7" single, double A-Side with "Birds" on Moshi Moshi Records before "Foundations".{{cite web|title="Caroline's a Victim" overview|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kate-Nash-Carolines-A-Victim/master/149528|website=Discogs|accessdate=9 March 2017}} "Birds" was included on the album.

A version that included a "making of" DVD was available at Best Buy on the album's release in the United States.{{cite web|title=Kate Nash – Made Of Bricks|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kate-Nash-Made-Of-Bricks/release/1194702|website=Discogs|date=8 January 2008 |accessdate=9 March 2017}} In that country, Made of Bricks debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 16,000.Katie Hasty, [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046808/keys-holds-off-radiohead-juno-at-no-1 "Keys Holds Off Radiohead, 'Juno' At No. 1"], Billboard.com, 16 January 2008. As of January 2010, the album has sold 544,000 copies in United Kingdom and it has sold 168,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgHgDgiLzqMC&q=kate+nash&pg=RA2-PA32|publisher=Billboard|page=32|title=Best Bets 2010|first=Cortney|last=Harding|date=9 January 2010|accessdate=15 December 2018}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 71/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/nashkate/madeofbricks | title=Kate Nash:Made of Bricks (2008): Reviews | work=Metacritic | publisher=CNET Networks, Inc | accessdate=2009-03-24 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100427020148/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/nashkate/madeofbricks | archivedate = 2010-04-27| url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |title=Review: Made of Bricks |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000495646|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=1 May 2015}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2Score = 4/10{{cite web|last1=Adams|first1=Sean|title=Kate Nash Made of Bricks review|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/11023/reviews/2269258-kate-nash-made-of-bricks|website=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=9 March 2017|archive-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316003544/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/11023/reviews/2269258-kate-nash-made-of-bricks|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B{{cite magazine|last1=Day|first1=Adrienne|title=Article: "Made of Bricks"|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/01/04/made-bricks/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|last1=Petridis|first1=Alexis|title=Kate Nash, Made from Bricks|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/03/popandrock.shopping|website=The Guardian|date=2 August 2007 |publisher=Guardian News and Media|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| rev5 = MusicOMH

| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=John|title=Album Reviews: Kate Nash – Made Of Bricks|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/kate-nash-made-of-bricks|website=MusicOMH|date=5 August 2007 |publisher=OMH|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| rev6 = The New York Times

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite news|last1=Sanneh|first1=Kelefa|title=New CDs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/arts/music/13choi.html?ex=1188446400&en=9084b7df8c4cef8a&ei=5070|website=The New York Times|date=13 August 2007 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 5.5/10{{cite web|last1=Dombal|first1=Ryan|title=Kate Nash Made of Bricks review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10605-made-of-bricks/|website=Pitchfork|publisher=Conde Nast|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| rev8 = PopMatters

| rev8Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|last1=Sawdey|first1=Evan|title=Kate Nash: Made of Bricks|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/kate-nash-made-of-bricks/|website=PopMatters|date=19 February 2008 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| rev9 = Robert Christgau

| rev9Score = A−{{cite web|last1=Christgau|first1=Robert|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Kate Nash|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Kate+Nash|website=Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics|publisher=Village Voice|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| rev10 = Slant

| rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Cinquemani|first1=Sal|title=Kate Nash Made of Bricks review|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/kate-nash-made-of-bricks|website=Slant|date=2 February 2008 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}

}}

Initial critical response to Made of Bricks was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 71, based on 23 reviews.

{{track listing

| all_writing = Kate Nash, except where stated

| total_length = 55:40

| title1 = Play

| note1 =

| length1 = 1:11

| title2 = Foundations

| writer2 = Nash, Paul Epworth

| length2 = 4:05

| title3 = Mouthwash

| length3 = 5:01

| title4 = Dickhead

| length4 = 3:43

| title5 = Birds

| length5 = 4:25

| title6 = We Get On

| length6 = 4:34

| title7 = Mariella

| length7 = 4:15

| title8 = Shit Song

| length8 = 3:05

| title9 = Pumpkin Soup

| writer9 = Nash, Epworth

| length9 = 2:59

| title10 = Skeleton Song

| writer10 = Nash, Alejandro Tovar

| length10 = 5:07

| title11 = Nicest Thing

| writer11 = Nash, Jay Malhotra

| length11 = 4:05

| title12 = Merry Happy

| note12 = some versions include hidden track "Little Red" from 6:08; U.S. versions do not

| writer12 = Nash, Anuj Khanna

| length12 = 5:27/13:10

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Digital download edition

| total_length = 58:17

| title13 = A Is for Asthma

| length13 = 2:37

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese CD bonus tracks{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5/dp/B000V3PSTY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1B503M2DGY5VT&coliid=I11L0E5J0OJ9TZ|title=japanese CD bonus tracks on Amazon Japan|publisher=amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese, English|accessdate=2 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UICP-1087|title=japanese CD bonus tracks on CD japan|publisher=cdjapan.co.jp|accessdate=2 January 2014| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140103060933/http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UICP-1087 | archivedate = 2014-01-03| url-status=live}}

| total_length = 61:03

| title13 = Little Red

| length13 = 6:56

| title14 = Stitching Leggings

| length14 = 2:16

| title15 = Navy Taxi

| length15 = 5:35

| title16 = Habanera

| length16 = 2:24

}}

;Musicians

• Kate Nash – vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar, bass, synthesizers, production {{small|(track 1)}}
• Jay Malhotra – electric guitar {{small|(tracks 3-5, 10-12)}}, bass {{small|(tracks 3-6, 10-12)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(track 1)}}, percussion {{small|(track 7)}}
• Elliott Andrews – drums {{small|(tracks 3-6, 8, 10-12)}}
• Mei-ling Wong – violin {{small|(tracks 10, 11)}}
• Fiona Brice – strings, brass and woodwind arrangements {{small|(tracks 4, 12)}}
• Leo Taylor – drums {{small|(track 9)}}

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;Production personnel

• Paul Epworth – production
• Mark Rankin – engineering
• Anna Tjan – additional engineering
• Oli Wright – additional engineering
• Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing
• Daniel Morrison – mixing assistance

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;Additional personnel

• Chrissie Macdonald – art direction
• Richard Robinson – graphic design
• John Short – photography
• Clare Nash – additional photography
• Laura Dockrill – illustrations

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• Nash's debut single, "Foundations", is her most successful single to date. It charted at number #2 in the UK Singles Chart, missing the number one spot to Rihanna's "Umbrella" by less than 200 copies. The song also charted most notably in Canada, Ireland, Germany and Austria.
• The album's second single, "Mouthwash" was performed at T4 on the Beach shortly before its release. The single entered the UK Singles Chart at #54 and two weeks later reached its peak position of #23. It received mixed reviews and did not chart elsewhere.
• The third single release, "Pumpkin Soup", released in October 2007, reached its UK peak position of #23 in January 2008. The song also charted in Austria and Germany. It managed to achieve a number #40 spot in Ireland.
• The fourth and final single released from Made of Bricks was "Merry Happy". The single was predicted to chart well after it was playlisted on BBC Radio 1, however Nash did not release a video for the song. Although it underperformed in the UK, the song did manage to chart in the Top 100 in Canada and was a minor hit in the US.

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