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These Streets

{{About|the album by Paolo Nutini}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = These Streets

| type = Studio

| artist = Paolo Nutini

| cover = These_Streets.jpg

| alt =

| released = 17 July 2006

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 44:25

| label = Atlantic

| producer = Ken Nelson, Jim Duguid, Tom Elmhirst, Andy Green

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Sunny Side Up

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Singles

| name = These Streets

| type = studio

| single1 = Last Request

| single1date = 3 July 2006

| single2 = Jenny Don't Be Hasty

| single2date = 25 September 2006

| single3 = Rewind

| single3date = 4 December 2006

| single4 = New Shoes

| single4date = 12 March 2007

}}

}}

These Streets is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, released by Atlantic Records on 17 July 2006.

Preceded by the single "Last Request", the album debuted and peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified six times Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for domestic shipments in excess of 1,800,000 copies. It also entered the charts in many other European countries, and in 2011 it was certified double Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales of over 2,000,000 copies in Europe.

Background

Most of the songs featured on the album were inspired by the end of Nutini's relationships with his long-term girlfriend Teri Brogan, and another girl which began when they were still in their teens.{{cite web | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2009/09/16/exclusive-my-girlfriend-has-banned-me-from-singing-about-our-sex-life-reveals-paolo-nutini-86908-21676814/ | work = Daily Record | accessdate =10 April 2012 | title = Exclusive: My girlfriend has banned me from singing about our sex life, reveals Paolo Nutini | author = Rick Fulton | date = 16 September 2009}}{{cite web | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/2010/03/26/paolo-nutini-back-together-with-long-term-girlfriend-teri-brogan-86908-22139842/ | work = Daily Record | accessdate =10 April 2012 | title = Paolo Nutini back together with long-term girlfriend Teri Brogan | date = 26 March 2010}}

Among the others, "Last Request" describes the couple's last night together, while "Rewind" expresses the willing of turning back time before the end of another relationship were his lover left him alone in a hotel.{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.stv.tv/music/123514-paolo-nutinis-girlfriend-bans-him-from-revealing-all/ | publisher = STV | accessdate =10 April 2012 | title = Paolo Nutini's girlfriend bans him from revealing all | date = 16 September 2009}}

Another auto-biographical intimate relationship served as the inspiration for the album's second single, "Jenny Don't Be Hasty", which tells about Nutini's involvement with an older woman who refused him because of his age.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.musicomh.com/singles/paolo-nutini-2_0906.htm |magazine=MusicOMH |accessdate=10 April 2012 |title=Paolo Nutini – Jenny Don't Be Hasty (Atlantic) |author=Tom Woods |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021033405/http://www.musicomh.com/singles/paolo-nutini-2_0906.htm |archivedate=21 October 2012 }}

Other tracks from the album explore different themes, like the title-track, which describes the feelings of a boy who leaves his hometown to move to a big city, or "New Shoes", a song telling about a man who finds life easier as he wears a new pair of shoes. According to Nutini, the song was written trying to imagine if solving problems could be as easy as buying shoes is.{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_odd_couple_unveil_new_shoe.html | publisher = BBC | accessdate =10 April 2012 | title = The odd couple unveil new shoes | date = 5 August 2008 | author = Tom Fordyce}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/these-streets-r840746/review | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = These Streets – Paolo Nutini – Review | last = Brown | first = Marisa}}

|rev2 = IndieLondon

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/paolo-nutini-these-streets|title=IndieLondon: Paolo Nutini – These Streets – Your London Reviews|work=indielondon.co.uk}}

|rev3 = The Observer

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0,,1797327,00.html |title=CD: Paolo Nutini, Paolo Nutini |last=Levine |first=Nick |newspaper=The Guardian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313063045/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0%2C%2C1797327%2C00.html |archivedate=13 March 2007 }}

|rev4 = Rolling Stone

|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13250798/review/13544343 | magazine = Rolling Stone | accessdate =9 April 2012 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071017065603/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13250798/review/13544343 | archivedate = 17 October 2007 | url-status = dead | last = Hoard | first = Christian | authorlink = Christian Hoard | date = 20 February 2007 | title = These Streets : Paolo Nutini : Review}}

|rev5 = The New York Times

|rev5score = (positive){{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/arts/music/02nuti.html | newspaper = The New York Times | accessdate =10 April 2012 | title = Lonely Guy Arrives, and Lots of Friends Show Up | date = 2 February 2007 | last = Pareles | first = Jon}}

