Zee Avi (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Zee Avi
| type = studio
| artist = Zee Avi
| cover = Zeeavialbum.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 19, 2009
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| studio =
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| label = Brushfire Records/Monotone
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| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Ghostbird
| next_year = 2011
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score =
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev1Score = (3.5/5){{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1563339|pure_url=yes}}
| rev3 = Paste
| rev4 = PopMatters
| rev4Score = (8/10){{cite web|last=Lyndal |first=Erin |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/94284-zee-avi-zee-avi/ |title=Zee Avi |publisher=PopMatters |access-date=7 November 2011}}
| rev5 =The New York Times
| rev5Score = (favourable){{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/arts/music/31play.html | work=The New York Times | first=Jon | last=Pareles | title=Odes to Sex, Samba Soul and a French Novel | date=May 31, 2009}}
| rev6 = Under the Radar
| rev6Score = (7/10){{cite web|last=Vale |first=Tom |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/zee_avi/ |title=Zee Avi |publisher=Under The Radar |access-date=7 November 2011}}
}}
Zee Avi is the debut album from singer Zee Avi. The album is most notable for Avi's single "Bitter Heart".
Chart history
Zee Avi peaked at number 130 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in 2009. The album sold 6,000 copies in the United States in its first two weeks of release according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268416/zee-avi|title=Billboard interview with Zee Avi|last=Herrera|first=Monica|date=9 June 2009|publisher=Billboard|access-date=7 November 2011}} The debut single "Bitter Heart" entered the Billboard Japan Hot 100 singles chart at number 82 and peaked at number 63 for two weeks.{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/49089|title=Bitter Heart's Charting History in Japan|publisher=Acharts.us|access-date=7 November 2011}} To date, the album has sold over 300,000 units{{cite web|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0325&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Hiburan&pg=hi_01.htm&arc=hive|title=Zee Avi sudah bertaraf antarabangsa|date=March 25, 2010|language=ms|author=Shazryn Mohd. Faizal|work=Utusan Online|access-date=24 May 2010}} and been certified Gold in Taiwan,{{cite web|url=http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/17/soundnstage/5855020&sec=soundnstage|title=Pop darling|date=17 March 2010|work=The Star|author=N. Rama Lohan|access-date=17 March 2010|archive-date=18 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918162327/http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=%2F2010%2F3%2F17%2Fsoundnstage%2F5855020&sec=soundnstage|url-status=dead}} Singapore and Malaysia.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmail.com.my/content/32424-zee-most-entertaining-night|title=Zee most entertaining night|last2=Dayang Nurazhar|date=April 5, 2010|author=Ng Suzhen|work=The Malay Mail|access-date=7 May 2010|archive-date=9 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409033553/http://www.mmail.com.my/content/32424-zee-most-entertaining-night|url-status=dead}}
The Associated Press named Zee Avi one of the top 10 albums of 2009, taking the No. 9 spot.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091210/ap_en_mu/us_ye_music_top10_albums_2|title=The AP ranks top 10 albums of the year|access-date=9 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213182358/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091210/ap_en_mu/us_ye_music_top10_albums_2|archive-date=December 13, 2009}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| all_writing = Zee Avi, except "First of the Gang to Die" by Morrissey and Alain Whyte
| title1 = Bitter Heart
| length1 = 2:37
| title2 = Poppy
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Honey Bee
| length3 = 3:08
| title4 = Just You and Me
| length4 = 2:57
| title5 = Is This the End
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Monte
| length6 = 3:33
| note6 = Bam
| title7 = Kantoi
| length7 = 1:46
| title8 = I Am Me Once More
| length8 = 2:37
| title9 = First of the Gang to Die
| length9 = 3:57
| note9 = Morrissey cover
| title10 = Darlin' It Ain't Easy
| length10 = 2:44
| title11 = The Story
| length11 = 2:53
| title12 = Let Me In
| length12 = 4:25
}}
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