}}

These Streets garnered mostly positive reviews from music critics. Marisa Brown of AllMusic praised Nutini's ability to convey mature honesty by crafting songs that carry effective lyrics and catchy melodies, concluding that the record "won't blow anyone away with its creativeness or ingenuity, but it's done well and it's direct and open and enjoyable to listen to, which is more than enough." Nick Levine of The Observer saw potential in Nutini's "talent for elegant, melodic songwriting and an admirable willingness to vary the tempo." He concluded with, "[T]here is a glut of singer-songwriters right now but, on this evidence, the half-Italian 18-year-old boasts more talent than most." Rolling Stone{{'}}s Christian Hoard felt the album didn't have any replay value because it had songs that lacked strong choruses and recognizable lyricism, saying that "For Nutini's lady fans, These Streets might be something to get hot and bothered about, but most of us could take or leave this useless beauty."

Track listing

{{Track listing

|title1 = Jenny Don't Be Hasty

|writer1 = Paolo Nutini, Jimmy Hogarth

|length1 = 3:29

|title2 = Last Request

|writer2 = Nutini, Jim Duguid, Matty Benbrook

|length2 = 3:41

|title3 = Rewind

|writer3 = Nutini, Duguid

|length3 = 4:19

|title4 = Million Faces

|writer4 = Nutini, Benbrook, Pauline Taylor

|length4 = 3:41

|title5 = These Streets

|writer5 = Nutini, Pete Wilkinson, Sarah Erasmus

|length5 = 3:53

|title6 = New Shoes

|writer6 = Nutini, Benbrook, Duguid

|length6 = 3:21

|title7 = White Lies

|writer7 = Nutini, John Fortis

|length7 = 4:00

|title8 = Loving You

|writer8 = Nutini, Duguid, Chris Leonard

|length8 = 4:00

|title9 = Autumn

|writer9 = Nutini, Duguid

|length9 = 2:50

|title10 = Alloway Grove

|writer10 = Nutini, Rollo Armstrong

|length10 = 14:12

|note10 = includes the acoustic version of "Last Request" as a hidden track

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = French Edition Bonus Tracks{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.it/These-Streets-Edizione-Paolo-Nutini/dp/B000P6RBY2 | publisher = Amazon.it | language = Italian | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = These Streets (Edizione: Francia) (Edizione limitata, Import) – Paolo Nutini}}

|title11 = No No No

|writer11 = Nutini, Benbrook, Taylor

|length11 = 3:45

|title12 = Sugar Man

|writer12 = Sixto Diaz Rodriguez

|length12 = 2:06

|title13 = Caledonia

|note13 = Live at Garage, Glasgow

|length13 = 4:00

|writer13 = Dougie MacLean

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Live in Concert Version Bonus Tracks{{cite web | url = https://music.apple.com/ie/album/these-streets-bonus-track/210274997 |publisher = iTunes Store Ireland. Apple Inc. | access-date =9 April 2012 | title = These Streets (Bonus Track Version) by Paolo Nutini}}{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.co.uk/These-Streets-Live-Concert-Version/dp/B002LPTLB6 | publisher = Amazon.co.uk | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = These Streets (Live In Concert Version) – Paolo Nutini}}

|title11 = Last Request

|note11 = Live from Kentish Town Forum

|length11 = 3:45

|title12 = Rewind

|note12 = Live from Kentish Town Forum

|length12 = 5:01

|title13 = Jenny Don't Be Hasty

|note13 = Live from Kentish Town Forum

|length13 = 5:08

|title14 = New Shoes

|note14 = Live from Kentish Town Forum

|length14 = 4:09

|title15 = Rainbows

|note15 = Live from Kentish Town Forum

|length15 = 4:30

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Festival Edition Disc 2 (recorded live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2007){{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.co.uk/These-Streets-Festival-Paolo-Nutini/dp/B000SSESUM | publisher = Amazon.co.uk | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = These Streets – Festival Edition (Special Edition)}}{{cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/vetrina-4705/Paolo-Nutini-THESE-STREETS-FESTIVAL-EDITION | publisher = Rockol.it | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = Recensioni – Paolo Nutini – These Streets – Festival Edition | language = Italian | date = 25 October 2007}}

|title1 = Alloway Grove

|writer1 = Nutini, Rollo Armstrong

|length1 = 4:25

|title2 = New Shoes

|writer2 = Nutini, Benbrook, Duguid

|length2 = 4:04

|title3 = Rewind

|length3 = 4:34

|writer3 = Nutini, Duguid

|title4 = These Streets

|writer4 = Nutini, Wilkinson, Erasmus

|length4 = 3:38

|title5 = Troubled So Hard (Natural Blues)

|writer5 = Moby, Vera Hall

|length5 = 3:34

|title6 = Last Request

|writer6 = Nutini, Duguid, Benbrook

|length6 = 4:09

|title7 = I Want To Be Like You

|writer7 = Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman

|length 7 = 2:36

|title8 = Jenny Don't Be Hasty

|writer8 = Nutini, Hogarth

|length8 = 5:21

}}

Personnel

Technical{{cite web | url = http://allmusic.com/album/these-streets-r840746/credits | website = Allmusic | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = These Streets – Paolo Nutini – Credits}}

  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Dean Chalkley – photography
  • Jim Duguid – A&R assistance, assistance, production
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing, production
  • Robert Gold – art direction
  • Andy Green – mixing, production
  • Paul Wesley Griggs – photography
  • Thomas Haimovici – A&R
  • Dominic Leung – cover design
  • Brendan Moon – A&R assistance, assistant
  • Gregg Nadel – product management
  • Ken Nelson – engineering, mixing, production, recording
  • Conor O'Mahony – A&R
  • Mark Pythian – engineering, mixing
  • Richard Skinner – creative direction
  • Richard Wilkinson – engineering
  • Julian Wilmott – assistance

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2006–2014)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|16|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Austria|23|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|26|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Denmark|18|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|17|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|France|19|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Germany4|28|id=37874|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Ireland2|10|artist=Paolo Nutini|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Italy|37|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Norway|14|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20060723|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Sweden|24|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|19|artist=Paolo Nutini|album=These Streets|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|UK2|3|date=20060723|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|48|artist=Paolo Nutini|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardRock|12|artist=Paolo Nutini|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 April 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20060108/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| 24

scope="col"| Chart (2007)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2007|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=7 April 2021}}

| 78

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2007&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2007|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=7 April 2021}}

| 72

scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2007|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2007|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|accessdate=7 April 2021}}

| 92

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2007/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=7 April 2021}}

| 74

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20070107/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=7 April 2021}}

| 29

scope="col"| Chart (2009)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20090104/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2009|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 October 2021}}

| 95

scope="col"| Chart (2010)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20100110/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2010|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=29 November 2021}}

| 65

scope="col"| Chart (2011)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2011.pdf|title=End of Year Chart 2011|publisher=ChartsPlus|accessdate=29 November 2021}}

| 161

{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|access-date=28 December 2021|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2008|relyear=2006}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|access-date=9 April 2012|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2006|certmonth=12|relyear=2006|source=archive}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Ireland|access-date=9 April 2012|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2006|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/paolo-nutini-new-album-previews-exclusively-here-1748736.html|title=Paolo Nutini: New album previews exclusively here|date=28 May 2009|work=Irish Independent|access-date=9 April 2012}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|access-date=10 October 2014|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2006|certyear=2014}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|access-date=18 December 2024|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2006|certyear=2020|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|access-date=9 April 2012|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2014|relyear=2006}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|access-date=6 September 2024|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Platinum|number=6|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|certmonth=8|id=7532-3421-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=114,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tA4EAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tA4EAAAAMBAJ/page/n41 42]|quote=suzanne vega album sale.|title=Graduation Class|magazine= Billboard|date=21 July 2007|accessdate=22 November 2018}}}}

{{Certification Table Summary}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|access-date=9 April 2012|title=These Streets|artist=Paolo Nutini|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2011}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
Region

!Release date

!Format

!Label

scope="row"|United Kingdom{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nvdp | publisher = BBC | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = Paolo Nutini – These Streets – Review | date = 20 July 2006 | author = Jack Smith }}

|17 July 2006

|rowspan="3"|CD, download

|rowspan="3"|Atlantic

scope="row"|Italy{{cite web | url = http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/persone/paolo-nutini/paolo-nutini/paolo-nutini.html | work = la Repubblica | language = Italian | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = Paolo, dalla Scozia con successo. Il ragazzo irresistibile del pop | author = Roberto Calabrò | date = 26 September 2006}}

|29 September 2006

scope="row"|United States{{cite web | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CEED8153FF931A35751C0A9619C8B63 | work = The New York Times | accessdate =9 April 2012 | title = MUSIC REVIEW; Lonely Guy Arrives, and Lots of Friends Show Up | date = 2 February 2007 | author = Jon Pareles}}

|30 January 2007

References

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